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  • Photo essay: MARE tests McConnell's readiness

    Airmen from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing participate in a major accident response exercise Jan. 11 in preparation for an upcoming unit compliace inspection in Feburary. To view a slide show, click here. To view a video, click here.

  • McConnell money managers earn MAJCOM award

    A 'Top dollar" leader and a civilian financial guru from the 22nd Comptroller Squadron here earned Air Mobility Command-level financial management awards recently. Maj. Edward Marshall, Jr., 22nd CPTS commander, was selected as the AMC Maj. Gen. Frank R. Faykes Financial Manager and Comptroller of

  • Herbert family earns YoAFF Spotlight

    Team McConnell would like to honor Staff Sgt. Justin Hebert, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, his wife, Rebecca, and their children, Zane, 5, Liam, 3, and Alexis 2, by giving them a Year of the Air Force Family Spotlight award. The award is an Airman and Family Readiness Center initiative to

  • 349th ARS member named weekly spotlight performer

    Airman Hadden has served in the Air Force for two years. He has been stationed at McConnell for one year and six months. His hobbies include photography, fishing and surfing. Who is the most positive influence in your life and why?My family is the most positive influence in my life. They are a good

  • 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