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  • USAF Honor Guard performs at McConnell

    Marching in unison while also performing gravity defying rifle maneuvers, seventeen members of the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team displayed their talent to McConnell members Feb. 14, 2011.The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard, which currently consists of approximately 250 Airmen, annually performs

  • McConnell congratulates ALS graduates

    Congratulations to the following senior airmen and staff sergeant who graduated here, Feb. 10, 2011, from the Chief Master Sgt. Thomas N. Barnes Airmen Leadership School.22nd Aircraft Maintenance SquadronRoger Clonch Jr.Scott HaynesAdam MooreChristopher OrtizDarryl Stout22nd Air Refueling WingThanh

  • WWII hero receives medals after 65 years

    When Japan surrendered in 1945 and the "boys" came home, the last thing on these men's minds was how to receive their hard earned military decorations.Gordon Ballagh, a 90-year-old veteran and prisoner of war during WWII, is one of these men. With the efforts of Tech. Sgt. Wayne Herold, 22nd Air

  • McConnell spouse saves lives

    While we often dwell on the fight our Airmen face on the battlefield, we rarely think about the battles their spouses face on the home front.One of those spouses is Rena Baumgartner, wife of Senior Airman Jerimiah Baumgartner, 22nd Logistic Readiness Squadron vehicle operator, who has faced many

  • Trust: The foundation of who we are

    Standing for hundreds of years as a symbol of strength and resolve, the Great Wall of China extends for a formidable 3,948 miles as the world's longest man-made structure.That's pretty impressive, but what does the Great Wall of China have to do with trust and the United States Air Force?It all

  • Firefighter saves elderly couple

    Casting personal safety aside, one McConnell firefighter rescued a local elderly couple from a potential disaster Jan. 30, 2011.The heroic rescue was performed by Senior Airman Jared Adams, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, who was off duty at the time. While driving by a home on South