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  • RODEO: MXG hog ties RODEO Preflight

    Two KC-135 Stratotankers, 24 competitors, six civic leaders from the Wichita, Kan., area and McConnell support personnel climbed, financed, flew, maintained and competed their way through RODEO 2011, bringing home the trophy for "Best KC-135 Preflight Team." McConnell's competitors included Airmen

  • Rodeo finance competition 'no easy money'

    "Crunching" numbers behind a desk doesn't usually come to mind when people think of Air Mobility Rodeo, but this year financial managers not only competed as comptrollers, they exhibited their skills as Airmen.Air Mobility Rodeo 2011is a international competition that focuses on mission readiness,

  • Comptrollers' 'confidence' put to the test

    Comptrollers from 11 teams Air Force-wide were timed and tested on their memory, fitness, weapon assembly and chemical warfare skills.  The competition was part of the financial management competition at Air Mobility Rodeo 2011.To view the slideshow, click here.

  • Airmen compete for Team Pakistan

    Chanting, "Team Pakistan," as they ascended the ramp to a KC-135R Stratotanker, four of the five-member Pakistan Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 aeromedical evacuation team were American Airman. Upon discovery that Pakistan only had one flight surgeon to compete in the aeromedical evacuation competition

  • RODEO: Bullets, flak, sweat

    Five mentally and physically prepared men, three months of training, three phases of competition and one week to show everyone at RODEO what McConnell's Security Forces Squadron is made of."I'm extremely excited about RODEO," said Senior Airman Melvin Santos, 22nd SFS RODEO team member. "I'm ready

  • RODEO: Without cash no tanker gas

    Financial management personnel will compete for the first time in the 2011 RODEO competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., July 24 to 29, 2011.McConnell's three-Airman comptroller team has been preparing for the competition the past few months and is ready to go up against other teams."We are

  • RODEO: Grab your tools, MXG rules

    Twelve Airmen performing twelve specific jobs make up half of the 2011 RODEO team. Without them, McConnell's KC-135 Stratotankers would not fly.They are the men and women of the 22nd Maintenance Group who will compete in the "Air Mobility Olympics" of the sky July 24-29, 2011, at McChord Field,

  • RODEO: Flight Suits Rounded up

    McConnell's pilots, "booms" and navigators will join hundreds of Airmen in the "Air Mobility Olympics" July 24 to 29, 2011. RODEO, an Air Mobility Command competition, was first held in 1962 and has become the place to test mobility Airmen's skills. In 1979, allied nations were added to the

  • McConnell prepares for RODEO

    Honoring more than 80 years of in-flight refueling excellence, Team McConnell, the defending 2009 RODEO Best Air Refueling Team champions, will again participate in the air mobility competition, 2011 RODEO at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., July 24 to 29, 2011.McConnell Airmen will compete with