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  • Airman 1st Class Emanuel Perez, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, checks the tire pressure on a KC-135 Stratotanker during a pre-flight inspection Dec. 17, 2019, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Despite freezing conditions pre-flight inspections must happen every 72 hours and include an interior and exterior check of the aircraft for any abnormalities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexi Bosarge)

    Working through Winter

    Airman 1st Class Emanuel Perez, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, checks the tire pressure on a KC-135 Stratotanker during a pre-flight inspection Dec. 17, 2019, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Despite freezing conditions pre-flight inspections must happen every 72 hours and include an interior and exterior check of the aircraft for
  • The flightline at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., awaits for an aircraft to land April 9, 2019. The runway is 12,000 feet long allowing aircraft to land on McConnell. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexi Myrick)

    A beautiful day on the flightline

    The flightline at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., awaits for an aircraft to land April 9, 2019. The runway is 12,000 feet long allowing aircraft to land on McConnell. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexi Myrick)

  • Mission continues despite winter weather

  • KC-135 Stratotankers taxis prior to take-off during Exercise Global Thunder 2018 Nov. 4, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The scenario for the exercise integrates a variety of strategic threats to our nation and calls upon all the U.S. Strategic Command capabilities that would be provided to geographic combatant commanders in a real-world crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Amn Michaela R. Slanchik)

    The thunder rolls: McConnell participates in readiness exercise

    The 22nd and 931st Air Refueling Wings participated in Exercise Global Thunder 2018 Oct. 30 through Nov. 7, 2017, both here and at locations across the nation.
  • Loadmasters from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., prepare a C-5M Super Galaxy for loading July 26, 2017, on the runway at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The plane transported cargo for exercise Mobility Guardian 2017, which gave future KC-46A Pegasus boom operators the opportunity to see another airlift platform before they attend KC-46 cargo training. (U.S. Air Force Photo/2nd Lt. Daniel de La Fe)

    Boom operators master cargo loading

    Future KC-46A Pegasus boom operators here experienced firsthand a different type of cargo loading when a C-5M Super Galaxy landed on McConnell’s runway July 26, to transport cargo for Mobility Guardian 2017, Air Mobility Command’s largest mobility exercise of the year.McConnell will receive the first KC-46, which is a next generation multirole
  • A KC-135 Stratotanker takes flight during an evacuation May 18, 2017, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The evacuation was completed to keep the aircraft out of the way of potential severe weather. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tara Fadenrecht)

    Tankers evacuate

    A KC-135 Stratotanker takes flight during an evacuation May 18, 2017, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The evacuation was completed to keep the aircraft out of the way of potential severe weather. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tara Fadenrecht)
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