April 26, 2023 McConnell aircrew perform KC-46 aeromedical evacuation Airmen from Team McConnell's 344th Air Refueling Squadron performed their first real-world Aeromedical Evacuation April 15, 2023.
March 15, 2023 McConnell Reservist devotes his off time to special medical missions Maj. Leo Romero, 905th Air Refueling Squadron, chief of tactics, is a busy guy. But he makes time to fly special missions, when he can.“Back in 2016 one of my friends knew someone who had a daughter, she was 11 or 12, with a heart condition,” Romero recalls. “She needed open heart surgery in
Feb. 10, 2023 McConnell Participates in Combined KC-10/KC-46 Integrated Mission Sortie Training For the first time at Travis AFB, a mixed formation of seven U.S. Air Force KC-10 and KC-46 tanker aircraft took off in tactical formation in order to conduct an integrated mission sortie for advanced tanker training on Feb. 8.
Sept. 19, 2022 KC-46A performs first operationally-tasked combat refueling sortie Approximately 100 Airmen and four KC-46A Pegasus aircraft conducted 24-hour operations during Air Mobility Command’s multi-week Employment Concept Exercise 22-08 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, from August 27 through mid-September, 2022.
Feb. 11, 2022 Team McConnell showcases KC-46 capabilities, ACE during Cope North 22 Remote runways, Pacific skies and international interoperability are on the agenda for Team McConnell KC-46s participating in exercise Cope North 2022.
Jan. 31, 2022 349th Air Refueling Squadron begins transition from Stratotanker to Pegasus MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. – The 349th Air Refueling Squadron is currently going through an airframe transition that began Jan. 1, 2022, to transfer from the KC-135 Stratotanker to the KC-46A Pegasus.
Jan. 25, 2022 McConnell launches first KC-46 MITO The McConnell runway emptied out of KC-46s in a matter of seconds Jan. 13, during the first-ever KC-46 minimal interval takeoff.
Jan. 24, 2022 18th Air Force leaders visit McConnell MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Eighteenth Air Force leaders visited the 22nd Air Refueling Wing here, Jan. 18-19, 2022, to see first-hand the hard work and innovation of Team McConnell’s Airmen.
Nov. 22, 2021 McConnell’s ACE Team empowers innovation Agile Combat Employment or ACE is a new term joining the McConnell vocabulary fueled by the formation of a new team working to expand the 22nd Air Refueling Wing’s capabilities as part of a larger Air Force effort to provide operational units with greater flexibility and increase combat capability.
Aug. 16, 2021 KC-46 TACC Mission MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. – A KC-46A Pegasus assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing completed the first Tanker Airlift Control Center tasking for the airframe Aug. 11, 2021, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas.