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  • Safety seat day allows children secure ride

    Airmen from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing ground safety office worked with base community members in the Child Development Center parking lot to inspect and install child safety seats May 16, 2013.The biannual event allows parents to learn the proper installation and use of child safety seats and to

  • Crew chiefs keep the mission on track

    The windshield was simply refusing to cooperate.As the KC-135 Stratotanker approached San Antonio the aircraft commander's windshield began to fog. The window heater was on as evidenced by the co-pilot's clear view of the city below.While the aircrew ran checklists and checked the circuit breakers,

  • A final salute to a fallen warrior

    As the vehicle carrying Capt. Mark Voss passes, pilots and boom operators from the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., join with service members and civilians of the Joint Base San Antonio and San Antonio community as they line the streets to honor the fallen KC-135

  • West runway nears completion

    The West runway is tentatively scheduled for reopening May 30, 2013, after nearly a year and a half of reconstruction and upgrades.The runway, which was more than 20 years old, received approximately $46 million worth of renovations during the construction, including new lights, an instrument

  • Social norms intervention: fall 2012 survey results

    Results of the second survey for the Alcohol Social Norms Intervention Project have been published at McConnell AFB. This project, initiated at McConnell in March 2012, consists of three survey sessions and two media campaigns spanning a two year period. The initial survey was conducted in March

  • Arbor Day celebration at new pavilion

    McConnell Air Force Base held its annual Arbor Day celebration here April 26, at the new Reading Garden Pavilion located next to the library entrance. A sugar maple and a chinkapin oak were planted at the pavilion as part of the celebration. Both trees are deciduous, meaning they will lose their

  • 22nd ARW recognizes volunteers

    More than 220 McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., volunteers and guests attended the 22nd Air Refueling Wing volunteer appreciation ceremony.The event was held in the Robert J. Dole Community Center Ballroom April 24, 2013 and lunch was offered to the attendees before the awards were distributed to

  • Privatization is coming

    More than 100 service members and their families attended a town meeting April 24, 2013, in the Youth Center here to learn about the upcoming transition to privatized family housing.John Pearsall, Corvias Military Living program manager, delivered a presentation answering questions and informing

  • Base library celebrates National Library Week

    National Library Week, typically observed during the second full week of April, is scheduled to be observed at McConnell April 22 to 26, 2013 so participants can experience what the library have to offer for the community.The base library staff decided to celebrate with events that have been