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  • Bite down -- Mouthguards

    As military members join intramural teams and their children participate in school sports, it's important to remember that a mouthguard is essential athletic equipment.Mouthguards are used most commonly in contact sports, such as football and hockey, but findings show that even in noncontact sports

  • Commander Congratulates Airmen for winning 2010 MUA

    Team McConnell (Airpower),It's been a big week for us. We found out the 22nd Air Refueling Wing earned the 2010 Meritorious Unit Award and as of today we have 3 new Chief Master Sgt. Selects. Congratulations to Senior Master Sgt. Charles Hoffman, Senior Master Sgt. Pamela Rathers, and Senior Master

  • Exercise challenges McConnell Airmen

    More than 100 McConnell Airmen recently participated in an exercise that tested the installation's ability to generate and sustain operations from a forward operating location.The eight-day exercise, which began Nov. 3 and ended Nov. 10, was conducted as part of Global Thunder/Vigilant Shield 11.

  • Air Force Network migrations head to McConnell

    McConnell will become the next Air Mobility Command base to migrate its computer users into a "central" Air Force Network beginning Jan. 10, 2011.A team from the 690th Network Support Group and 22nd Communication Squadron technicians will begin the migration at McConnell workstations over a

  • McConnell hosts Care for the Caregiver Retreat

    Every day they serve Airmen throughout the base, but on Nov. 12, 2010, members of the McConnell Unified Services team took time to refuel and refresh during the "Care for the Caregiver" retreat. McUs is composed of 22 McConnell agencies that support the welfare of the Team McConnell family, and

  • Landowners tour McConnell

    McConnell hosted 27 Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard program supporters for the annual landowner's association dinner Nov. 16, 2010.The BASH program uses humane methods to prevent birdstrikes by keeping birds away from aircraft flight paths. McConnell is located in the Central Flyway which is a migratory