• Coaches Tour 2009 taking shape at McConnell AFB

    The game plan to bring some of the biggest names in college sports to troops overseas is in full motion at McConnell Air Force Base. Regular and Reserve Airmen here are preparing for Coaches Tour 2009, a second annual morale-boosting mission featuring head coaching icons of NCAA football. The

  • Military Working Dog team strengthens community ties

    The 22nd Security Forces Squadron performed a military working dog demonstration for more than 200 elementary school students at Wichita Collegiate School, April 24. Team McConnell fostered a greater bond with the local community by coming out to perform a MWD demonstration and to speak to the

  • Community College of the Air Force Spring 2009 Graduation

    The Spring 2009 Community College of the Air Force and Pitsenbarger Award Ceremony is scheduled to be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in the Robert J. Dole Community Center ballroom. Sixty-five McConnell students will be recognized for completion of an educational goal. Colonel James C. Vechery, 22nd

  • AMC Vice Commander visits McConnell

    Lt. Gen. Vern M. "Rusty" Findley, Air Mobility Command vice commander, visited McConnell AFB for the first time since being assigned as the AMC vice commander in June 2008. During his stay, General Findley visited the Robert J. Dole Community Center to observe modifications and learn about proposed

  • Letters from the front lines

    The deployed Airmen and I had a unique opportunity to meet four Tuskegee Airmen April 23 while they toured overseas. I had an even more memorable experience when I helped escort these fine gentlemen on and off stage. These men were among the first black men to serve in America's military, back then