Controlled Burn: Maintaining the Ecosystem

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  • By Senior Airman Paige Weldon
  • 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs
MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. --  

U.S. Air Force Wildland Fire Branch members burn tall grass during a controlled burn at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, March 20, 2025. Burning the grass is more cost effective and beneficial to the ecosystem than mowing.