• Stormwater pollution prevention tips

    The following information and tips are provided to help McConnell AFB and local area residents follow safe practices concerning stormwater. Contamination to area streams, ponds, creeks and lakes can come from many sources, including daily habits around the house. AUTOMOTIVE1. If your car needs a

  • 22nd OG Airman earns spotlight performer

    As a spotlight performer, individuals are chosen by leadership for demonstrating one or more of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing commander' s intents: Foster a culture of excellence ... Develop the next generation of leaders ... Set and achieve goals.Senior Airman John Hadden, 22nd Operations Group

  • Putting on the 'shirt'

    Ranging from counseling due to troubles in the workplace, visits to family members while an Airman is deployed, or popping into the office to say hello and inquire about the welfare of a shop, first sergeants wear a variety of "hats" while on duty. "As a first sergeant I need to be aware of what

  • Integrity First: McConnell Senior NCO sets example

    Master Sgt. James Carter could have simply walked away.It would have been so easy. No one saw his car door, propelled by a violent gust of Kansas wind, swing wide open and slam into the side of the vehicle parked next to him. No one heard the dull thump of the impact. No one saw the dent it left

  • West runway nears completion

    The West runway is tentatively scheduled for reopening May 30, 2013, after nearly a year and a half of reconstruction and upgrades.The runway, which was more than 20 years old, received approximately $46 million worth of renovations during the construction, including new lights, an instrument

  • 22nd SFS Airman earns spotlight performer

    As a spotlight performer, individuals are chosen by leadership for demonstrating one or more of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing commander' s intents: Foster a culture of excellence ... Develop the next generation of leaders ... Set and achieve goals.Airman 1st Class Destin Ardoin, 22nd Security Forces

  • Social norms intervention: fall 2012 survey results

    Results of the second survey for the Alcohol Social Norms Intervention Project have been published at McConnell AFB. This project, initiated at McConnell in March 2012, consists of three survey sessions and two media campaigns spanning a two year period. The initial survey was conducted in March

  • Arbor Day celebration at new pavilion

    McConnell Air Force Base held its annual Arbor Day celebration here April 26, at the new Reading Garden Pavilion located next to the library entrance. A sugar maple and a chinkapin oak were planted at the pavilion as part of the celebration. Both trees are deciduous, meaning they will lose their

  • 22nd AMDS Airman earns spotlight performer

    As a spotlight performer, individuals are chosen by leadership for demonstrating one or more of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing commander' s intents: Foster a culture of excellence ... Develop the next generation of leaders ... Set and achieve goals.Senior Airman Douglas Livingston III, 22nd Aerospace