• Team McConnell flyover to salute community and frontline COVID-19 responders

    Team McConnell is scheduled to perform a series of community flyovers for Operation America Strong on May 6, 2020, beginning at 10 a.m.A flight of two KC-135 Stratotankers and a KC-46 Pegasus from McConnell, followed closely by Wichita’s own B-29 Superfortress “Doc,” will fly over local communities

  • New Urgent Care Pilot Program for Prime Beneficiaries

    To increase access to care, the Department of Defense is launching an Urgent Care Pilot Program for TRICARE Prime beneficiaries, beginning May 23.This program allows prime members two visits to a network or TRICARE authorized provider without a referral or prior authorization.The Urgent Care Pilot

  • Investing in your benefit: Surcharge pays for new or renovated commissaries

    The commissary surcharge - the 5 percent added to every customer's bill - is not a tax. That's just one of several facts about the surcharge that even some of the savviest commissary customers are sometimes surprised to learn."Some people erroneously call the surcharge a tax, but this generalization

  • Corvias offers Corvias Foundation scholarships and grants

    Corvias Foundation, an award-winning private, charitable foundation committed to supporting the pursuit of higher education, announced today that applications for the 2016 scholarships and educational grants are now available. The Foundation is committed to supporting military families in the

  • Fuel Spill on McConnell AFB

    Officials here confirmed that a fuel spill of approximately 855 gallons occurred in airplane parking at approximately 4:32 a.m. today. Initial reports indicated no injuries or health risk to the public or base population. Base fire department, aircraft maintenance and hazardous material personnel

  • McConnell's 'big' day

    More than 50 McConnell Airmen dedicated a day to 60 children from the Sedgewick County Big Brothers Big Sisters program Aug. 6."Big for a Day" brought a variety of different Air Force specialty codes and pay grades together in support of a higher calling, to mentor the youth of Sedgewick and Butler

  • New commander scheduled to arrive at McConnell

    Col. Albert G. Miller, formerly commander of the 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, will take command of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at a change of command ceremony at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12, in Hangar 1107 with Lt. Gen. Carlton Everhart, 18th Air Force