News

  • Defenders arrest basketball championship

    With less than 15 seconds remaining in the Intramural Basketball Championship game, the score was tied at 32. After being fouled, Staff Sgt. Steffon Jackson, 22nd Security Forces Squadron combat arms instructor, sunk two free throw shots, helping the Security forces team complete their season

  • Air Force Medical Service turns to secure messaging

    Patients at Air Force medical treatment facilities will soon be able to communicate securely and privately with their health care teams anywhere and anytime due to the Air Force-wide expansion of secure messaging.Secure messaging will be available to patients through what is known as the MiCare

  • CC briefs local leaders

    Approximately 40 Greater Wichita, Kan., business leaders met McConnell's wing commander Feb. 2, 2012.The Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce hosted Col. Ricky N. Rupp for its Quarterly Wichita Metro Chamber Board of Advisors Meeting. The Chamber of Commerce invited Rupp to its meeting to help

  • PA office racks 12 AMC awards

    The Air Mobility Command announced today that Airmen from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Office earned 12 AMC-level awards in the 2011 Air Force Media Contest for their communication skills in journalism, photography and broadcasting. The 22 ARW/PA staff operates behind the scenes

  • Congratulations to base chapel

    The Air Mobility Command announced today that McConnell Airmen earned three AMC Chaplain Corps Awards for 2011, for their hard work, dedication and professionalism.Congratulations to the chapel staff for winning 2011 Air Mobility Command Chaplain Corps Awards.· AMC Outstanding Chaplain Assistant NCO

  • McConnell hosts local media

    Wichita area media visited McConnell Tuesday to learn about Total Force Integration, the mission of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing and the KC-135 Stratotanker.Representatives from five media outlets, to include print and broadcast journalism, attended.Col. Ricky Rupp, 22nd ARW commander, Lt. Col.

  • CC tours Wineteer

    McConnell children attend many of the community schools, but one school stands out with more than 70 percent of the students having a military connection. The "Thunderbirds" of Wineteer Elementary School, Derby, Kan., are located next to McConnell's base housing.Col. Ricky N. Rupp, 22nd Air

  • News Brief: Drug-use results in jail, BDC for Airman

    A McConnell Airman was sentenced to four months confinement and received a bad conduct discharge at a court-martial here Jan. 11, 2012.Airman Basic Matthew D. Skrede, 22nd Communications Squadron, was tried by special court-martial and pled guilty to one charge and specification of wrongful use of

  • Legal releases Dec. 2011 crime, punishment survey

    Below is a list of prohibited actions committed by Airmen who received Article 15s, as well as additional punishments. Nonjudicial punishment, also known as an Article 15 punishment, provides commanders with an essential and prompt means of maintaining good order and discipline and promotes positive

  • McConnell excels during LCAP

    McConnell secured its reputation as a dominant force in the Air Mobility Command with the 22nd and 931st Maintenance Operations Squadron earning "Outstanding" scores and the 22nd and 931st Maintenance Squadrons Quality Assurance earning "Excellent" scores following an intensive four-day inspection