• Maintenance Airmen sweep flightline for FOD

    Airmen from the 722nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 22nd Maintenance Squadron participate in a weekly foreign object debris (FOD) walk at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Aug. 12, 2025. The maintenance teams collected over 1 pound of FOD. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paula

  • Always ready: McConnell maintainers swap KC-135's engine

    The 722nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and 22nd Maintenance Squadron perform a F108 engine swap on a KC-135 Stratotanker at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Aug. 11, 2025. The F108’s 22,000 pounds of thrust is essential for the ability to perform aerial refueling and gives its frame the power to

  • Maintaining Readiness

    Senior Airman Nicholas Summit, 22nd Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment journeyman, inspects a bolt on a self-generating nitrogen cart July 8, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. AGE Airmen are responsible for maintaining flightline equipment for the 41 aircraft assigned to

  • McConnell maintainers get a taste of deployed life during Red Flag 18-1

    NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – A team of McConnell maintainers touched down at Nellis AFB nearly two weeks ago in support of Red Flag 18-1, the year’s first iteration of the Air Force’s premiere international combat exercise.The Red Flag Tanker Task Force Maintenance Team consists of 45 members from

  • McConnell maintainers support MacDill mission

    MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan.— McConnell maintainers have been providing support to MacDill Air Force Base aircraft since Sept. 7 after they were evacuated from Florida to avoid potential damage from Hurricane Irma. When MacDill’s KC-135 Stratotankers landed at McConnell, only a handful of