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  • Local landowners save lives

    To show appreciation for their unseen supporting efforts McConnell's Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard program, the base hosted 17 neighboring landowners July 9.For more than three years, the BASH program has utilized humane methods to prevent birdstrikes by keeping birds from aircraft flight paths.

  • Safety office protects McConnell

    The Airmen of the safety office assist in performing operational risk assessments at operational and occupational levels to include industrial, contractual, sports, recreation, and traffic areas. Ground safety develops and maintains current Air Force Occupational Safety and Health standards,

  • 22nd Air Refueling Wing members earns spotlight performer

    Staff Sgt. Bryant Warren, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Equal Opportunity NCOIC, has been in the Air Force for 10 years. He has been stationed at McConnell for five months. His main hobbies include writing poetry, watching sports, collecting hats and spending time with his family.Who is the most positive

  • Commander recognizes senior airmen and staff sergeant

    Last night ALS class 10-E graduated and it was an outstanding ceremony. Col Archie Frye, 931 ARG/CC, was the guest speaker and he shared the story of a motivational staff sergeant who changed his life when he was young airmen. Senior Airman Dustin Bordelon, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, won

  • Local hero becomes pilot for a day

    With his hands folded behind his back, and a flight suit slightly too long for his 9-year-old frame, Kamren Teague, a boy from Wichita, Kan., joined the flying community of the 344th Air Refueling Squadron June 30, 2010.Kamren, who was recently diagnosed with Stage III Lymphoma, and four other

  • Battling summer heat

    Summer has arrived and with more Airmen outdoors, the sun's rays pose an unseen threat to Airmen.This threat comes in the form of heat stress, which is thermal stress applied to the body through environmental factors. According to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing ground safety office, from 1979-2003,