• Airman recognized for act of heroism

    A 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief received the Distinguished Individual Safety Award from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing commander, May 6, here.Staff Sgt. William Womack received the award for potentially saving a man's life, Sept. 15, 2014, after he observed smoke coming from a residence

  • Base biologist partners with Boy Scouts

    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist assigned here partnered with a local Boy Scout troop recently in support of a fish growth and habitat study.  Troop 364 helped Laura Mendenhall, a biologist working with 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron, fish and set up traps in "Bee-Tree" pond, which is used

  • McConnell Maintainers muscle through the madness

    The 22nd Maintenance Group successfully prepared the departure of 19 KC-135 Stratotankers with six hours' notice, April 26, 2016, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas.The base aircraft were evacuated to protect Air Force assets by avoiding threatening inclement weather which occurred exactly 25 years

  • KC-135 crews support KC-46A testing missions

    Sixty-year-old KC-135 Stratotankers from here recently supported the new KC-46A Pegasus testing and evaluation missions in Washington state.The KC-135s, which currently serve as the backbone of the air refueling fleet, provided refueling support to receiver and chase aircraft participating in the

  • Registration open for free NFL football camp

    Military dependants ages 7-18 may register online for the free Iron Sharpens Iron football camp beginning May 2.McConnell is partnering with the McDonald Association Collective Collaboration to hold this event, which will feature several NFL players from teams such as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the

  • 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

  • Early release

    Due to inclement weather forecasts, the Installation Commander has authorized early release of all 22nd Air Refueling Wing and 931st Air Refueling Wing non-emergency essential employees beginning at 3 p.m.EARLY DISMISSAL: Non-emergency essential employees are normally authorized early dismissal from