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  • Civic leaders witness air refueling

    Fifteen local civic leaders were flown onboard a KC-135 Stratotanker during a demonstration of McConnell's aerial refueling mission as part of a regularly scheduled training sortie April 23.The Kansans witnessed a B-52 Stratofortress get refueled during the flight, a first-hand demonstration of how

  • McConnell leader earns prestigious award

    A McConnell Airman recently won the 2014 Lance P. Sijan U.S. Air Force Leadership Award.Lt. Col. Stephen Matthews, 22nd Operations Group deputy commander, received the prestigious award for demonstrating excellence in leadership during his time as the 349th Air Refueling Squadron commander.The award

  • 22nd ARW mighty medics ensure fit to fight team

    Two officers and one civilian team up here to provide 11,000 patients unparalleled medical treatment.McConnell Air Force Base Family Nurse Practitioners care for patients ranging from infants to geriatrics and these mighty medics have state of the art training and are extremely good at their

  • EOD Airmen help keep community safe

    Two Airmen from the 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal team responded to an emergency call four hours away from base in Garden City, Kansas, on the night of April 5.A family found two old grenades while going through the footlocker of a relative who used to be in the

  • Academy cadets visit McConnell

    Seventeen cadets from Squadron 22 at the U.S. Air Force Academy visited McConnell Air Force Base April 2-5, during a sponsor base tour.The 22nd Air Refueling Wing is the sponsor base of cadet squadron 22, this allows the cadets to lean on Team McConnell for mentorship and development.During the

  • McConnell recognizes SAAPM

    Base leadership signed a pledge to raise awareness and help eliminate sexual assault from the military April 6, here.The Department of Defense recognizes April as National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. The 2015 theme is "Eliminate Sexual Assault: Know your part. Do your part," and

  • Andover students learn about Air Power

    The superintendent of the Andover School District, Greg Rasmussen, and his Student Advisory Team visited McConnell March 31 to learn about the role the base plays in national defense and how the local community can impact this mission.The group, which included Rasmussen, his assistant, and 10

  • Local community marks B-29 rollout

    One of over 1,600 B-29 Superfortresses assembled in Wichita, Kansas, was delivered to the Army Air Forces on March 23, 1944, and that very same aircraft was "delivered" again in commemoration of its restoration during a ceremony March 23, in Wichita."I was real thrilled for this," said retired Col.

  • Team McConnell hosts local cadets

    More than 150 Junior ROTC cadets from Wichita and Derby Unified School Districts in Kansas visited McConnell to learn about different positions in the Air Force, March 11 to 12.The students visited the 22nd Medical Group, KC-135R Stratotanker flight simulator and air traffic control simulator, a

  • Green Eggs and Ham Day

    Three senior NCOs from McConnell Air Force Base volunteered to help children run through an obstacle course at Wichita Head Start, Early Head Start and Child Start Green Eggs and Ham Day at the Beech Activity Center in Wichita, Kansas, March 11.Senior Master Sgt. Randy Simmons, 22nd Aircraft