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Wichita’s Flying Brothers: where McConnell got its name

Anna McConnell pins pilot's wings on her three sons Fred, Edwin and Thomas. In 1954, Wichita Air Force Base was formally renamed to McConnell AFB in honor of Fred and Thomas, who both died while serving. In 1999, base officials added Edwin's name to the installation after his death. (Courtesy Photo)
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McConnell conducts MITO exercises

Three KC-46A Pegasuses conducts Minimum Interval Takeoff (MITO) exercises Dec. 13, 2022, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The MITO serves as a training tool to prepare aircrews for a variety of missions at home or during contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Willis)
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McConnell conducts MITO exercises

Three KC-46A Pegasuses conducts Minimum Interval Takeoff (MITO) exercises Dec. 13, 2022, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The MITO serves as a training tool to prepare aircrews for various missions at home or during contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Willis)
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McConnell conducts MITO exercises

Three KC-46A Pegasuses conducts Minimum Interval Takeoff (MITO) exercises Dec. 13, 2022, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The MITO serves as a training tool to prepare aircrews for various missions at home or during contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Willis)
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McConnell conducts MITO exercises

Three KC-46A Pegasuses conducts Minimum Interval Takeoff (MITO) exercises Dec. 13, 2022, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The MITO serves as a training tool to prepare aircrews for various missions at home or during contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Willis)
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200909-F-NR350-1292

A KC-46 Pegasus aircraft conducts air-to-air refuel operations with a C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Sept. 9, 2020. The KC-46 is assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, K.S.. The 437th aircrew conducted the refuel as a part of an off-station trainer, OST, while delivering a collectively protected CONNEX, CPC, to Osan Air Force Base, South Korea to be tested during the base’s exercise, “Fight Tonight.” The delivery of the CPC was PACAF/ A3’s number 1 priority. An OST is used by flying squadron’s to train Airmen in unique environments that present different challenges than home station training. (Photo by Staff Sergeant Lance Valencia)
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220412-F-CV734-0002

A KC-135, assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing, sits behind a KC-46A from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing April 12, 2022, at Morón Air Base, Spain. U.S. Air Mobility Command currently manages an inventory of 396 Stratotankers and 55 Pegasi, stationed and projected across the globe to fuel the protection of America and its allies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Eckert)
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150616-F-LP903-506

A Gabriela Mistral third grader practices math problems at the Gabriela Mistral school in Ocotes Alto, Honduras, June 16, 2015. Gabriela Mistral is the site of a new two-room classroom being built by U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 823rd Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron, out of Hurlburt Field, Fla., and U.S. Marines from the 271st Marine Wing Support Squadron, 2nd Marine Air Wing, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., as part of the New Horizons Honduras 2015 training exercise going on throughout the Trujillo and Tocoa, Honduras regions. New Horizons was launched in the 1980s and is an annual joint humanitarian assistance exercise that U.S. Southern Command conducts with a partner nation in Central America, South America or the Caribbean. The exercise improves joint training readiness of U.S. and partner nation civil engineers, medical professionals and support personnel through humanitarian assistance activities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. David J. Murphy/Released)
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Melissa Bailey, 509th Force Support Squadron house keeper, makes a bed at the Whiteman Inn on Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., May 7, 2013. Turnovers are done between check-in and check-out, 11:00 and 14:00, before guests arrive. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keenan Berry/Released)
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200812-F-VI840-0032

A compass sits on a letter Aug. 12, 2020, in Sun City, Ariz. The compass was issued to Ralph Richard Hayes, former 20th Air Force, Army Air Corps, 421st Bombardment Squadron bombardier, as part of a survival kit in 1944 and it travelled with him on 35 bombing missions over Japan in 1945 during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Leala Marquez)
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RV lot open for service

Colonel Nate Vogel, 22nd Air Refueling Wing commander, and Maj. Melissa Jamison, 22nd Force Support Squadron commander, cut the ribbon at the newly opened recreational vehicle lot Dec. 9, 2022, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The 22nd CES had 7,000 cubic yards of asphalt millings from the ongoing runway renovation that was used to complete the RV lot. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Willis)
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RV lot open for service

Colonel Nate Vogel, 22nd Air Refueling Wing commander, provides the opening speech at the newly opened recreational vehicle lot Dec. 9, 2022, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The RV lot is available to McConnell’s military members, veterans and Department of Defense civilian employees. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Willis)
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RV lot open for service

The first customer of the newly finished recreational vehicle lot pulls in to park his RV Dec. 9, 2022, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The lot is available for both short and long-term vehicle parking and can accommodate 130 RVs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Willis)
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New simulation lab comes to 22nd Medical Group

Technical Sgt. Christopher Prieto (right), 22nd Healthcare Operations Squadron flight chief, administers chest compressions during a CPR scenario on a CAE Apollo mannequin while monitoring Apollo’s vitals on a tablet held by Jethro Sofyan, clinical educator Nov. 30, 2022, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The CAE Apollo can be programed with a variety of different scenarios for emergency health care training such as cardiac arrest and massive hemorrhaging. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Gavin Hameed)
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New simulation lab comes to 22nd Medical Group

Major Victoria Wu, 22nd Medical Group Flight Medicine flight commander inspects the dilated pupils of the CAE Apollo mannequin Nov. 30, 2022, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The CAE Apollo can simulate blinking and has reactive pupils with multiple settings including color. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Gavin Hameed)
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New simulation lab comes to 22nd Medical Group

Jethro Sofyan, clinical educator, showcases the inner mechanics of the CAE Apollo adult patient simulator Nov. 30, 2022, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The CAE Apollo is a high-fidelity, tetherless and fully wireless, adult patient simulator with a wide range of life-like features such as breathing, circulation, bleeding, fluid secretions, urination and speech to deliver realistic simulation-based emergency health care training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Gavin Hameed)
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New simulation lab comes to 22nd Medical Group

Master Sgt. Brian Balcom (center), 22nd Medical Group Flight Medicine flight chief, connects a defibrillator to a CAE Apollo mannequin Nov. 30, 2022, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The CAE Apollo high-fidelity mannequin is part of a new simulation lab the 22nd MDG will utilize for emergency health care training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Gavin Hameed)
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221118-F-GC264-779

Senior Airman Sarah Mize, 22nd Medical Group aerospace medical technician, administers an influenza vaccine to a patient at a Flu Shot Point of Dispensing (POD) Oct. 18 2022, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. PODs can be used for immunizations or dispensing medication quickly and efficiently in case of an emergency. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Adam Goodly)
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221118-F-GC264-706

Captain Joseph Cherri, 22nd Medical Group family medicine physician, facilitates patient check-ins for the 65 years and older line during a Flu Shot Point of Dispensing (POD) Oct. 18 2022, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The POD is an organized way of quickly and efficiently distributing a vaccine to a large amount of people and preparing medical personnel for possible emergencies. (U.S. photo by Staff Sgt. Adam Goodly)
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221118-F-GC264-635

Senior Airman Kevin Thomas, 22nd Medical Group aerospace medical technician, administers an influenza vaccine to a patient at a Flu Shot Point of Dispensing (POD) Oct. 18 2022, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. PODs can be used for immunizations or dispensing medication quickly and efficiently in case of an emergency. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Adam Goodly)
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