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  • Changes are coming to TRICARE

    Changes are coming to TRICARE benefits beginning January 1, 2018. These changes provide more benefit choices, improve access to care, simplify cost shares and allow members to take command of their health. “Taking command of your health means empowering you to make the right health care and coverage

  • Faces of McConnell

    Airman 1st Class Ian Woodburn, 22nd Communications Squadron radio frequency transmission systems apprentice, poses for a photo Oct. 6, 2017, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Airman assigned to the 22nd CS provide all telephone, radio service, navigational aid and weather systems maintenance for

  • Suiting up for unsuitable environments

    This one-and-a-half hour-long training teaches Airmen how to protect themselves and their wingmen in case of exposure to a chemical attack that breaks the toxicity threshold and other threats.

  • CMSgt Breitkreutz's fini-flight

    Chief Master Sgt. Donald Breitkreutz, 22nd Operations Group superintendent and boom operator, climbs into a KC-135 Stratotanker before his fini-flight Sept. 25, 2017, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The fini-flight is a time-honored military aviation tradition marking the last flight of an

  • 22 MXS hydraulic Airmen

    Airman Ryan Fugit, 22nd Maintenance Squadron hydraulics apprentice, deconstructs a spoiler actuator from a KC-135 Stratotanker Sept. 20, 2017, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Airmen assigned to the 22nd MXS maintain aircraft parts, which allow aircrews to fly missions with confidence. (U.S.

  • 349th ARS Airman earns Faces of AR recognition

    As a Faces of AR recognition, individuals are chosen by leadership for demonstrating the Air Force's Core Values: Integrity First, Service Before Self, and Excellence in All We Do.

  • Deployed Airmen return home

    Three children wait for their fathers to deplane a KC-135 Stratotanker as they return from deployment Aug. 22, 2017, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Members of Team McConnell, including family members, coworkers and leadership, greeted the returning Airmen as they arrived. (U.S. Air Force

  • 22nd CONS Airman earns Faces of AR recognition

    As a Faces of AR recognition, individuals are chosen by leadership for demonstrating the Air Force's Core Values: Integrity First, Service Before Self, and Excellence in All We Do.

  • McConnell maintainers support MacDill mission

    MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan.— McConnell maintainers have been providing support to MacDill Air Force Base aircraft since Sept. 7 after they were evacuated from Florida to avoid potential damage from Hurricane Irma. When MacDill’s KC-135 Stratotankers landed at McConnell, only a handful of