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  • EOD flight returns to basics

    As part of an Air Force directive, McConnell's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Airmen took a day to cease their normal operations and get back to the basics of safety, Nov. 18, 2010. One of the smallest career fields in the Air Force, EOD Airmen combat improvised explosive devices and other ordnance

  • Bite down -- Mouthguards

    As military members join intramural teams and their children participate in school sports, it's important to remember that a mouthguard is essential athletic equipment.Mouthguards are used most commonly in contact sports, such as football and hockey, but findings show that even in noncontact sports

  • 344th Air Refueling Squadron member earns spotlight performer

    Tech. Sgt. Ronald A. MacMeeken, 344th Air Refueling Squadron standards and evaluations NCOIC, has been in the Air Force more than 14 years. He has been stationed at McConnell for almost three years. Sergeant MacMeeken's hobbies include working out and repairing cars and trucks.Who is the most

  • Commander Congratulates Airmen for winning 2010 MUA

    Team McConnell (Airpower),It's been a big week for us. We found out the 22nd Air Refueling Wing earned the 2010 Meritorious Unit Award and as of today we have 3 new Chief Master Sgt. Selects. Congratulations to Senior Master Sgt. Charles Hoffman, Senior Master Sgt. Pamela Rathers, and Senior Master

  • Exercise challenges McConnell Airmen

    More than 100 McConnell Airmen recently participated in an exercise that tested the installation's ability to generate and sustain operations from a forward operating location.The eight-day exercise, which began Nov. 3 and ended Nov. 10, was conducted as part of Global Thunder/Vigilant Shield 11.

  • Air Force Network migrations head to McConnell

    McConnell will become the next Air Mobility Command base to migrate its computer users into a "central" Air Force Network beginning Jan. 10, 2011.A team from the 690th Network Support Group and 22nd Communication Squadron technicians will begin the migration at McConnell workstations over a

  • 22nd MXG maintains tanker fleet

    The Airmen of the 22nd Maintenance Squadron perform isochronal inspections at required intervals to ensure McConnell's KC-135 Stratotankers are mission ready.  During the process, aircraft maintainers look for and repair problems in every part of the KC-135s.