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  • AMC Chief Scientist: Alternative fuels can be the 'cleaner jet fuel'

    Just as the character "Doc" in the "Back to the Future" movie loaded the flux-capacitor of the time-travel modified 1975 DeLorean with a banana peel and trash from Marty McFly's garbage can, Air Force scientists are looking for the next readily available, renewable clean-burning aircraft fuel.Air

  • McConnell ‘Mission Ready’

    Approximately 300 McConnell Airmen rose to meet Air Mobility Command's Inspector General team during an operational readiness inspection Oct. 1, 2011.After more than 12 hours of inspections, McConnell's 300 earned a "Mission Ready" grade.The 22nd Air Refueling Wing and the 931st Air Refueling Group

  • Medical codes no longer prevent some deployments

    Air Force officials have approved expanding the deployment opportunities for Airmen who typically had limited opportunities to deploy in support of air and space expeditionary force operations.Last month the 602nd Training Group Provisional at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., began accepting Airmen

  • Maj. Gen McDew shares leadership experience with McConnell

    Drawing on nearly 30 years of Air Force experience, Maj. Gen. Darren McDew shared his vision of leadership and communication with McConnell's Airmen in a variety of forums Oct. 6 and 7, 2011. McDew is the commander of Air Force District of Washington, Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and the keynote

  • Clinic vaccinates Airmen, family against flu

    The 22nd Medical Group Allergy and Immunization Clinic will be administering influenza shots for all beneficiaries.The 22nd MDG began administering the vaccine Sept. 1, 2011, and will continue until June 30, 2012. Beneficiaries who are 6 months old and older may receive the vaccine.Influenza is a

  • McConnell competes in marathon

    Twenty-six Team McConnell members competed at the 15th Annual Air Force Marathon Sept. 17, 2011, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. McConnell's runners were up against more than 13,000 runners from all 50 states and 12 countries participating in the 10 kilometer run, half marathon or full

  • 9/11: Through the eyes of Airmen

    Ten years ago, the men and women who are today's young servicemembers, were still in grade school. Some were in high school, even fewer were enrolled in college. Many had no idea what the World Trade Center towers were, what the Sept. 11 attacks meant politically or the lasting impact the day's

  • McConnell hosts Russian Federation for Open Skies Treaty inspection

    McConnell Air Force Base hosted the August 2011 Open Skies Treaty mission with the Russian Federation over the U.S. Twenty-nine Russians and 12 Defense Threat Reduction Agency members participated in the aerial observation mission. The Open Skies Treaty was signed on March 24, 1992, to allow