• McConnell's 'Tornadoes' shake up Fort Riley

    A fourth quarter rally helped McConnell's Airman trump Fort Riley's flag football team with a score of 20-18 during a game at Derby High School, Oct. 15, 2011..Playing at Derby's Panther Stadium, the Airmen entered the fourth quarter down 12-0, but overwhelmed the Soldiers, reaping the traveling

  • McConnell helps break domestic violence cycle

    October marks the national observation of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. As a result, McConnell's Family Advocacy Program participated in a community event Oct. 18, 2011, to help military members and their families understand the realities of domestic violence.The event took place at

  • AMC Chief Scientist: Alternative fuels can be the 'cleaner jet fuel'

    Just as the character "Doc" in the "Back to the Future" movie loaded the flux-capacitor of the time-travel modified 1975 DeLorean with a banana peel and trash from Marty McFly's garbage can, Air Force scientists are looking for the next readily available, renewable clean-burning aircraft fuel.Air

  • Medical codes no longer prevent some deployments

    Air Force officials have approved expanding the deployment opportunities for Airmen who typically had limited opportunities to deploy in support of air and space expeditionary force operations.Last month the 602nd Training Group Provisional at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., began accepting Airmen

  • Clinic vaccinates Airmen, family against flu

    The 22nd Medical Group Allergy and Immunization Clinic will be administering influenza shots for all beneficiaries.The 22nd MDG began administering the vaccine Sept. 1, 2011, and will continue until June 30, 2012. Beneficiaries who are 6 months old and older may receive the vaccine.Influenza is a

  • McConnell competes in marathon

    Twenty-six Team McConnell members competed at the 15th Annual Air Force Marathon Sept. 17, 2011, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. McConnell's runners were up against more than 13,000 runners from all 50 states and 12 countries participating in the 10 kilometer run, half marathon or full

  • 9/11: Through the eyes of Airmen

    Ten years ago, the men and women who are today's young servicemembers, were still in grade school. Some were in high school, even fewer were enrolled in college. Many had no idea what the World Trade Center towers were, what the Sept. 11 attacks meant politically or the lasting impact the day's

  • McConnell Airmen support McGuire aircraft evacuation

    With the maintenance expertise and ramp space readily available, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., fulfilled its role as safe haven for five KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft that evacuated from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Aug. 26 as Hurricane Irene approached.While the McGuire's

  • McConnell 'aces' inspection

    In the current age of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other big-name social media networks, it's no wonder that information should not only be protected verbally, it has to be protected electronically.To evaluate McConnell's cyber protections, the Department of Defense Defense Information Systems