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  • 350th ARS member earns spotlight performer

    Airman 1st Class Landon Iverson, 350th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, has been in the Air Force for two years. He has been stationed at McConnell since completing his technical training. His main hobbies include working in his shop, barbecuing, fishing, traveling and anything outdoors.Who is

  • USAF Honor Guard performs at McConnell

    Marching in unison while also performing gravity defying rifle maneuvers, seventeen members of the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team displayed their talent to McConnell members Feb. 14, 2011.The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard, which currently consists of approximately 250 Airmen, annually performs

  • McConnell congratulates ALS graduates

    Congratulations to the following senior airmen and staff sergeant who graduated here, Feb. 10, 2011, from the Chief Master Sgt. Thomas N. Barnes Airmen Leadership School.22nd Aircraft Maintenance SquadronRoger Clonch Jr.Scott HaynesAdam MooreChristopher OrtizDarryl Stout22nd Air Refueling WingThanh

  • WWII hero receives medals after 65 years

    When Japan surrendered in 1945 and the "boys" came home, the last thing on these men's minds was how to receive their hard earned military decorations.Gordon Ballagh, a 90-year-old veteran and prisoner of war during WWII, is one of these men. With the efforts of Tech. Sgt. Wayne Herold, 22nd Air

  • Legal office supports Team McConnell

    The 22nd Air Refueling Wing Legal provides McConnell with a variety of services from issuing power of attorneys, legal consultations, wills, notarizations, advance medical directives to providing tax assistance.

  • McConnell spouse saves lives

    While we often dwell on the fight our Airmen face on the battlefield, we rarely think about the battles their spouses face on the home front.One of those spouses is Rena Baumgartner, wife of Senior Airman Jerimiah Baumgartner, 22nd Logistic Readiness Squadron vehicle operator, who has faced many

  • 22nd ARW member earns spotlight performer

    Airman 1st Class Jerron Duff, 22nd Air Refueling Wing knowledge operations manager, has been in the Air Force for three years. He has been stationed at McConnell since completing technical school. Airman Duff's hobbies include playing computer games, soccer and watching movies. Who is the most