• McConnell's Open House goes off without hitch

    McConnell held an Open House July 14-15 to give the local community an understanding of Air Force missions and military capabilities and to showcase the skills and professionalism of servicemembers. During the Open House, the base was open to the public, and approximately 101,891 people attended

  • Need help preparing your family for deployment?

    The McConnell chapel is offering a Pre-deployment Preparation Retreat, funded by the wing commander, to help prepare military members and families for deployment. The retreat will be held Aug. 10-12, approximately two hours away, near Junction City, Kan., at the Rock Springs 4-H Center.

  • Safety office offers lawn-care safety tips

    Lawn and gardening equipment is often found in and around residential homes. However, people sometimes forget these tools, whether mechanical or not, can be dangerous, especially if folks use them incorrectly. Lawn care essentials can cause serious injury to individuals. Each year approximately

  • Airmen can seek relationship satisfaction with deployment readiness

    In conjunction with the Pre-deployment Preparation Retreat, the wing commander and chaplain service are sponsoring an additional retreat. The Reunion and Reintegration Retreat is also geared to help military members and families maintain healthy relationships between deployments. This unstructured,

  • Saddling up: McConnell's Rodeo teams get ready to move em out

    From the Kansas runway to the skies of Washington, the skills of mobility operations will be judged before McConnell's KC-135 Stratotanker touches the ground at the 2007 Air Mobility Command Rodeo competition held July 22-28 at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. McConnell's Rodeo teams are currently at

  • Air Force streamlines officer, enlisted evaluation forms

    Air Force officials are introducing new officer and enlisted evaluation forms as it transforms its personnel processes. The major part of this effort has been directed at reducing the workload associated with preparing officer and enlisted performance reports while ensuring the evaluation process

  • Air Force officials discuss new e-mail accounts

     Air Force officials began sending notifications to the workforce this month about the new E4L, or "E-Mail for Life" accounts. Everyone is receiving a new @us.af.mil address that will be used for the duration of his or her employment. This has led people to misunderstand that they must somehow start