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  • Mission Wichita

    This week, 20 individuals from McConnell and the local community will embark on an adventure with a program called Mission Wichita.

  • Airman improves efficiency, runway safety

    Tech. Sgt. Eric Rhodes, a 22nd Operation Support Squadron airfield management operations noncommissioned officer in charge, created a method to get the most out of the $2 million system which identifies outages in the airfield lighting system and where they are located.

  • McConnell Airman helps locate Vietnam War MIAs

    MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan.— It’s Jan. 29, 1969. Maj. Campbell and Capt. Holton are flying in their F-4 Phantom II during an armed reconnaissance mission in Laos. After spotting an enemy supply truck, they roll in for the attack. It’s suspected that the aircraft was hit by ground fire and crashed

  • 22nd CS validates connectivity

    Airman 1st Class Ian Woodburn, 22nd Communications Squadron radio frequency transmission systems apprentice, uses a bucket truck to ascend to radio systems March 1, 2018, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Woodburn validated connectivity on transmission systems, which are vital to wing command and

  • McConnell Airman wins AF Spark Tank competition

    Master Sgt. Bartek Bachleda, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Plans and Programs superintendent, won the Air Force’s first Spark Tank competition Feb. 22, held at the Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida.

  • 344th ARS Airman earns Faces of A/R recognition

    For Airmen to earn a Faces of A/R recognition, they must be nominated by members of their leadership, who choose individuals based on their demonstration of the Air Force's Core Values: Integrity First, Service Before Self, and Excellence in All We Do.

  • Airman aids secluded village in Puerto Rico mountains

    Senior Airman Ian Boutwell’s mission as a vehicle maintainer was to repair material-handling equipment that kept a rotation of food and water going to the people of Puerto Rico, but when a local reached out about a village cut off from the supply line, the Airman donned a pack of supplies and

  • Refueling keeps Red Flag flying

    NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. –The Red Flag Tanker Task Force, with air mobility assets from three bases, descended on the Las Vegas skies three weeks ago in support the international training exercise, Red Flag-Nellis 18-1.The RFTTF consists of personnel, aircraft and equipment from McConnell Air

  • McConnell maintainers get a taste of deployed life during Red Flag 18-1

    NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – A team of McConnell maintainers touched down at Nellis AFB nearly two weeks ago in support of Red Flag 18-1, the year’s first iteration of the Air Force’s premiere international combat exercise.The Red Flag Tanker Task Force Maintenance Team consists of 45 members from