• Active Duty Airman bridges gap to welcome KC-46 to Guard base

    The arrival of the KC-46 Pegasus will be colossal for the Air Force, but the small contracting office at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire, needed assistance to transition smoothly. Pease’s contracting office has less than one-third of McConnell’s manpower; yet the base has the most

  • McConnell honors 2016 Annual Award winners

    McConnell leadership announced the best of the best Airman of 2016 during an annual awards banquet held at the Robert J. Dole Community Center at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Feb. 3.  The annual awards ceremony recognized military and civilian members who excelled in their areas of

  • Tankers “Refuel the Fight” during Polar Roar

    Responding to the nation’s call, four McConnell KC-135 Stratotanker aircrews refueled two B-52 Stratofortresses over Minnesota and Canada July 31, 2016, as part of operation Polar Roar.Tanker support for these bomber training missions help demonstrate our ability to support U.S. Strategic Command’s