• 60 YEARS IN THE AIR: Generations of KC-135 Maintainers

    (Editor's note: This article is part of a series looking back on the history of the KC-135 Stratotanker throughout the decades, leading up to the 60th anniversary of the KC-135's first flight on August 31, 2016.)Families often carry a profession through their generations. For Staff Sgt. Austin

  • 22nd MXS Airmen collect ribs

    The 22nd Maintenance Squadron collected more than 800 slabs of ribs which were donated by Dillons in partnership with the USO.The ribs will be used to support base-wide events such as unit picnics and other morale building activities including cookouts for its swing-shift and midnight-shift members,

  • 22nd AMDS 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.Tech. Sgt. Aimee Delos Santos, 22nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron optometry NCO in-charge received the spotlight performer for

  • PTSD Awareness leads to positive treatment

    Post-traumatic Stress Disorder can be debilitating in some patients, but thanks to advancements in research and the continued training of mental health providers, treatments are getting better all the time.Maj. Joel Foster, Chief of Air Force Deployment Mental Health, said treating PTSD has improved

  • Barrier signs

    Airman 1st Class James Ori, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron structures apprentice, replaces signs on serpentine barriers at the main gate, June 21, 2016, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Barriers at the gate are used to help maintain safety and security on the base. (U.S. Air Force photos/Airman Erin

  • KC-135 oil check

    Airman 1st Class Gregory Newsom, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, simulates checking the engine oil level on a KC-135 Stratotanker for training, June 17, 2016, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Engine oil is checked after every flight to ensure proper quantities are maintained. (U.S.

  • Faces of Rapid Global Mobility

    Airman 1st Class Matthew McClendon, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter.The Air Force is helping me accomplish my dreams. I have always wanted to be a firefighter and I plan on going back to Joint Base Elmendorf Alaska, where I was originally stationed for three years and work for the Air

  • Always ready to refuel the fight

    KC-135 Stratotanker sits on the flightline at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., June 16, 2016. The KC-135 is the backbone of aerial refueling, and McConnell is the U.S. Air Force's premiere air refueling base with more Stratotankers than any other base. (U.S. Air Force photos/Airman 1st Class

  • First quarter status of discipline

    The following disciplinary and administrative actions occurred here between January - March 2015: An airman first class was found guilty of rape, sexual assault and assault consummated by battery. He was sentenced to reduction to airman basic, total forfeitures, confinement for 12 years and a

  • Keeping Airmen safe in the heat

    With temperatures expected to climb, Team McConnell is urged to be cautious when exposed to upcoming hot weather to prevent heat-related injuries.“The two things we’re really trying to guard against are heat exhaustion and heatstroke,” said Maj. Jon Black, 22nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron