News

  • Wanna make an Air Force commercial?

    Senior leaders are asking Airmen to get behind the camera and submit a video for the next Air Force advertising campaign. The contest has begun and runs through Jan. 9. Airmen are encouraged to create a video depicting what they do to support the Air Force mission, as well as highlight why people

  • McConnell tanker refuels new C-5M 'Super Galaxy' test aircraft

    A McConnell KC-135 Stratotanker executed the first operational refueling of a fully upgraded C-5M Super Galaxy test aircraft on Dec. 3. The Lockheed Martin C-5M test aircraft is one of only three Air Force wide, equipped with enhancements such as CF6 engines, pylons and auxiliary power units and a

  • SATAF gets total-force welcome

    A Site Activation Task Force arrived Dec. 2 to help plan significant growth within the 931st Air Refueling Group. Known as a SATAF, the task force received a total-force welcome that included personal greetings from Col. Edsel A. "Archie" Frye Jr., 931st ARG commander, and Col. James C. Vechery,

  • Paving the way for a new travel reimbursement process

    Air Force finance officials are implementing ways to improve customer service to Airmen with process changes, said the director of the Secretary of the Air Force Financial Management Process Improvement and Integrations Office. "This has been a rocky road for some Air Force travelers," said

  • McConnell develops new, 162-acre, family recreational area

    McConnell is transforming its former golf course, Twin Lakes, into a recreational park for its total-force members, their families and the retired military community. Within the next five years, three phases of construction will reclaim the 162-acre plot of land. Existing sites on the former course,

  • Does your recipe have what it takes?

    The 22nd Air Refueling Wing, Team McConnell Action Center is scheduled to host a holiday recipe contest at the Base Chapel Annex, Dec. 16 at 11 a.m. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Freedom First Credit Union Operation Star Tree program to buy toys for Team McConnell children. "We

  • Team McConnell Airmen roll up sleeves

    More than 40 Team McConnell members volunteered their time and equipment to work four-hour shifts during a three-day cleanup project at Joyland Amusement Park in Wichita, Nov. 14 to 16. McConnell's Route 56, a junior non-commissioned officer organization, started this project as an opportunity for