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  • Texting while driving: Is it worth it?

    As McConnell Airmen exit the main gate this Labor Day weekend, it will be difficult for them to avoid viewing a strategically placed display by the 22nd Air Refueling Wing Ground Safety office.The display, which includes four sets of signs measuring five feet tall, were designed by the safety office

  • McConnell completes MARE

    McConnell Airmen and local emergency response offices tested their ability to respond to a mass casualty scenario, Sept. 1, 2010, on McConnell's flightline.One of McConnell's priorities as a base is to be ready for anything, the base held the Major Accident Response Exercise to prepare for the

  • From the AMC commander: A message to Mobility Airmen

    As we look toward the Labor Day holiday and the end of the active summer months, I want to take a moment and tell you how very proud I am of the work you are doing here at home and around the world.Each of you is making a difference in our world every day. Whether you're supporting the mission from

  • Vice commander tells about upcoming week

    Team McConnell (Airpower!!!),This week, Col. Jamie Crowhurst and Chief Master Sgt. Michael Edwards attended the 18 AF Conference in San Antonio.Here is some information for next week's important events. Tuesday is a promotion ceremony at the Dole Center. On Wednesday, we will prepare ourselves for

  • McConnell Airmen complete historic exercise

    McConnell participated in a historic exercise that required more than 100 Airmen and four KC-135 Stratotankers to forward deploy to Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. Aug.15 to 19.The three-day deployment, conducted as part of a nuclear operational readiness exercise, was the first to be performed