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  • Boating safety classes keep Airmen afloat

    As the temperatures rise, many Airmen will head to a lake to cool off or take a boat trip.  Before they do, they need to take a trip to the Outdoor Recreation Department.Outdoor recreation holds a boating safety class every other week that covers general and state specific boating safety guidelines.

  • Team McConnell gets educated

    The McConnell Education Office held an education fair at the Robert J. Dole Community Center on June 19, 2012.The fair brought colleges and universities together in a central location providing military members, family members and Department of Defense civilians an opportunity to learn more about

  • Air Force cadets visit McConnell

    Eleven United States Air Force Academy cadets participated in a three week tour of McConnell June 4 to 21, 2012, as part of the Operation Air Force program.Every summer, cadets visit bases worldwide to learn about the various wing's overall mission. This opportunity to experience Air Force

  • Keep bicycle safety in mind

    Whether it's to stay fit, conserve fuel or simply enjoy the ride, a significant number of McConnell Airmen ride bicycles. Whatever the reason, Team McConnell needs to keep bicycle safety in mind. Approximately 630 bicyclists were killed and 51,000 were injured, according to the 2009 National Bicycle

  • Housing residents bring ‘goods’ to base garage sale

    The general public will be welcome to browse goods for sale at base housing during McConnell's garage sale on Friday June 15 and Saturday June 16, 2012.The neighborhood will be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m."The garage sale gets the community outside of the base involved with our military

  • DBIDS improves visitor pass security

    With the implementation of the Defense Biometric Identification System 4.0 version in November 2011, McConnell became one of the first bases in the Air Force to up the quality of its security digitally.These new processes have not only improved base security, it's also provided more convenient

  • 20 years in the making

    Twenty years ago marked the end of an era for the Air Force and the beginning to a new age in air superiority.Fairchild, along with Grand Forks and McConnell AFBs, became the three tanker bases assigned to Air Mobility Command in the years following when the Military Airlift Command and Strategic

  • Summer reading starts with a splash

    The McConnell Library's summer reading program kicked off June 4, 2012, with a "splashdown" held at the base outdoor pool pavilion. In addition to enrolling in the summer reading program, more than 70 McConnell family members met with Sparky the Fire Dog and cooled off under a fire hose.The library