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Annual Family Festival of Fun entertains McConnell

Jordan Johnson, 4-years-old Team McConnell family member, makes a kaleidoscope at the Family Festival of Fun, April 17, 2010, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. More than 3,000 Team McConnell members participated in activities such as inflatables, crafts, games, petting zoo, car seat safety check, and live entertainment. The 22nd FSS serves as Team McConnell’s host for recreation, social and personal development for all active duty, Guard, Reserve, retired military, federal employees and their dependents. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chyrece Campbell)

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Annual Family Festival of Fun entertains McConnell

Brynlee Lloyd, 4-year-old, shares food with her mother Tara Lloyd, Team McConnell family member, during the Family Festival of Fun, April 17, 2010, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. More than 3,000 Team McConnell members attended the festival. This was the 12th year that the 22nd FSS Airmen and Family Services Flight hosted the event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chyrece Campbell)

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Annual Family Festival of Fun entertains McConnell

Amy Jensen, 22nd Force Support Squadron Social Services Assistant, draws a butterfly on Kendal Golleher, 4-year-old Team McConnell family member, at the Family Festival of Fun face painting station, April 17, 2010, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. More than 3,000 Team McConnell members attended the event. The 22nd FSS provides services to more than 16,460 military and civilian Team McConnell members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chyrece Campbell)

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22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron member earns spotlight performer award

Senior Airman Josh Knapp, 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron maintenance support liaison, inspects incoming mission capable aircraft equipment for the 22nd Maintenance Group, April 19, 2010. Airman Knapp acts as the go-between for the 22nd LRS and 22nd MXG, for all incoming and outgoing MICAP aircraft equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Abigail Klein)

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Local Boy Scouts help base chapel

Derby Boy Scouts Troop 692 members plant flowers at the base chapel April 15, 2010, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Troop 692 re-landscaped the base chapel as a community project to earn a scout merit badge, while also saving the chapel more than $800 in landscaping costs. The base chapel supports the wing mission and combatant commanders by providing spiritual care, advice to leadership and free exercise of religion to all assigned personnel and their families. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chyrece Campbell)

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Medical Group trains with Nebraska National Guard

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Staff Sgt. Cody LeNeve, 22nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., assists in bearing a litter "patient" away from a UH-60Q Black Hawk helicopter during expeditionary medical readiness training April 16, 2010. The training provided a rare opportunity for Airmen to practice patient loading and unloading on Army Black Hawks which are the preferred vehicles for patient transport in deployed locations due to their capability to access austere and remote terrain. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Nicholas Mercurio)

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Medical Group trains with Nebraska National Guard

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Army Sgt. James Nordman, crew chief, Company C, 2-135th General Support Aviation Battalion, Nebraska Army National Guard, observes as Airmen load "patients" onto North Atlantic Treaty Organization gurneys during expeditionary medical readiness training April 16, 2010, on the McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., flightline. The training familiarized Airmen with Army UH-60Q Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter operations which they may encounter in a deployed environment, ensuring readiness across the 22nd Medical Group. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Nicholas Mercurio)

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Medical Group trains with Nebraska National Guard

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Medics from the 22nd Medical Group practice loading "patients" onto North Atlantic Treaty Organization gurneys under the watchful eyes of Army Sgt. James Nordman, crew chief, Company C, 2-135th General Support Aviation Battalion, Nebraska Army National Guard, during expeditionary medical readiness training April 16, 2010 at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The training familiarized Airmen with Army UH-60Q Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter operations which they may encounter in a deployed environment, ensuring readiness across the 22nd Medical Group. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Nicholas Mercurio)

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Medical Group trains with Nebraska National Guard

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Tech. Sgt. Bret Parker and Staff Sgts. James Baluyot, Daniel Mills and Billy Cole (left to right), 22nd Medical Group, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., practice egress procedures from a static UH-60Q Black Hawk helicopter during expeditionary medical readiness training April 16, 2010. Later in the training, Airmen simulated loading and unloading "patients" with the helicopter rotors engaged in order to simulate the conditions they may experience in a deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Nicholas Mercurio)

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Medical Group trains with Nebraska National Guard

Team McConnell Airmen secure a "patient" in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization gurney during an expeditionary medical readiness training exercise on the flightline, April 16, 2010, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The training provided Airmen familiarity with the aircraft and aids in the success of working in and around Black Hawks in combat environments. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Maria Ruiz)

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Medical Group trains with Nebraska National Guard

Team McConnell Airmen use North Atlantic Treaty Organization gurneys to carry “patients” to UH-60Q Black Hawk helicopters during an expeditionary medical readiness training exercise on the flightline, April 16, 2010, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The training provided the Airmen familiarity with the aircraft and aids in the success of working in and around Black Hawks in combat environments. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Maria Ruiz)

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Medical Group trains with Nebraska National Guard

Team McConnell Airmen load a “patient” into a UH-60Q Black Hawk helicopter during an expeditionary medical readiness training on the flightline, April 16, 2010, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. This joint training familiarized the Airmen with procedures used in emergencies. The exercise prepared the Airmen for medical evacuations in a combat environment. Airmen from the 22nd Security Forces, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron fire protection, 22nd CES Explosive Ordnance Disposal and the Air Force Reserve 931st Aerospace Medicine Flight participated in the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Maria Ruiz)

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Medical Group trains with Nebraska National Guard

Team McConnell members load a “patient” on to a UH-60Q Black Hawk helicopter during a joint medical evacuation exercise which conducted training on patient loading and unloading on a helicopter on April 16, 2010, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Team McConnell Airmen participated in a medical evacuation exercise with three UH-60Q Blackhawk Medevac Helos from the Nebraska Army National Guard. In wartime areas of responsibility, helicopters are the primary vehicle for patient transport due to their ability to rapidly transfer patients and reach remote or austere terrain. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chyrece Campbell)

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Medical Group trains with Nebraska National Guard

Team McConnell members load a “patient” on to a UH-60Q Black Hawk helicopter during a joint medical evacuation exercise which included loading and unloading "patients" on a helicopter on April 16, 2010, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Team McConnell Airmen performed in a medical evacuation exercise with three UH-60Q Blackhawk Medevac Helos from the Nebraska Army National Guard. In wartime areas of responsibility, helicopters are the primary vehicle for patient transport due to their ability to rapidly transfer patients and reach remote or austere terrain. This exercise was conducted to train Air Force and Army personnel in a simulated scenario prior to conducting operations in a deployed, hostile environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chyrece Campbell)

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Medical Group trains with Nebraska National Guard

Team McConnell Airmen wheel a North Atlantic Treaty Organization gurney under the direction of Army Sgt. Beth Ramsey, Company C, 2-135th General Support Aviation Battalion UH-60Q Black Hawk helicopter crew chief, during a joint exercise which focused on critical orientation training with a UH-60Q Black Hawk helicopter medical evacuation procedures, including patient loading and unloading April 16, 2010, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The 22nd Medical Group, 22nd Security Force Squadron, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department, 22nd CES Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Air Force Reserve 931st Aerospace Medicine Flight conducted a medical evacuation exercise with three UH-60Q Black Hawk Medevac Helos from the Nebraska Army National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chyrece Campbell)

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Medical Group trains with Nebraska National Guard

Team McConnell Airmen carry a “victim” to an Army UH-60Q Black Hawk helicopter during a joint medical evacuation exercise April 16, 2010, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan.The 22nd Medical Group, 22nd Security Forces Squadron, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadrons Fire Department, 22nd CES Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Air Force Reserve 931st Aerospace Medicine Flight conducted the exercise with Army Soldiers operating three UH-60Q Black Hawk medevac helos from the Nebraska Army National Guard. The exercise was conducted to train Air Force and Army personnel in a simulated scenario prior to conducting operations in a deployed, hostile environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chyrece Campbell)

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JROTC tour mentors future leaders

Members of the McConnell’s Honor Guard demonstrate a six-man flag fold for Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from Wichita public middle schools during a base orientation April 14, 2010, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. In addition to the honor guard, the students toured a KC-135 Stratotanker, processed through a mobility line, visited the base dormitories and viewed instructional equipment at the medical group. The orientation provided the cadets a first-hand look at day-to-day military operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Nicholas Mercurio)

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YoAFF Spotlight

(From left to right) Kaitlyn Woods, 16-years-old, Ian Clouse, 3-years-old, Tech. Sgt. Jeffery Clouse, 22nd Medical Support Squadron outpatient records NCOIC, Emmalee Clouse, 1-year-old, and Staff Sgt. Stacey Clouse, 22nd MDSS customer service/prime vendor/acquisition NCOIC, earned the McConnell Year of the Air Force Family Spotlight award.

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Mom-2-Mom Sale a success

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Staff Sgt. Larry Furlough, 22nd Operations Support Squadron airfield management, wife Alexis and children Jeremy, 10, and Isabelle, 8-months-old, shop for toys during the Mom-2-Mom sale at the Robert J. Dole Community Center ballroom, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The sale allowed Team McConnell members to sell maternity and children’s clothes, toys and furniture to fellow Team McConnell Airmen and their families. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Maria Ruiz)

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AMXS Receives 'Best-in-Practice' During Assessment

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Staff Sgt. Cloyce Smith, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron hazardous material manager, places a non-regulated sticker on a box as Staff Sgt. James Lucas, 22nd Maintenance Group environmental coordinator, observes the process at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., April 9, 2010. Team McConnell’s environmental and bio-environmental programs were inspected by an Air Mobility Command team and a contractor to ensure the programs were in compliance with state and federal standards EPA. McConnell’s maintenance group consists of more than 60 percent of the bases environmental and bio-environmental programs. The 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron had zero defects found during the six-day Environmental, Occupational Health Compliance Assessment & Management Program inspection which was April 4 to 9. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chyrece Campbell)

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