• Flight of the Question Mark

    Editor's note - This is the first article in a series on air refueling, marking the 80th Anniversary of the Question Mark refueling and the tankers' important role in today's operations.On Jan. 1, 1929, a tri-engined Fokker C-2 aircraft with a crew of five climbed into the southern California sky.

  • Fire department helps battle off-base blaze

    Even through 40-mile-per-hour winds, slick roads and a snow storm, McConnell firefighters rushed to the scene of a multi-agency, house fire, Dec. 9, in a local Sedgwick County community. McConnell Assistant Fire Chief, Randal Cunningham, and firefighter, Airman 1st Class Christopher Vullmahn, joined

  • FTAC Airmen soar sky-high, learn base’s mission

    A group of 23 Airmen from McConnell's First Term Airman's Center participate in a KC-135 Stratotanker flight, Dec.11, to learn about McConnell's primary mission of aerial refueling. Upon taking command of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing in February, Col. James Vechery instituted a new program at

  • New policy comes to McConnell

    McConnell Air Force Base will convert to 7-digit telephone dialing on Dec. 15. This is part of an Air Force effort to standardize telephone switches and calling methods across all Air Force bases. All callers will dial 7 digits to contact other callers on McConnell. All other dialing sequences

  • Wanna make an Air Force commercial?

    Senior leaders are asking Airmen to get behind the camera and submit a video for the next Air Force advertising campaign. The contest has begun and runs through Jan. 9. Airmen are encouraged to create a video depicting what they do to support the Air Force mission, as well as highlight why people

  • McConnell tanker refuels new C-5M 'Super Galaxy' test aircraft

    A McConnell KC-135 Stratotanker executed the first operational refueling of a fully upgraded C-5M Super Galaxy test aircraft on Dec. 3. The Lockheed Martin C-5M test aircraft is one of only three Air Force wide, equipped with enhancements such as CF6 engines, pylons and auxiliary power units and a

  • SATAF gets total-force welcome

    A Site Activation Task Force arrived Dec. 2 to help plan significant growth within the 931st Air Refueling Group. Known as a SATAF, the task force received a total-force welcome that included personal greetings from Col. Edsel A. "Archie" Frye Jr., 931st ARG commander, and Col. James C. Vechery,