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  • 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

  • McConnell exceeds CFC goal

    Another yearly Combined Federal Campaign at McConnell came to an end Nov. 16. The McConnell community put forth the effort to show how generous it was this year by exceeding its goal of raising $114,000 by 107 percent. The total amount McConnell raised this was $122,963.84 with 100 percent of the

  • Exercise, exercise, exercise

    Team McConnell is scheduled to participate in a disease containment plan exercise, Dec. 11. "This is the plan the wing recently developed to address actions McConnell could take to protect the base and populace in the event of a pandemic disease outbreak, or terrorist use of biological

  • Open wide, say Ahhh: AMDS turns frowns into smiles

    What happens when that big chunk of breakfast is wedged between your teeth and you can't seem to get it out, or when something doesn't feel right behind those enamels? It seems as though, it would be a good time to schedule an appointment with the base dental clinic. On the left side of the clinic,