• Suicide Awareness Month: Creating Hope through Action

    In honor of September being Suicide Awareness Month, the 22nd Air Refueling Wing Integrated Resilience Office (IRO) is hosting events throughout the month to strengthen bonds between Airmen, civilians and families.

  • Sink or win: 22nd OSS flights compete in cardboard boat race

    Flights from the 22nd Operations Support Squadron compete in McConnell’s cardboard race regatta at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Aug. 22, 2025. Participants were permitted cardboard, tape and paint for building their competition boats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paula Arce)

  • McConnell’s 2025 Tanker Trot

    Members of Team McConnell and the local community participate in the base's annual Tanker Trot 5K and 10K races McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Aug. 23, 2025. The course led participants through the streets of McConnell and near the runway, allowing them a glimpse of the aircraft on base.

  • Turn up the heat: HVAC Airmen perform preventative maintenance

    Senior Airman Kelby Finch, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron heating, ventilation and air conditioning technician, works on a disassembled boiler at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Aug. 19, 2025. Finch inspected the boiler for signs of leaks, corrosion, rust and cracks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman

  • 22 ARW keeps fighters in the air during BE 25-3

    Airmen assigned to the 344th Air Refueling Squadron participated in Exercise Bamboo Eagle in Sacramento, California, Aug. 4-8, 2025. The purpose of BE 25-3 was to enable participating units to increase readiness as efforts are aligned and synchronized across the joint force to strengthen

  • Maintenance Airmen sweep flightline for FOD

    Airmen from the 722nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 22nd Maintenance Squadron participate in a weekly foreign object debris (FOD) walk at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Aug. 12, 2025. The maintenance teams collected over 1 pound of FOD. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paula

  • Always ready: McConnell maintainers swap KC-135's engine

    The 722nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and 22nd Maintenance Squadron perform a F108 engine swap on a KC-135 Stratotanker at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Aug. 11, 2025. The F108’s 22,000 pounds of thrust is essential for the ability to perform aerial refueling and gives its frame the power to