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.
Aug. 9, 2021 Fighters can't fight alone McConnell’s 22nd and 931st Air Refueling Wings sent tankers to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, in support of Exercise Red Flag 21-3 from July 17 to August 6.
July 19, 2021 Ducemus... We Lead! Col. Nate Vogel, 22nd Air Refueling Wing commander, delivers a message about McConnell Air Force Base and its aerial refueling mission.