• Airman puts MX skills to use on motocross track

    MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. – He ran the motorcycle through a five-foot pool of water, wrecking the bike; everything he had worked for all his life seemed to be over. Staff Sgt. Thomas Tangedal, 22nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft metal technology journeyman, was completing a practice run on a

  • Equipped to refuel: AFE saves lives

    The 22nd Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment Airmen provide and maintain safety and survival gear for aircrew and aircraft here to allow aircrews to have confidence in their equipment.

  • Airmen, community donate to Hurricane Harvey victims

    Staff Sgts. Gerard Doran, Jeremy Convery and Jared Shepheard, assigned to 22nd Comptroller Squadron, carry bins of clothing and supplies for Hurricane Harvey victims to a donation point, Aug. 31, 2017, in Wichita, Kan. The items will be transported to a distribution center in Dallas, where they will

  • McConnell Airmen assist communities impacted by Hurricane Harvey

    Hurricane Harvey made landfall Aug. 26 near Rockport, Texas, as a Category 4 storm. It brought an influx of heavy rain and winds that continue to affect parts of Texas, Louisiana and Florida. “My dad lives in Dickinson, Texas,” said Tech. Sgt. Ryan Rush, 22nd Maintenance Squadron quality assurance

  • SERE training

    Tech. Sgt. Garrett Wright, 22nd Operations Support Squadron Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape and Personnel Recovery specialist, communicates with aircrews during a Combat Survival Refresher Course July 13, 2017, in Derby, Kan. During the training, Wright coordinated with aircrew to establish

  • Family reunites after four years apart

    MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan.— Four years — that’s how long he waited.Airman 1st Class Messan Atayi, 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron Individual Protective Equipment journeyman, moved to the United States from Togolese Republic, Africa, in 2013, leaving behind his pregnant wife. He met his

  • 22nd MXS inspects KC-135

    Airman 1st Class Colten Blackwood and Staff Sgt. Michael Pickering, 22nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technicians install an engine strut fuse pin June 27, 2017, on a KC-135 Stratotanker at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Pickering and Blackwood ensured that the pin was correctly installed

  • AFE, aircrew train during ACCA

    First Lt. Thomas McQueeny, 349th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker co-pilot, dons chemical gear in preparation for aircrew contamination control area training Aug. 24, 2017, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The ACCA establishes a location to provide detection, contamination control and

  • The Air Bridge: Connecting to civic neighbors

    (This story is part of a series to highlight McConnell AFB honorary commanders and their impact on the base and the community.)Editor’s Note: The Honorary Commander Program is designed to bring the base closer to our civilian counterparts in Wichita and the surrounding communities. Honorary