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  • Tax Center searches for volunteers

    MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. – The McConnell Tax Center is scheduled to assist Airmen, dependents, retirees and all eligible parties with filing their 2017 taxes for the ninth year in a row. Because the tax center provides services free of charge, the volunteers are a critical part of the program.

  • What’s up, Doc: B-29 to make hometown appearance at 2018 Air Show

    MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan.— In 2016, the B-29 Superfortress known as Doc took to the skies for the first time in 60 years from McConnell’s runway. This year, it will be showing off at the base in a different way.Doc is scheduled to be one of many attractions at the Frontiers in Flight Open House

  • 22 MDG 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.

  • AF Joint Spouse Retention improves thanks to McConnell Airman

    The day comes when that final project is due for class. The project is ready and prepped for presentation or thrown together within twenty-four hours. Either way it has to be ready without delay. Despite being an academic project, sometimes there are cases where it could be implemented in real life.

  • 22 MXS Airman earns Faces of A/R recognition

    As a Faces of A/R recognition, members of leadership choose individuals who demonstrate the Air Force's Core Values: Integrity First, Service Before Self, and Excellence in All We Do.

  • 344th ARS aircrew dons chemical gear

    Senior Airman Jordan Porter, 22nd Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment technician, helps Tech. Sgt. Jason Coffey, 344th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, prepare his chemical gear during training Dec. 18, 2017, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The AFE flight trained with a

  • Operation Random Acts of Kindness

    MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. – The Friends of McConnell and Davis-Moore gave a generous donation to Team McConnell to be shared with many.For the next couple of weeks, seven base organizations will be distributing gift cards as part of Operation Random Acts of Kindness, including: Company Grade

  • Hitting the right notes: Singing boom operator inspires others

    MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan.— Growing up in a poverty-stricken, single-parent family, he used singing as a kind of therapy.Airman 1st Class Julian Awari, 349th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, was only 6 when he first realized he had a talent for singing, and it was a hobby he would stick