• Vice commander tells about upcoming week

    Team McConnell (Airpower!!!),This week, Col. Jamie Crowhurst and Chief Master Sgt. Michael Edwards attended the 18 AF Conference in San Antonio.Here is some information for next week's important events. Tuesday is a promotion ceremony at the Dole Center. On Wednesday, we will prepare ourselves for

  • McConnell Airmen complete historic exercise

    McConnell participated in a historic exercise that required more than 100 Airmen and four KC-135 Stratotankers to forward deploy to Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. Aug.15 to 19.The three-day deployment, conducted as part of a nuclear operational readiness exercise, was the first to be performed

  • Open House parking outlined

    Hailing the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds as headliners, Airmen and visitors attending McConnell's Open House and Air Show Sept. 25 and 26 may also wonder where they can park.With gates open at 10 a.m., parking areas have been designated for off-base guests and Team McConnell members.With the

  • McConnell operator contract transferred to Travis

    Ending more than eight years of service and thousands of transferred calls, the McConnell telephone call management contract was transferred to Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Aug. 25, 2010.The McConnell base operators' contract was transferred due to an Air Mobility Command consolidation program.

  • McConnell Chapel hosts retreat for Airmen

    Eleven McConnell Airmen met during a weekend event hosted by the base chapel at El Dorado Park Aug. 20 to 22, 2010. The chapel hosted the young adult retreat as part of a larger retreat program, spearheaded by the chaplain corps team. The team has hosted events since 2008 promoting one of the wings