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  • Bridging the gap to safer skies

    A representative from McConnell Air Force Base's safety office attended a conference at Kansas State University on Aug. 21, to promote teamwork and safety within the flying community. Maj. Aaron Stark, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Chief of Flight Safety addressed Kansas State University Aviation

  • ‘Big’ Airmen mentor ‘littles’ for a day

    Buses filled with children lined up outside a hangar here to deliver 'littles' to their 'bigs' for a day, as part of a youth-mentoring event held, Aug. 8.More than 60 youths from the Sedgwick County chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters interacted with Airmen from across the wing. The 349th Air

  • McConnell's Airman's Attic extends hours

    Airmen now have more time to visit the Airman's Attic and loan closet at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Saturday hours are now added to the schedule.The Airman's Attic and loan closet will now be open on the second and fourth Saturday of every month from 10 to 12 a.m. Top Three, an agency

  • McConnell member named 2013 CP Airman of the year

    A member of Team McConnell was recognized as the Air Force's 2013 Command Post Airman of the Year. Staff Sgt. Bryan Knehr, 22nd Air Refueling Wing senior controller, was shocked when he discovered that he was selected. Rather than accrediting his success to one year of excellent work performance,

  • Feds Feed Families initiative

    McConnell Airmen, along with the base commissary, are participating in a large scale food drive this summer.The Feds Feed Families program was created in 2009 by the Department of Agriculture to support families in need. It starts in June and runs through the end of August each year."The local

  • Team McConnell member retires after 40 years

    Toasts were made and glasses were 'clinked' in celebration of a Team McConnell member's 40-year-long career during a retirement event July 30.Krista Jackson, 22nd Force Support Squadron human resource manager, was greeted by family, friends, co-workers and base leadership to wish her well as she

  • McConnell crew awarded Doolittle Trophy

    A McConnell aircrew won the Air Mobility Command's 2013 General James H. Doolittle Trophy, July 2, 2014. The trophy was awarded to Maj. Robert Knapp, 22nd Air Refueling Wing executive officer, Capt. Brett McAuliff, 384th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, and Airman 1st Class Tim Neff, 350th ARS boom

  • Foster Farms recalls chicken products due to Salmonella Heidelberg

    Foster Farms is recalling an unspecified amount of its chicken products because the products may be contaminated with a strain of Salmonella Heidelberg, according to a Department of Defense All Food and Drug Activity message sent July 9.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified the

  • KC-46A groundbreaking ceremony marks giant step forward for air refueling

    A new era in Air Force air refueling capabilities took a giant step forward June 30, 2014.Shovels overturned the first piles of dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new KC-46A Pegasus at McConnell Air Force Base. The ceremony symbolized significant progress in the KC-46A program and that

  • 350th ARS recruits 9-year-old pilot

    Military children may wonder what life is like for mom and dad when they go to work. One child had an experience that went far beyond a typical bring-your-daughter-to-work day.Nine-year-old Claire Stewart, who has battled non-hodgkin's lymphoma and is now in successful remission, followed in her