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  • Congratulations to the newest ALS graduates

    Congratulations to the following senior airmen who graduated here Dec. 18 10th Air Support Operations Squadron Jerome Colbert 22nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron Matthew Rosenfeldt 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Reginald Albeza Michael Barrett Ross Drown John Miller Shea Santos 22nd Civil Engineer

  • Congratulations McConnell's newest NCOA graduates

    Team McConnell would like to recognize its sergeants who graduated Dec. 18 from Forrest L. Vosler Non-commissioned Officer Academy at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Tech. Sgt. Lawrence Diaz Tech. Sgt. Michael Ours 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron Tech. Sgt. Joseph

  • 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