• Air Force dependent ends season in pros

    It can be entertaining to teach and watch a toddler to conceive the idea of catch and toss. He gives his entire might whipping the ball, much bigger than his hand. And, the ball flies only a few yards away, straight in to the ground as he grins in confidence the entire play. This was much the case

  • Congratulations McConnell members selected for promotion

    Team McConnell would like to congratulate its following members who were recently selected for promotion to major and supplemental promotion to master sergeant and staff sergeant. Major 22nd Air Refueling Wing Jennifer Williams 22nd Aero Medical Dental Squadron Xiomara Santana 22nd Comptroller

  • Financial managers hit hard

    As of Dec. 3, McConnell's finance reduced customer service hours to 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, due to a 65 percent decrease in manning over the past 12 months. The staffing cutback were the result of program budget decision 720, through which Congress granted the Air Force

  • BOOM: EOD supporting Wichita

    Some people don't know the 22nd Civil Engineering Squadron, Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, serves as the primary response agency for all military ordnance reported in Wichita. "Due to the Posse Comitatus Act, we can not perform any 'law-enforcement' activities on non-federal property, but we,

  • Flying Bandits Strike Again

    The 349th Air Refueling Squadron received its nickname as the "Beale Bandits" while attached to Beale Air Force Base, Calif. It was activated at McConnell on January 1, 1994, as part of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, and the squadron decided to keep the nickname "Bandits." The 349th Air Refueling

  • AFSO21 team forges new tanker value stream map

    Colonel Ray LaMarche, 22nd Operations Group Commander, led a team of active-duty, Reserve, and civilian representatives from several bases throughout 18th Air Force in an Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century exercise here Nov. 27 through 29. The exercise brought representatives together

  • McConnell colonel becomes chief

    "Being promoted to the grade of chief master sergeant is Col. Michael Dillard, 22nd Maintenance Group commander, said a chief during a ceremony here Dec. 1 The crowd went silent. People looked around at each other wondering if Chief Master Sgt. John Gebhardt, 22nd Medical Group superintendent,

  • Emergency Reporting Procedures

    Immediate and accurate reporting of a fire or emergency is essential to minimize fire vehicle response time. Any person discovering a fire or potential fire or emergency situation must report it immediately to the base fire department. This includes every fire whether or not it has burned itself out