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  • Undefeated 22nd MXO takes home intramural basketball championship

    The 22nd Maintenance Operations team, or "Team Ratchet", finished a perfect season after defeating the 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and taking home the 2015-2016 intramural basketball championship.Team Ratchet went undefeated throughout the season despite being put to the test by the 22nd AMXS

  • Backbone of Air Force fleet takes off during Red Flag 16-2

    Airmen from four different KC-135 Stratotanker locations officially kicked off Red Flag 16-2 exercise as part of the tanker task force, Feb. 29, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.During the exercise, the tanker task force training objective is a total force integration effort among active, guard and

  • 22nd MDOS 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 Justine Froude, 22nd Medical Operations Squadron family health medical technician, received the spotlight

  • 22nd MXS 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 Mark Hudson, 22nd Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment journeyman, received the spotlight performer

  • 60 YEARS IN THE AIR: Becoming a boom

    (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 in August 2016.)From an early age, Airman 1st Class Shelby Bowling, 350th Air Refueling Squadron boom

  • Green Belt program certifies McConnell Airmen

    Thirty two members of Team McConnell graduated a Green Belt beginners course Feb. 25.The Green Belt course, a Continuous Process Improvement program, teaches Air Force members problem solving techniques that help increase overall productivity and efficiency of the base. This is the first time the

  • The Airman Ministry Center gets a makeover

    Two Airmen of the 22nd Maintenance Group are making aesthetic improvements to the Airman Ministry Center, or the "Den" at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas.Airman 1st Class Charlotte Bertoch, 22nd Maintenance Squadron iso-crew chief, and Airman Zachary Orten, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew

  • 22nd MXS Munitions Flight will close for inventory

    The 22nd Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight will be closed for a semi-annual 100-percent stockpile munitions inventory from Feb. 29 - March 4.The inventory is completed to validate every non-accountable asset the munitions flight has in stockpile."This inventory allows us to go check everything,