• Keeping the Communications Clear

    The 22nd Communications Squadron Cyber Operations Center provided Team McConnell the same fast, reliable and necessary communications to continue their mission while taking on a new mission to command and control cyber operations throughout the fight against COVID-19.

  • The CDC, Children in Good Hands

    Gena Smalling, 22nd Force Support Squadron Child Development Center room supervisor, changes an infant May 20, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The CDC has modified childcare services during the COVID-19 outbreak and requires all staff members to wear protective mask while providing care

  • 22nd CONS troop named AMC Airman of the Year

    The AMC annual awards recognize individuals and teams whose exceptional achievements and leadership qualities distinguished them from their peers. It wasn’t by luck that she achieved this prestigious award.

  • Putting the Miles in Milestones

    The Williams family pose for a photo before riding through the parade to celebrate the graduation of Jazzy Williams, Andover Central High School graduate, May 18, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Team McConnell hosted a drive-through parade on base to honor high school and college seniors

  • Working from Beyond the Flames

    Personal protective equipment used by the 22nd Civil Engineering Squadron’s firefighters lay out before being used in a bunker drill May 12, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Bunker drills test Airmen on their ability to quickly don all of their equipment in two minutes, training them to

  • The Will to Persevere

    Maj. Tim Brunson, 22nd Medical Group education and training flight commander, served at McConnell as a nurse a year ago when he realized that some mental trauma he normalized as everyday thoughts were anything but normal.

  • McConnell first to test KC-46 NVG flights

    A 344th Air Refueling Squadron aircrew from McConnell Air Force Base was the first KC-46 Pegasus crew to conduct operational test flights using night vision goggles.

  • 344th ARS: Fueling the development of RVS 2.0

    Last month, Boeing and the Air Force — including members of McConnell’s 344th Air Refueling Squadron — reached a major milestone through collaboration and agreement to bring a new Remote Vision System to the KC-46A Pegasus, the RVS 2.0.