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  • McConnell to participate in America’s PrepareAthon

    Team McConnell will join numerous federal, state, local, tribal and territorial governments, private sector and non-governmental organizations to participate in the on-going America's PrepareAthon.The goal of the biannual campaign is to build a more resilient nation by increasing individual

  • McConnell Couples: Togetherness through strength

    Then-Senior Airman Nichol Graham was working her night shift at the Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, billeting when a rather young looking Airman walked into the lobby.There were no stripes on the man's sleeves, so Nichol quickly stood up and popped to attention before she noticed that there was

  • Andover students learn about Air Power

    The superintendent of the Andover School District, Greg Rasmussen, and his Student Advisory Team visited McConnell March 31 to learn about the role the base plays in national defense and how the local community can impact this mission.The group, which included Rasmussen, his assistant, and 10

  • Chapel brings the chili

    The chapel hosted a chili lunch for more than 150 Airmen in the 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron in Hangar 1107 here.The 'chapel chili crew,' consisting of Chaplain (Capt.) Asa Chung, 22nd Air Refueling Wing protestant chaplain, and volunteers provided the chili lunch as an opportunity for Airmen

  • Team McConnell seeks summer hire applicants

    The 22nd Air Refueling Wing and the 931st Air Refueling Group will hire high school and college students through the summer hire program now through Sept. 25."We are looking to hire students for clerical positions here on McConnell," said Nettie Webb, 22nd Force Support Squadron civilian personnel

  • A Rosie by another name would still rivet just as sweet

    Connie Palacioz heard a radio announcement a week before graduating high school in 1943 that changed her fate forever."I heard they needed women workers for the war effort. I went and applied at the job opportunity office," she said. "They said we could go work for Boeing, but we had to go to a

  • Facing the truth about suicide

    The Air Force no longer uses computer-based training for annual suicide prevention training and is shifting to face-to-face interactions.The change in training is still fairly new, it was put into effect on Feb. 11, 2015."Our goal on this base is to have the training completed by May 18, 2015," said

  • Local community marks B-29 rollout

    One of over 1,600 B-29 Superfortresses assembled in Wichita, Kansas, was delivered to the Army Air Forces on March 23, 1944, and that very same aircraft was "delivered" again in commemoration of its restoration during a ceremony March 23, in Wichita."I was real thrilled for this," said retired Col.

  • Out with the old

    How many people have wanted to take a sledgehammer to the walls of the building they work in?Jerry Lucas had the chance to see the building he worked at for many years start to come down to make room for a new development.Lucas is a 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron individual protective equipment

  • Fire chief celebrates 50 years of service

    In the midst of an increasing American presence in the Vietnam War, he was attending community college while playing football and baseball on a scholarship. Before he finished his degree, he dropped everything and joined the U.S. Air Force."I knew the draft notice was coming," said retired Master