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  • It breathes, bleeds, dies; mannequin trains base medics

    He gasps for air to fill his lungs and flickers his eyelids around dilated pupils at the medics hovering over him. He's bleeding, his symptoms are life threatening. It's a good thing he's not really alive. He's a high-tech robotic mannequin used to train medical personnel to treat patients with a

  • Bird's worst enemy is aircraft's best canine friend

    Some dogs chase cars or balls. Others chase cats. At McConnell, Jet, a four-year old Border collie, chases away birds that threaten aircrew and aircraft safety. He has become a familiar presence to visitors at the base's Wing Safety office and a permanent presence to all birds on the flight line and

  • 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