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Bioenvironmental Engineering saving lives

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Master Sgt. Mark Goodner, 22nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, looks for supplies at the clinic, April 29. (Photo by Senior Airman Roy Lynch III)

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Bioenvironmental Engineering saving lives

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Master Sgt. David Butler, 184th Intelligence Wing, adds colilart powder to a sample at the clinic, April 29. Colilart powder aids in bacteria analysis and provides excessive growth in bacteria. (Photo by Senior Airman Roy Lynch III)

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Bioenvironmental Engineering saving lives

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Senior Airman Hector Vaca-Flores, 22nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, collects samples from the indoor pool at the Robert J. Dole Community Center, April 29. The mission of Bioenvironmental Engineering is to provide operational health risk assessment expertise to enhance commander decision making and health service support capabilities. (Photo by Senior Airman Roy Lynch III)

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Bird’s worst enemy is aircraft’s best canine friend

Thousands of migratory birds fly through McConnell’s air space each year, posing the threat of damaging aircraft and risking the safety of aircrew. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Jessica Lockoski)

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Bird’s worst enemy is aircraft’s best canine friend

Jet, the base’s bird strike dog, disturbs a flock of geese, Dec. 12, on a nearby landowner’s farm. Jet plays the role of predator to these fowl to permanently scare them away without physically hurting them. The results keep the birds out of the local airspace where they can be killed and cause damage to aircraft. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Jessica Lockoski)

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Bird’s worst enemy is aircraft’s best canine friend

Lauren Caister, a wildlife manager under the Birdstrike Control Program, and Jet, McConnell’s bird strike control dog, scour areas within a five-mile radius of McConnell for flocks of birds that endanger aircraft in the local airspace. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Jessica Lockoski)

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Bird’s worst enemy is aircraft’s best canine friend

Jet, a four-year-old Border collie, patrols local ponds and farm fields around McConnell Air Force Base to scare away resident and migratory birds, Dec. 12. Using the dog is one of the cost effective methods for the Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard program which reduces bird strikes with McConnell aircraft. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Jessica Lockoski)

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Blasting away obstacles

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Airman 1st Class Graham Horner and Senior Airman Dwayne Ferguson 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron, explosive ordnance disposal technicians, inspect the damage site of the explosion. After the C-4 explosion, EOD technicians have to inspect it to ensure there are no fires or hazards remaining. (Photo by Senior Airman Anthony Mejia)

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Blasting away obstacles

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Senior Airman Dwayne Ferguson, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technician, primes C-4 in a bunker pipe. (Photo by Senior Airman Anthony Mejia)

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Blasting away obstacles

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Airman 1st Class Graham Horner, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technician, preps C-4 for an explosive exercise. The C-4 must be checked and then double checked by another EOD member for proper wiring. (Photo by Senior Airman Anthony Mejia)

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Blasting away obstacles

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Airman 1st Class Graham Horner, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technician, prepares a C-4 detonator for an explosives exercise. The MX22 detonator has to be wired and prepped for the detonation process. (Photo by Senior Airman Anthony Mejia)

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Blasting away obstacles

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Senior Airman Dwayne Ferguson, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technician, gives a safety briefing to fellow co-workers during a training exercise. Before EOD technicians work with explosive devices, they must listen to detailed safety instructions. (Photo by Senior Airman Anthony Mejia)

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Blood drive

Andrew Brewer, a phlebotomist from a local chapter of the American Red Cross, draws blood from Airman 1st Class Roy Lynch, 22nd Communications Squadron May 11 during a blood drive in the fitness center gymnasium. (Photo by Senior Airman Jamie Train)

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Blood drive

Eve Wenman, a phlebotomist from a local chapter of the American Red Cross, draws blood from Tech. Sgt. Deborah Carr, 22nd Air Refueling Wing military equal opportunity office, May 11 during a blood drive in the fitness center gymnasium. (Photo by Senior Airman Jamie Train)

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Blood Drive July 6

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Reva Barkley, a phlebotomist from a local chapter of the American Red Cross, draws blood from Maj. Melissa Pammer, 22nd Medical Support Squadron, during a blood drive July 6 in the fitness center gymnasium. One hundred and fourteen Team McConnell members came out to donate blood and 33 of them were first-time donators. As a result of the turnout, the Red Cross collected 86 units of blood, which is roughly 86 pints. The next American Red Cross blood drive here is scheduled Sept. 14 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the fitness center gymnasium. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Roy Lynch)

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Blue Angels highlight McConnell's Open House

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Four F/A-18 Hornets from Navy Blue Angels aerial demonstration team fly in a diamond formation July 14 at McConnell’s Open House. Two of the F/A 18s flew upside down while in the formation to showcase the precision and aptitude with which the Blue Angels pilots fly. Approximately 101,891 people attended this year’s Open House event, which took place at McConnell July 14-15. (Photo by Airman Justin Shelton)

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Bod Pod soon available to McConnell members

A HAWC member inspects a new Body Composition Tracking System, the Bod Pod, Feb. 18, 2010, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The Bod Pod, which will be available at the HAWC in mid-April, is a computerized chamber that measures a person’s body fat and lean muscle mass in less than four minutes. It has already been implemented at more than 20 Air Force bases. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Anthony Mejia)

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Bone marrow

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Col. James C. Vechery, 22nd Air Refueling Wing commander, places his already swabbed utensil into the new bone marrow testing kit at the base medical clinic’s laboratory, Oct. 2. Colonel Vechery is the first individual at McConnell Air Force Base to try the new test which will enable him to donate bone marrow to a match if necessary. (Photo by Senior Airman Laura Suttles)

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Bone marrow

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- 1st. Lt. James Clark, 22nd Medical Support Squadron briefs McConnell Airmen about the new procedures for testing bone marrow at the base medical clinic, Oct. 2. The procedure is like that of a fingerprint. An individual takes a cotton swab to his mouth and swabs for 30 seconds. The swab is then attached to a paper with the individual’s information, tested and the results stay in the person’s medical file for the rest of their life. (Photo by Senior Airman Laura Suttles)

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Bowling Tournament

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Tech. Sgt. Edgar Salazaraguirre, 22nd Air Refueling Wing protocol office, waits to see how many pins he knocks down during the Air Force Ball Bowling Fundraiser at the Robert J. Dole Community Center, Aug. 15. The bowling fundraiser raised $1550.10 for the Air Force Ball. (Photo by Senior Airman Roy Lynch III)

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