• U.S. Air Force's European consolidation results announced

    The Office of the Secretary of Defense announced the results of the European Infrastructure Consolidation review Jan. 8, which will realign several missions in U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa within seven years.Under the EIC, the Department of Defense will divest three installations

  • McConnell Stands Down for Safety

    The 22nd Air Refueling Wing participated in the safety-down day to educate Airmen on how to prevent mishaps, Jan. 6.All of McConnell's active duty squadrons had safety briefings via presentations or a web conference on Defense Connect Online, throughout the day."After being gone for the holiday

  • Operation Holiday Surprise

    The McConnell Enlisted Spouse Club has been donating $50 gift cards here randomly to Airmen ranked E-5 and below as part of their annual Operation Holiday Surprise.The MESC had 200 gift cards and have been handing them out since Thanksgiving."OHS is our effort to raise funds to purchase gift cards

  • Santa, 349th ARS team up for holiday treat

    The 349th Air Refueling Squadron hosted 20 kids from Big Brothers Big Sisters Wichita for the annual Operation Santa event, Dec. 19, here.The children toured several parts of the base, during which they got to see a KC-135R Stratotanker, a military working dog demonstration and the KC-135R flight

  • Recycling the wreckage

    With all of the recent renovations being made preparing for the arrival of the KC-46A Pegasus to McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, comes millions of pounds of unneeded demolition debris awaiting disposal.Instead of sending the materials to a landfill, McConnell recycles the wreckage that can no

  • ‘Smart’ way to give back

    The Air Force's core values are used to remind Airmen how to get the mission done. "Integrity first" and "Excellence in all we do" are rather straightforward, but how exactly does one define "Service before self?"Capt. Razell Smart, 22nd Operations Group special operations air refueling chief

  • More winter, snow problems

    Even when the weather is unbearable to some, McConnell Airmen must still get the KC-135R Stratotankers ready to fly.The 22nd Maintenance Squadron and 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron both have a specialized group of Airmen whose primary duty is to take care of the aircraft and the runways when we

  • McConnell impact to community grows with KC-46A

    Officials released the 2014 Economic Impact Statement, highlighting the more than $200 million increase in impact to the local economy.The EIS is an annual report that provides information about the effect McConnell has on the community in four ways: personnel, payroll, expenditures and indirect

  • McConnell Airman selected for KC-46 test crew

    One McConnell Airman was selected, alongside forty-one total force Airmen, to be part of the KC-46A Pegasus initial operational test and evaluation aircrew.Staff Sgt. Jason Coffey, 22nd Operations Group standards and evaluation boom operator, became the first and only active-duty McConnell Airman to

  • Demolition makes way for KC-46 hangar

    Eleven doors on Hangar 1106 were torn down, Dec. 9, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas.The doors were removed to start construction of new KC-46A Pegasus hangars."The plan was executed without any flaws, and it worked out very well," said 1st Lt. Daniel Calvario, KC-46A Program Integration Office