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  • McConnell Airman competes in volleyball Armed Forces tournament

    An Airman assigned the 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron competed on the Air Force Volleyball team that won the Armed Forces Championship, May 29. Capt. Justin Lukso, 22nd LRS deployment and distribution flight commander, was one of 12 Airmen selected to the team. Lukso helped the team place 9th out

  • KC-135s refuel international partners at Red Flag-Alaska

    Four McConnell aircrews took two KC-135 Stratotankers to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, to provide joint warfighting support during the two-week exercise, Red Flag-Alaska 17-2, which began June 12.The exercise puts two forces against one another; blue, the allies, versus red, the aggressors. The

  • Air Force salutes ‘Flying Tiger’ after 75 year journey home

    Blood is thicker than water. For the family of an American Volunteer Group pilot killed in a 1941 training accident in Burma, it ran the Pacific Ocean and spurred a search lasting until his remains reached Kansas 75 years later. John Dean Armstrong, a Hutchinson, Kan. native, was buried Saturday,

  • Two-mile track construction

    Twenty-second Civil Engineer Squadron Airmen redirect a bridge June 14, 2017 at the Kruger Recreational 2-mile track at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The 22nd CES replaced an older bridge that fell into the creek located on the track. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Alan Ricker)

  • Grandson of Enola Gay pilot flies refurbished B-29 Doc

    Wichita’s beloved B-29 Superfortress, Doc, took to the skies yet again June 9, from McConnell Air Force Base, this time with an added aspect of historical significance and Air Force heritage.Sitting in the co-pilot seat was Brig. Gen. Paul Tibbets IV, 509th Bomb Wing commander. Taking control of the

  • KC-46 aircrew training nearing completion

    This summer, the 344th Air Refueling Squadron, the Air Force's first active-duty KC-46A Pegasus operational flying squadron, will soon be ready for Initial Operations Test and Evaluation.                                                                                  The squadron wasn’t officially

  • 22nd CS improves processes, procedures

    MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan.- The 22nd Communications Squadron is improving some of their processes and procedures to better track requests and serve customers on base.The changes will occur over the next several months and require help from the base populace. Instead of calling specific 22nd CS

  • Alpha Warrior challenges Team McConnell

    MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. – The Alpha Warrior Tour presented by USAA is scheduled to arrive at McConnell May 26-27.The Alpha Warrior Tour is visiting several Air Force installations across the country to challenge participants with events that bring a different approach to fitness.On May 26

  • Tankers evacuate

    A KC-135 Stratotanker takes flight during an evacuation May 18, 2017, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The evacuation was completed to keep the aircraft out of the way of potential severe weather. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tara Fadenrecht)

  • McConnell maintainers display versatility and teamwork, bring home trophy

    Six aircraft maintenance Airmen from Team McConnell stepped away from their Air Force comfort zone to compete against 56 top aircraft maintenance civilian and Department of Defense service members during the annual Aerospace Maintenance Counsel Skills Competition in Orlando, Florida, April 24 - 27.