• Foster Farms recalls chicken products due to Salmonella Heidelberg

    Foster Farms is recalling an unspecified amount of its chicken products because the products may be contaminated with a strain of Salmonella Heidelberg, according to a Department of Defense All Food and Drug Activity message sent July 9.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified the

  • Air Force refueling aircraft support humanitarian operations in Africa

    A successful KC-135 Stratotanker deployment to East Africa took place early this spring to support African Union-led efforts to provide humanitarian relief and to fight against the region's terrorists.Two KC-135s provided air refueling to U.S. forces supporting the African Union Regional Task

  • 22nd DS 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 David Bernal Del Agua, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs photojournalist, was selected as the

  • KC-46A groundbreaking ceremony marks giant step forward for air refueling

    A new era in Air Force air refueling capabilities took a giant step forward June 30, 2014.Shovels overturned the first piles of dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new KC-46A Pegasus at McConnell Air Force Base. The ceremony symbolized significant progress in the KC-46A program and that

  • 350th ARS recruits 9-year-old pilot

    Military children may wonder what life is like for mom and dad when they go to work. One child had an experience that went far beyond a typical bring-your-daughter-to-work day.Nine-year-old Claire Stewart, who has battled non-hodgkin's lymphoma and is now in successful remission, followed in her

  • Anything but a tanker: the first KC-135 story

    Three static displays of retired aircraft lie exhibited at the entrance of McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Each model symbolizes a different phase in the base's history.While many members of McConnell drive past the displays on a daily basis, they may not know the history of the tanker standing

  • McConnell Reserve pilots and KC-46: Ready for take off

    With the arrival of the new KC-46 Pegasus tanker on the horizon, many McConnell Air Force Base Reserve pilots are already well acquainted with the new airframe.Several traditional reservists within the 18th Air Refueling Squadron work regularly as commercial pilots and are already qualified by the

  • McConnell Airmen selected for commissioning program

    Two McConnell Airmen were selected for the Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program, June 17, here. The program gives enlisted Airmen from all career fields the opportunity to go to school to complete their Bachelor's degree and commission as a nurse in the Air Force. "In order to be selected, you

  • McConnell history repeats itself

    Tanker fans can anticipate a new age in the air-refueling world in the years to come, starting with the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of three KC-46A Pegasus hangars slated to be held here on June 30.The ceremony indicates big changes for Team McConnell's 'tanker culture,' however

  • 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron 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. Staff Sgt. Arthur Hinojos, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flying crew chief manager, was selected as the spotlight