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WICHITA, Kan. -- Staff Sgt. James Sanders, 22nd Security Forces Squadron, embraces his eight-year-old daughter, Kaitlyn, and his wife, Charity, Dec. 25, after arriving at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport two weeks before his originally schedule return date from his deployment to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Twelve other security forces defenders also returned home as part of a rotation of Airmen who provided security for the base. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Jessica Lockoski)
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MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Members from the 22nd Security Forces Squadron meet and greet famous music artist, Paul Wall, Dec. 19 at the base exchange before his performance at the Cotillion in Wichita. (Photo by Senior Airman Laura Suttles)
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MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Team McConnell members recite the Oath of Enlistment during the monthly wing promotion ceremony at the base theater, Dec. 31. Twenty Airmen were promoted during the ceremony. (Photo by Senior Airman Laura Suttles)
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MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Team McConnell members celebrate the holiday season as wing leadership serves lunch in the Chisholm Trail Dining Facility, Dec. 25. The dining facility was not only open to active-duty military, but families of active duty, DOD civilians and retired personnel as well. (Photo by Senior Airman Laura Suttles)
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METI man trains 22nd MDG medics

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Medics administer real intravenous medication into METI, a high-tech, patient simulator Dec 24 at the base clinic. The human-like dummy responds to the treatment given by medics from a computer that controls his physical impulses. In turn, medics get a more realistic feel of how a live patient would respond to treatment out in the field. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Jessica Lockoski)
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METI man trains 22nd MDG medics

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Medics from the base clinic check heart rhythm, vitals and administer drugs to training dummy, METI. The dummy mirrors human responses to intravenous medication, intubation, CPR and treatment provided by the staff during training scenarios. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Jessica Lockoski)
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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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Congratulations ALS graduates.

Airman Leadership School graduates. (Photo by Senior Airman Anthony Mejia)
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MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. – Desiree Withington, daughter of Airman 1st Class Maria Ruiz, 22nd Air Refueling Wing, poses for a photo with Santa during his visit to the Dole Center, Dec. 13. The event offered Team McConnell children an opportunity to tell Santa what they wanted for Christmas and take home a photo. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Maria Ruiz)
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MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Drew Merrell, son of Tech. Sgt. Brian Merrell, 22nd Maintenance Squadron, shows off his best dance moves for the Radio Disney dance contest during Santa’s visit at the Dole Center, Dec. 13. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Maria Ruiz)
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MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Austin Atkins and his grandmother Susan Atkins wait for Troubles the clown to finish making a balloon animal, Dec. 13. During Santa’s visit to the Dole Center, participants made gingerbread ornaments, holiday coloring pages, Christmas chains and candy cane mouse ornaments. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Maria Ruiz)
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MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Radio Disney disc jockeys start the fun and dancing with the “Macarena” moves for Team McConnell children at Santa’s visit in the Dole Center, Dec. 13. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Maria Ruiz)
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MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. – Kelly Aldridge, wife of Capt. Stephen Aldridge, 349th Air Refueling Squadron, looks out the window of a KC-135 Stratotanker boom pod, Dec. 13, during an aerial refueling mission. Military spouses were given the opportunity to fly on the tanker training mission and better understand McConnell’s role in the Air Force. (Photo by Senior Airman Laura Suttles)
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MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Staff Sgt. Buck Frank, 22nd Operations Support Squadron, receives information on his new Southwind Housing cross-over bridge access card from Kara Williams and Steve Eftink, 22nd Security Forces squadron members, during the quarterly town hall meeting held at the Youth Center Dec. 10. Topics addressed at the meeting were housing repair projects, the new pedestrian bridge card system, updates on housing privatization and golf course revitalization projects. At the end of the meeting, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service also raffled away a free MP3 player. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Maria Ruiz)
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MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Team McConnell leaders, distinguished visitors and Airmen and thier families gather, Dec. 13, at the home of 22nd Air Refueling Wing Commander Col. James Vechery for the annual base commander’s holiday party. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Maria Ruiz)
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MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. – Lorraine Ditch and her daughter, Raylene, 2, meet comedian Carlos Mencia, Dec. 12, at the McConnell Base Exchange. Mr. Mencia took time to meet Airman, take group photos and sign autographs before performing stand-up comedy at the Cotillion in Wichita. (Photo by Senior Airman Anthony Mejia)
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Fire department helps battle off-base blaze

McConnell fire department members joined crews from Sedgwick County, the City of Wichita, Derby, and Rose Hill fire departments to help extinguish a fire off-base in the Wichita community. (photo by Randal Cunningham, 22nd Civil Engineer Assistant Fire Chief)
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