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  • From father to mentor

    U.S. Air Force Airman Basic Leila Kehle, 82nd Training Wing student, trains alongside her father, Jacob Wagner, Boeing maintenance training systems site lead, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, April 3, 2026. Leila follows a similar career path as her father, who previously served as an instructor

  • KC-46 practice refueling KC-46

    Capt. Elizabeth "Sully" Brakefield, 344th Air Refueling Squadron KC-46A Pegasus pilot, and Capt. Cody Nelson, 22nd Operations Support Squadron KC-46 pilot, fly a KC-46 over the U.S., June 13, 2025. During this flight, the aircrew conducted a pilot checkride, over 20 training requirements, and

  • McConnell Reservists perform first tasked KC-46A AE mission to Pacific

    MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Citizen Reserve Airmen from the 931st Air Refueling Wing recently expanded Pacific Air Force (PACAF) capabilities by piloting a KC-46A Pegasus with Airmen from the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES). This was the first tasked KC-46 dedicated to solely

  • 18th, 924th ARS provide humanitarian aid to Honduras

    During Dec. 2-3, Team McConnell aircrews joined forces with Asociación Colaboración y Esfuerzowith (ACOES) and Iglesia de Cristo de la Santa Anita to deliver approximately 31,000 pounds of donated items, courtesy of the Denton Program to Joint Task Force-Bravo to support humanitarian efforts in

  • Kanza 01 lands at McConnell

    A KC-46A Pegasus lands May 17, 2019, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. This KC-46 is Team McConnell’s sixth delivery, and it will join a fleet that will advance air refueling capabilities around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Airman 1st Class Alexi Myrick)

  • 22nd MXS performs first KC-46 A-check

    Staff Sgt. Ralph D’Ambrosio III, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron KC-46A Pegasus work manager, refers to a technical order March 20, 2019, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. New ideas, plans and processes are being created here at McConnell to help build the foundation for the KC-46 fleet that will

  • Familiarization taxiing training

    Master Sgt. Arenda Jackson, 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, marshals the KC-46A Pegasus on the flightline Feb. 21, 2019, at McConnell Air Force Base Kan. The first KC-46 was delivered to McConnell Jan. 25, 2019. The Air Mobility Command will operate 179 KC-46s distributed to multiple