• Spouse appreciation event provides networking to family members

    Spouses of Airmen from around the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, 184th Intelligence Wing and 931st Air Refueling Group were able to spend a day learning first-hand what their partners do at McConnell during a spouse appreciation day on Oct. 2.Stops on the tour included a static display of a KC-135

  • 344th ARS Airman wins 'Dutch' Huyser Award

    A McConnell Airman recently won the 2015 Air Mobility Command General "Dutch" Huyser Boom Operator Award.The award is named after Gen. Robert "Dutch" Huyser, a former aircraft commander who served in the Vietnam War and flew more than 9,000 hours in multiple aircraft during his military career.Staff

  • Wingman Day around the corner

    Events focusing on building resiliency among members of Team McConnell are scheduled to take place Oct. 9, in recognition of Wingman Day."I believe McConnell is like any other base in the Department of Defense, whereas we have struggles and areas that we can improve upon," said Senior Master Sgt.

  • CFC: opportunity to change a life

    The 2015 Combined Federal Campaign will begin Oct. 5 and run through Nov. 5.The campaign was established in the early 1960s to promote and support philanthropy. The organization works on behalf of health and human welfare charitable organizations and allows federal employees the opportunity to

  • PUBLIC NOTICE OF COLIFORM BACTERIA IN DRINKING WATER

    The 22d ARW routinely monitors the base public water supply for the presence of total coliform bacteria eight times a month.  The water system was sampled seventeen times in September for coliform bacteria.  One routine sample and two repeat samples showed a presence of total coliform due to low

  • Team McConnell to participate in Purple Mile event

    The Purple Mile, a walk to increase domestic violence awareness, is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Oct. 3, at the Rattigan Student Center at the Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas."Domestic abuse statistics are frightening," said Vickie Hayden, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Sexual Assault

  • Operation Cyber Shooter: cyber sleuths protect valuable PII

    A man enters an office and walks right up to an individual on a computer. He holds a gun to the victim's head and demands their personal information and records.The victim gives it to him without a fight, and the criminal leaves with all the data. This happens every single day to individuals, except

  • Training for the worst

    An Air Force C-130 "Hercules" crashed while performing weed mitigation operations at Smoky Hill Weapons Range, near Salina, Sept. 12. Two crewmembers were killed on impact while another crewmember was critically injured. The crash also resulted in a hazardous material spill of 10,000 pounds of

  • McConnell dependents experience the deployment process

    Approximately 120 children received the experience that our service members get when going through a mobility line for deployment on Sept. 26, 2015.McConnell's 22nd Force Support Squadron Airman and Family Readiness Center has held this event every year for the last 12 years in an attempt to help

  • Efficient process minimizes impact of fuel spill

    Accidents happen. When an accident is met with a messy and confusion-filled response, things often get worse.When a KC-135 Stratotanker leaked several hundred gallons of fuel onto the aircraft parking ramp here the morning of Sept. 25, base agencies came together with a swift, efficient response