• 22 ARW keeps fighters in the air during BE 25-3

    Airmen assigned to the 344th Air Refueling Squadron participated in Exercise Bamboo Eagle in Sacramento, California, Aug. 4-8, 2025. The purpose of BE 25-3 was to enable participating units to increase readiness as efforts are aligned and synchronized across the joint force to strengthen

  • Maintenance Airmen sweep flightline for FOD

    Airmen from the 722nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 22nd Maintenance Squadron participate in a weekly foreign object debris (FOD) walk at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Aug. 12, 2025. The maintenance teams collected over 1 pound of FOD. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paula

  • Always ready: McConnell maintainers swap KC-135's engine

    The 722nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and 22nd Maintenance Squadron perform a F108 engine swap on a KC-135 Stratotanker at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Aug. 11, 2025. The F108’s 22,000 pounds of thrust is essential for the ability to perform aerial refueling and gives its frame the power to

  • McConnell maintainers power KC-46, KC-135 operations in the Pacific

    The 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron assigned to McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, supported Rapid Global Mobility by sending more than 60 Airmen to launch and maintain KC-46 Pegasus and KC-135 Stratotankers during the U.S. Air Force’s 2025 Department-Level Exercise series July 7-26, 2025.

  • Airmen test sleep data app

    Approximately 70 Airmen participated in the pilot test of a sleep data collection application known as Adaptive Intervention for Resilience Enhancement, or AIRE app, over a 30-day period that started on June 11, 2025.

  • McConnell Wants Input on Environmental Impacts

    McConnell Air Force Base is committed to cleaning up environmental impacts from Air Force activities, both on the base and in surrounding areas. This is part of our Environmental Restoration Program.

  • 22nd ARW second quarter award winners

    The 22nd Air Refueling Wing recognized the wing’s second quarter award winners during an awards ceremony at the Robert J. Dole Community Center ballroom, July 31, 2025.