• 22nd ARW Second Quarterly Award Winners

    The 22nd Air Refueling Wing recognized the wing’s second quarter award winners during an awards ceremony at the Robert J. Dole Community Center ballroom on August 2, 2024.

  • McConnell supports U.S. bomber in Maritime Fire Support Symposium

    One U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress long-range strategic bomber integrated with U.S. and Coalition forces, 25 July 2024, during the Maritime Fire Support Symposium.The B-52 from the 2nd Bomb Wing conducted the 32-hour-long mission from Romania enroute to their home station at Barksdale Air Force

  • McConnell hosts AMC SAPR conference

    The first major command-focused training for Sexual Assault Prevention Response Victim advocates took place at McConnell from July 9-11, 2024, with representatives from bases across Air Mobility Command.

  • 22 ARW Builds Airbridge in Support of Project Magellan

    The 22nd Air Refueling Wing exhibited their ability to explode into theater by coordinating with three military bases around the world to preposition several of the wing's tankers in support of Project Magellan, the world's first nonstop, KC-46A Pegasus westbound circumnavigation flight from June

  • 22 ARW completes first 45-hour nonstop KC-46 flight around the world

    A 22nd Air Refueling Wing KC-46A Pegasus executed the world’s first nonstop, KC-46A Pegasus westbound circumnavigation endurance flight, called Project Magellan, June 29-July 1 starting and finishing here.This flight was the latest Maximum Endurance Operation (MEO) for the KC-46A Pegasus, Air

  • USAFA Cadets visit McConnell

    The 22nd Air Refueling Wing hosted nine cadets from the U.S. Air Force Academy as part of Operation Air Force program, June 4-19, 2024.

  • McConnell and Wichita firefighters bring the heat during joint training

    Airman 1st Class Angie Saravia, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, pulls a hose during a live fire training exercise June 18, 2024, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. This was a bipartisan training exercise between firemen from McConnell and the Eisenhower Airport Fire and Police Department