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  • MXS fabrication flight keeps tankers flying

    When people put together a jigsaw puzzle; if one piece is missing, the picture isn't complete. The same theory can be said about a KC-135 Stratotanker; if one piece is missing, the jet may not lift off the runway. Lucky for the almost 60-year-old aircraft fleet, the 22nd Maintenance Squadron's

  • McConnell fighter takes bronze, despite injury

    Usually people tend to stay away from the things that cause them pain. However, one Airman doesn't mind a little pain if it mean he gets to pursue his favorite past time. "Call me passionate, but if you love something so much, and you're striving to be the best you can be, it takes sacrifices and

  • Cold War icon comes to McConnell

    Team McConnell has a very historic jet on display at the East Gate. The jet we call "The Keeper of the Plains" was the first KC-135 to come off the Boeing production line in 1956. Another historic plane has joined to join us but with one major difference; this plane still flies. The "Cherokee Rose"

  • Plans and Programs preps Team McConnell

    With the Operation Readiness Inspection over, the Plans and Programs team can start preparing Team McConnell for its next inspection. The Plans and Programs office prepares Team McConnell for upcoming inspections by having base exercises. The Plans and programs office tests the wing's ability to

  • McConnell proves ready for war

    June 22 through 29, Team McConnell participated in a Operational Readiness Inspection, which tests a unit's readiness capabilities and it's ability to survive and operate during contingency operations around the world. Members from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, 931st Air Refueling Wing, 156th Airlift

  • Motorcycle Safety

    The 101 critical days of summer is a prime time to consider safety in regular everyday activities, particularly that of motorcycle safety. Each year, Air Force loses Airmen to vehicular accidents. Statistics from 2007 show the number of vehicle mishap fatalities was approximately 3.5 times higher

  • A day to remember

    On June 6, 1944, a date forever known as D-Day, a armada crossed a narrow strip of sea from England to Normandy, France and cracked the Nazi grip on Western Europe. In preparation for D-Day or "Operation Overlord," the United States and Great Britain concentrated on training with land, naval and air

  • Team McConnell prepares for combat

    Infiltrating hostile villages, low crawling, high crawling, and providing suppressive cover fire, are some of the skills multiple Team McConnell members relearned during the past combat skills training course here May 22. All Airmen who deploy are required to accomplish CST prior to their departure.

  • Transshipment Center: 'blood line' of AOR

    Shipping blood to the far reaches of the earth including Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait and the Horn of Africa, a five member Blood Transshipment Center team in Southwest Asia does its part to process and deliver quality, life-saving blood to war fighters and civilian casualties. Servicemembers donate

  • CE Readiness Flight Prepares Wing to "Survive and Operate"

    The 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Readiness and Emergency Management Flight perform two distinct missions based on their operating location. They are in charge of a peacetime, home station support mission as well as wartime, high threat area support mission. "While they are distinctly different in