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  • Airmen get 'smart' about safety

    Team McConnell Airmen visually experienced the "shock and awe" associated with traumatic car accidents involving drugs and alcohol during Street Smart presentations Nov. 17, 2011.The 22nd Air Refueling Wing safety office hosted presenters from the non-profit organization, Stay Alive From Education,

  • McConnell medics dominate HSI

    McConnell's medics achieved the best score Air Force wide, with 98 out of 100, during a Health Services Inspection Nov. 14-18, 2011. The score the 22nd Medical Group achieved also determined their rating -- "Outstanding." The inspection team included nine-members from the Air Force Inspection Agency

  • Congratulations to enlisted supplemental promotion selects

    Two McConnell Airmen have been selected for promotion to the next higher rank as part of the November enlisted promotion process. Congratulations to Senior Airman Braden Ferrin and Senior Airman Christian Sousa, both from the 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, on their accomplishment.The enlisted

  • DDRP fights drugs everywhere

    "Anytime, anywhere" typically refers to McConnell's refueling capability, however Nov. 14, 2011, an Operation Nighthawk was activated with similar potential. With the support of chief master sergeants, first sergeants and commanders, the Drug Demand Reduction Program set up a mobile collection

  • McConnell opens its doors to landowners

    Fourteen landowners who neighbor McConnell visited the base for the fourth annual Landowner Appreciation Dinner Nov. 10, 2011.A staple event for McConnell's Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard Program, the dinner helps educate, and continue to educate, the importance of the bird abatement program while also

  • Community, McConnell honors veterans

    One hundred and ninety-five Derby, Kan. area veterans were honored at the opening of the new Derby Area Veterans Memorial - Walk of Freedom, which was officially dedicated Nov. 11, 2011. With less than 10 miles separating McConnell Air Force Base from Derby, there are strong military ties for many

  • McConnell attends airlift/tanker convention

    More than 4,000 active-duty, Guard and Reserve members of Air Mobility Command gathered at the 43nd Airlift/Tanker Association Conference and Symposium Nov. 3 to 6 in Nashville, Tenn.During three days of briefings, AMC Airmen, including more than 80 Airmen from McConnell, were addressed by Marine

  • DBIDS enhances safety on McConnell

    McConnell will be one the first Air Force bases to implement the new Defense Biometric Identification System 4.0 version when it comes online mid-November.The 22nd Security Forces Squadron began installation Oct. 31, 2011, and the system is scheduled to be complete by Nov. 14.At McConnell, DBIDS is

  • Libya mission ends, Airmen come home

    With more than 3,000 sorties and 29,170 hours flown, Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR has ended and McConnell's Airmen are returning home. In March 2011, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 established a no-fly zone and NATO forces conducted ground strikes in coordination with rebel advances.