• West runway nears completion

    The West runway is tentatively scheduled for reopening May 30, 2013, after nearly a year and a half of reconstruction and upgrades.The runway, which was more than 20 years old, received approximately $46 million worth of renovations during the construction, including new lights, an instrument

  • Social norms intervention: fall 2012 survey results

    Results of the second survey for the Alcohol Social Norms Intervention Project have been published at McConnell AFB. This project, initiated at McConnell in March 2012, consists of three survey sessions and two media campaigns spanning a two year period. The initial survey was conducted in March

  • Arbor Day celebration at new pavilion

    McConnell Air Force Base held its annual Arbor Day celebration here April 26, at the new Reading Garden Pavilion located next to the library entrance. A sugar maple and a chinkapin oak were planted at the pavilion as part of the celebration. Both trees are deciduous, meaning they will lose their

  • 22nd ARW recognizes volunteers

    More than 220 McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., volunteers and guests attended the 22nd Air Refueling Wing volunteer appreciation ceremony.The event was held in the Robert J. Dole Community Center Ballroom April 24, 2013 and lunch was offered to the attendees before the awards were distributed to

  • Privatization is coming

    More than 100 service members and their families attended a town meeting April 24, 2013, in the Youth Center here to learn about the upcoming transition to privatized family housing.John Pearsall, Corvias Military Living program manager, delivered a presentation answering questions and informing

  • Base library celebrates National Library Week

    National Library Week, typically observed during the second full week of April, is scheduled to be observed at McConnell April 22 to 26, 2013 so participants can experience what the library have to offer for the community.The base library staff decided to celebrate with events that have been

  • KC-46 progress on track

    The top acquisition priority in the Air Force - acquiring a new aerial refueling capability - is proceeding "on track," Maj. Gen. John Thompson, the program executive officer for Tankers, said.Two years and several key milestones after the contract was awarded, a great deal of progress has been

  • Air Force restarts tuition assistance

    The Air Force has officially restarted military tuition assistance, effective immediately. The service restarted the program as a result of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013, where Congress called for the MTA program to continue in the current fiscal year. As a

  • Reserve tanker crews help Galaxy pilots progress

    Reservists from the 18th Air Refueling Squadron here are contributing to the future of Air Force mobility.Since November, the 18th ARS, the 931st Air Refueling Group's only flying squadron, has provided aerial refueling support for student pilots during seven of the last 10 of business efforts for