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  • No changes to military retirement anytime soon, officials say

    The military retirement isn't going to change any time soon, Defense Department officials said. "There's no immediate plan to affect retirement," Navy Adm. Mike Mullen told service members at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, July 31. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said any changes to

  • New AMC command chief sends letter to Airmen

    To the Airmen of Air Mobility Command (officers, enlisted and civilians),Greetings to you from your new command chief! I am Chief Master Sgt. Andy Kaiser, and my beloved bride Debbie and I are honored and delighted to be your new "senior enlisted servants" for this amazing command. I say "servants"

  • Death has no reset button

    In 2010, 98 U.S. Air Force personnel completed suicide; the highest suicide rate since current tracking methods began in 2004.The 22nd Medical Group Mental Health clinic goal is to save lives and combat those statistics Aug. 25 and 26, 2011, by hosting a briefing titled "Suicide Prevention: Because

  • Airmen become 'Big for a Day'

    As they clamored around tables trying on helmets and jumping up and down on 20-man life rafts, more than 25 "Littles" met their "Big" for a day, they also experienced a day in the life of an Airman.The Sedgwick County chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters recently visited McConnell Aug. 12, 2011, for

  • RODEO: MXG hog ties RODEO Preflight

    Two KC-135 Stratotankers, 24 competitors, six civic leaders from the Wichita, Kan., area and McConnell support personnel climbed, financed, flew, maintained and competed their way through RODEO 2011, bringing home the trophy for "Best KC-135 Preflight Team." McConnell's competitors included Airmen

  • 22nd EARS breaking records

    Just over halfway into 2011 Airmen with the 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron here have already shattered more than a dozen records.These Airmen once again proved they have what it takes to raise the standard and set the bar high; they flew 493 sorties in July, breaking the Transit Center's

  • RODEO 2011

    McConnell's Airmen competed in the 2011 Air Mobility Command RODEO. Two KC-135 Stratotankers, 24 competitors, six civic leaders from the Wichita, Kan., area and McConnell support personnel flew to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., to test their mobility skills and build esprit de corps. For a photo