• Airman returns from deployment, meets newborn

    A McConnell Airman met his 4-month-old son for the first time, Jan. 6, at Mid-Continent Airport, Wichita, after arriving home from a six-month deployment.Senior Airman Joshua Jackson's wife, Tiffany, was three-months pregnant, when he deployed from the 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron here to

  • TACP controllers killed and wounded in action

    The Air Force suffered a loss Jan. 3 with news of an attack on a joint tactical air control team embedded with an Army infantry company in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The team was ambushed by numerous enemy force improvised explosive devices that mortally wounded Senior Airman Bradley Smith and injuring

  • McConnell names weekly spotlight performer

    Sergeant Sperry has served in the Air Force for six years. He has been stationed at McConnell for four months. His hobbies include off-roading, fly fishing, traveling and an interest in hot-rods.What would you like to accomplish during your Air Force Career?My primary goal is to finish my bachelor's

  • McConnell conserves energy to meet government green goals

    Recently, Air Force leaders rolled out a new energy plan that demands higher conservation expectations from installations, and McConnell continues to live up to that challenge with energy-efficient green goals. From the mid-80s to 2005, the base reduced its energy consumption more than 38 percent,

  • Tops in Blue hosts free event

    Tops In Blue is headed for Wichita, Kan. and is scheduled to perform at the Orpheum Theater, Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Doors will open at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Tops In Blue performers are active-duty Airmen from diverse career fields who have competed against talented