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  • Employing the Pegasus: From Concept to Capable

    Approximately 220 Active, Guard and Reserve Airmen have operated four KC-46A Pegasus out of Spain from mid-March through most of April 2022. The Total Force team make up the first KC-46 Employment Concept Exercise (ECE), evaluating how they and the aircraft will provide rapid global mobility to

  • Air Mobility Command leadership visits McConnell

    MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. – General Mike Minihan, Commander of Air Mobility Command, Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick, AMC command chief, and their spouses visited McConnell Air Force Base April 27-28, to see firsthand the advances in aerial refueling missions as well as engage with Airmen,

  • Crafting Up New Ideas

    Creativity is one of many things that brings people to the McConnell Arts and Craft Center; the vast number of new ideas and creations that can be explored are seemingly unlimited, from activities like clay sculpting and paper mache to woodworking.

  • McConnell Commissary is reopening

    The McConnell Commissary is happy to announce it will reopen on Wednesday, April 20, at its normal time after a water main break caused flooding of the store and its temporary closure.

  • The 22nd Medical Group Executes Exercise Ready Eagle

    The 22nd Medical Group, to include all of its Active Duty, contractor, and civilian members, conducted exercise Ready Eagle April 4-8, 2022. Ready Eagle is a week-long training event conducted by Air Mobility Command’s subject matter experts. The training is implemented through a “crawl, walk, run”

  • Wichita Wind Surge flyover

    McConnell Air Force Base’s 344th Air Refueling Squadron performed a flyover while McConnell Airmen presented an American Flag alongside Honor Guardsmen at the Wichita Wind Surge’s opening night.

  • SECAF visits team McConnell

    Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall visited the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, 931st ARW and 184th Air National Guard Wing here April 3 – 4, 2022, to get an up-close visual of air-refueling aircraft and missions with a focus on service modernization.

  • McConnell refuels a B-1B

    A KC-135 Stratotanker from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, refueled a B-1B Lancer from Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, March 28, 2022. The B-1 is a versatile, multi-mission weapon system that carries the largest conventional payload of guided and unguided weapons in the Air Force inventory.  (U.S.

  • Fit to Fly: KC-135 ISO Preparation

    The KC-135 Stratotanker has been in service for over six decades and in order to keep this aircraft in operation they must undergo routine inspections, which checks every valve, gear and panel to make sure they are at peak performance and mission ready.