• Controlled Burn: Maintaining the Ecosystem

    U.S. Air Force Wildland Fire Branch members burn tall grass during a controlled burn at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, March 20, 2025. Burning the grass is more cost effective and beneficial to the ecosystem than mowing.

  • 2025 State of the Base address

    Col. Cory Damon, 22nd Air Refueling Wing commander, speaks to the crowd during the annual State of the Base address at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, March 13, 2025. Damon spoke about Team McConnell’s 2024 accomplishments and plans for the future, including the announcement of the 2026 Frontiers

  • 2025 Mission Wichita class kicks off with a social

    Tech. Sgt. Darius Gamble, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron airframe powerplant general noncommissioned officer in charge, socializes with Abigail Hammack, a civilian member of Mission Wichita, at the Kansas Aviation Museum in Wichita, Kansas, March 4, 2025. Mission Wichita is a program that

  • 22 MXS AGE Airmen support the mission from behind the scenes

    Staff Sgt. Kyle Wilson and Staff Sgt. Franklin Bonam, 22nd Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment technicians, work on a tripod jack in the AGE shop at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Feb. 25, 2025. The tripod jack is used to hoist heavy equipment for maintenance. (U.S. Air Force photo by

  • M&FRC to host Career and Education Fair

    McConnell’s Military and Family Readiness Center will be hosting their annual Career and Education Fair in the Pulley Ballroom at the Dole Center March 7, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

  • 2024 Annual Award winners

    The 22nd Air Refueling Wing announced its 2024 annual awards winners in a ceremony on Feb. 20, 2025. "Everything we do is important, and we should take great pride in what we do,” said Col. Cory Damon, 22nd Air Refueling Wing commander. “All of our accolades are based on what you did.”