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  • Officers develop, hone skills during First Term Officer’s Course

    Taking a new twist on the First Term Airman’s Course, twenty-four company grade officers from across Team McConnell participated in a First Term Officer’s Course developed to assist officers in transitioning to their first base and polish leadership skills as they start their careers aiding others.

  • Military working dogs scout training

    Iras, a 22nd Security Forces Squadron military working dog, waits to begin a training session March 23, 2017, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The MWD handlers work with the dogs regularly to ensure they are ready to respond to real-world operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Erin

  • 22nd MDG recognizes Patient Safety Awareness Week

    The 22nd Medical Group recognized Patient Safety Awareness Week March 12 – 18.Spearheaded by the National Patient Safety Foundation, Patient Safety Awareness Week is a national education and awareness-building campaign for improving patient safety. The Department of Defense’s focus for this year’s

  • Innovation can be anyone’s idea

    McConnell is the first base in Air Mobility Command to jump-start the quarterly and annual Innovation Awards when it was established in 2016.The awards recognize an Airman’s or a team’s innovative accomplishments that have enhanced mission capability, improved operational performance or produced

  • McConnell firefighters aid community during wildfires

    Eighteen firefighters from McConnell’s fire department responded to an off-base wildfire March 7-8 in Reno County. The responding groups, which consisted of both military and civilians, were part of more than 2,000 firefighters from 216 organizations that aided in the emergency, said Doug Hanen,

  • 22nd MXG Airman earns spotlight performer

    As a spotlight performer, individuals are chosen by leadership for demonstrating the Air Force's Core Values: Integrity First, Service Before Self, and Excellence in All We Do.   Senior Airman Eric Higgerson, 22nd Maintenance Group maintenance scheduler, received the spotlight performer for the week

  • 22nd FSS member earns spotlight performer

    As a spotlight performer, individuals are chosen by leadership for demonstrating the Air Force's Core Values: Integrity First, Service Before Self, and Excellence in All We Do.   Nettie Webb, 22nd Force Support Squadron civilian personnel officer, received the spotlight performer for the week of

  • McConnell Airmen work to ensure base’s water quality

    The base water supply is something that most people don’t consider on a daily basis, but for some Airmen, their everyday operations revolve around it− specifically those in 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron Water and Fuels Systems Maintenance and some in the 22nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron

  • SAPR Program grows to better support Team McConnell

    McConnell’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program now has nine new volunteer victim advocates, making a total of 20 on base. “Volunteer Victim Advocates are one of the backbones of our program,” said Lynn Turner, 22nd Air Refueling Wing sexual assault response coordinator. “They have to

  • 22nd MDSS Airman earns spotlight performer

    As a spotlight performer, individuals are chosen by leadership for demonstrating the Air Force's Core Values: Integrity First, Service Before Self, and Excellence in All We Do.   Airman 1st Class Meredith Lindsay, 22nd Medical Support Squadron medical logistics technician, received the spotlight