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  • CMSAF makes holiday calls to deployed Airmen, their families

    When he received the phone call, he said he wasn't sure if it was real or if it was someone from his home station playing a prank.Senior Airman Bryan Knehr, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing command post controller along with Senior Airman Ryan Hanlon, 376th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron

  • McConnell Airmen assist crash victims

    Four McConnell Airmen acted as first responders during a motorcycle accident on the west side of Pawnee near Webb, Dec. 16, 2013. The two-motorcycle accident happened at approximately 5 p.m. that day, just as the Airmen were on their commute home. "We were in our car, waiting at a stop light when I

  • Operation Santa brings holiday cheer to local children

    The 349th Air Refueling Squadron "Bandits" took 18 children on a tour of the base Dec. 20, during the annual Operation Santa event.The 349th teamed up with Big Brothers Big Sisters Wichita to show the children different parts of the base, including a military working dog demonstration, an

  • DOS rollback included in FY14 force management

    In addition to force management programs announced in July, the Air Force will implement the Enlisted Date of Separation Rollback Program for fiscal year 2014, Air Force Personnel Center officials said today.The rollback will accelerate the date of separation for senior master sergeants and below

  • AF officials announce FY14 civilian workforce shaping

    The Air Force will reduce the size of its civilian workforce by about 900 positions in addition to maintaining approximately 7,000 vacancies across the force to meet the demands of a constrained fiscal 2014 budget, officials announced. Specific reductions by location have not been determined.The Air

  • AF officials announce FY14 civilian workforce shaping

    The Air Force will reduce the size of its civilian workforce by about 900 positions in addition to maintaining approximately 7,000 vacancies across the force to meet the demands of a constrained fiscal 2014 budget, officials announced. Specific reductions by location have not been determined.The Air

  • AF to convene CMSgt retention board in June

    The Air Force will convene a chief master sergeant retention board in June to select chief master sergeants for retirement no later than Nov. 1, 2014, officials announced December 11, 2013.The fiscal 2014 Chief Master Sergeant Retention Program is one of several force management programs slated to

  • AF announces additional force management programs to reduce force size

    Air Force leadership announced on December 11, 2013, force management programs designed to reduce the force by thousands of Airmen over the next five years as a result of sequestration.Fiscal year 2014 force management initiatives are in addition to the announcement made in July, stating the Air

  • Holiday safety tips

    An estimated 250 home fires involving Christmas trees and another 170 home fires involving holiday lights and other decorative lighting occur each year, according to the National Fire Protection Association and the U.S. Fire Administration. Yearly, these fires have resulted in more than 600 deaths,

  • 22nd ARW commander hosts force shaping town halls

    Col. Joel Jackson, 22nd Air Refueling Wing commander, hosted four town hall meetings to discuss some of the details of upcoming Air Force force shaping measures on Dec. 18 and 19.He provided information to and answered questions from Airmen and civilians at the meetings about the various programs