• Stop… and talk

    Suicide. It’s a tough subject for most people, but Team McConnell is committed to addressing rates of suicide in the Air Force. McConnell is employing an Air Force initiative called the Resilience Tactical Pause Sept. 27, 2019.

  • Maintenance Marshal

    Airman 1st Class Cutter Bedford, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief journeyman, marshals a KC-135 Stratotanker Sept. 25, 2019, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Bedford decided to join the Air Force three years ago and was just recently stationed at McConnell. McConnell’s missions is to

  • 1,871 days of torture

    Five years, one month and 15 days — that is how long Ted Gostas was captive in solitary confinement in North Vietnam. He was tortured and abused as he watched his troops die.

  • The Last Mission

    It’s August 15, 1945, and the 411th Bomb Squadron is flying over Tokyo, Japan. His eyes were focused on the Tokyo Imperial Palace. He could feel the cold metal of the aircraft beneath him as he flew at approximately 30,000 feet. He didn’t know then, but a coup d’état was taking place. As he flew

  • POW/MIA Retreat Ceremony

    McConnell's Honor Guard flag detail folds the American flag during the 2019 prisoner(s) of war/missing in action Retreat Ceremony Sept. 20, 2019, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The installation honored those that served to protect and preserve the rights, privileges and freedoms by sacrificing

  • DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL EFFECTS

    DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL EFFECTS, Amn Jared Faunce. Capt Brandon Devader is authorized to make disposition of the personal effects of Amn Jared Faunce, deceased, 184 SFS, as stated in AFI 34-501 , MORTUARY AFFAIRS PROGRAM. Any person having claims for or against Amn Jared Faunce should contact with

  • 373rd TRS begins training first KC-46 pipeline Airmen

    Mission Ready Airmen course instructors assigned to the Air Education and Training Command’s 373rd Training Squadron Detachment 8 are currently readying the Air Force’s newest KC-46A Pegasus crew chiefs to take on the branch’s most recent addition to the aerial refueling fleet.

  • 22 ARW Airman of the Week 9-12

    Col. Rich Tanner, 22nd Air Refueling Wing commander, presents a coin to Senior Airman Shaquerria Heaney, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron electrical and environmental systems journeyman, for being highlighted as the Airman of the Week Sept. 12, 2019, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Heaney

  • 2019 Patriot Day Ceremony

    Firemen assigned to the 22nd Civil Engineering Squadron, ring the last alarm during the Patriot Day Ceremony Sept. 11, 2019, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The last alarm honors firefighters that lost their lives on 9/11, it is represented by a bell that is rung three times, signifying the end of