• Command post: brain of the wing

    One does not simply enter the command post.Through a couple of doors, and after passing a few small offices, the full command post comes into view. More than dozen monitors connected to multiple computers, radios and telephones are spread throughout the room and ringing.Such is the world of every

  • 22nd ARW recognizes volunteers

    More than 220 McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., volunteers and guests attended the 22nd Air Refueling Wing volunteer appreciation ceremony.The event was held in the Robert J. Dole Community Center Ballroom April 24, 2013 and lunch was offered to the attendees before the awards were distributed to

  • Privatization is coming

    More than 100 service members and their families attended a town meeting April 24, 2013, in the Youth Center here to learn about the upcoming transition to privatized family housing.John Pearsall, Corvias Military Living program manager, delivered a presentation answering questions and informing

  • 22nd ARW 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.Tech. Sgt. Wednesday Stewart, 22nd Air Refueling Wing

  • 349th ARS 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 Vanya Cook-Leotaud, 349th Air Refueling

  • Base library celebrates National Library Week

    National Library Week, typically observed during the second full week of April, is scheduled to be observed at McConnell April 22 to 26, 2013 so participants can experience what the library have to offer for the community.The base library staff decided to celebrate with events that have been

  • 18th Air Force: A Legacy of Excellence

    Although a divide of more than six decades separates them from the founders of their command, today's 18th Air Force Airmen continue to embody the same motto: "expedite!"Signifying a commitment to excellence in the successful and rapid completion of the command's worldwide air mobility mission, the

  • 22nd CONS 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 First Class Phillip Gray, 22nd Contracting

  • KC-46 progress on track

    The top acquisition priority in the Air Force - acquiring a new aerial refueling capability - is proceeding "on track," Maj. Gen. John Thompson, the program executive officer for Tankers, said.Two years and several key milestones after the contract was awarded, a great deal of progress has been

  • Air Force restarts tuition assistance

    The Air Force has officially restarted military tuition assistance, effective immediately. The service restarted the program as a result of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013, where Congress called for the MTA program to continue in the current fiscal year. As a