News

  • 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.

  • McConnell severe weather alert

    The 22nd Operations Support Squadron Airfield Services has issued a severe weather alert for McConnell Air Force Base, Kan.Severe hail, greater or equal to 2 inches, and 50 mph wind gusts are possible from 7 p.m. to midnight, Nov. 7, 2011 The current weather system is discontinuous and enters the

  • Air Force, McConnell announces civilian workforce reductions

    Thirty-one of McConnell's civilian positions will be eliminated after April 30, 2012, as part of the Air Force's plan to restructure its civilian work force.The civilian workforce restructure is a part of the Department of Defense's plan to stop civilian growth above fiscal year 2010 levels, and the

  • MSG hosts educational Town Hall meeting

    McConnell's 1,125 children attend more than 14 school districts surrounding the base. To listen to parent's concerns related to their children's education, base leaders held a Town Hall meeting Nov. 1, 2011. "The town hall meeting was an overall success," said Col. Mark Evans, 22nd MSG commander.

  • Red Ribbon week offers Airmen ‘amnesty’

    McConnell's fourth annual Prescription Drug Amnesty Turn -In took place at Oct. 25 and 26, 2011, at the base commissary and the old golf course clubhouse.The turn-in event was part of Red Ribbon Week, the nation's oldest and largest drug prevention program. The Defense Department's 2011 Red Ribbon