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  • A new breed of pilot

    The excitement in the air was palpable as 2nd Lt. Alisson Moraes, 14th Student Squadron Undergraduate Pilot Training graduate, sat behind the controls of the KC-46A Pegasus during a tour of the aircraft Sept. 25, 2020.

  • Munitions flight helps to fuel the fight

    The terms “air refueling base” and “ammunition” are probably not linked in the minds of most people. But when it comes to all things ammo at McConnell Air Force Base, the 22nd Maintenance Squadron’s munitions flight runs the show behind the scenes.

  • MILO - Where the threats are high or low

    Tim Dixon, 22nd Security Forces Squadron security forces training senior instructor, assembles a trainer 9 mm pistol for use in the multiple interactive learning objective training simulator Feb. 6, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The MILO is a multiple scenario simulator that allows

  • McConnell Airmen support Global Thunder

    Global Thunder is an exercise to test readiness and ensure a safe, secure, ready and reliable strategic deterrent force. The annual exercise is based on a notional scenario developed to drive execution of U.S. Strategic Command and component forces' ability to support the geographic combatant

  • The sky’s no limit – girls fly too!

    An all-female crew took to the skies to attend the Sky’s No Limit-Girls Fly Too! event March 10-11 at Abbotsford International Airport, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.

  • McConnell leadership honors POW/MIA week

    Col. Eric Vitosh, 931st Air Refueling Wing commander, and Col. Joshua Olson, 22nd ARW commander, place a POW/MIA wreath near the McConnell Memorial Walk as part of POW/MIA week Sept. 13, 2017, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The week honors the sacrifices made by prisoners of war, those who are