Air Force names McConnell as first active duty-led KC-46A Main Operating Base

Air Force officials announced today McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., as the preferred alternative for the first active duty led KC-46A main operating base (MOB 1). "We are proud that our Total Force McConnell Airmen have been entrusted with this new mission and are confident in their ability to bring

Team McConnell helps Oklahoma tornado relief efforts

KC-46A training, operational bases, alternatives selected

Air Force officials announced today Altus Air Force Base, Okla., as the preferred alternative for the KC-46A formal training unit (FTU).McConnell AFB, Kan., was selected as the preferred alternative for the first active duty led KC-46A main operating base (MOB 1) and Fairchild AFB, Wash., and Grand

American muscle plane

A KC-135 Stratotanker taxis into a parking space at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., May 20, 2013.  The aircraft was operated by an aircrew from the Air Force Reserve 931st Air Refueling Group.  Members of the Group returned home following a deployment to Southwest Asia, where they had spent two

931st team completes business effort in San Antonio

The 931st Air Refueling Group completed a business effort supporting the 433rd Airlift Wing, May 11-17.The 931st ARG team comprised of aircrew from the 18th Air Refueling Squadron and crew chiefs from the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, supported two days of aeromedical evacuation training for

Awards, recognition for 931st members home from deployment

Lt. Col. Eric Vitosh, commander of the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, and Col. Mark S. Larson, commander of the 931st Air Refueling Group, present a certifcate and patch commemorating 200 combat sorties flown to Capt. Adam Wear, a pilot assigned to the 18 ARS, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., April

McConnell Reservists return from Southwest Asia deployment

Several members of the Air Force Reserve 931st Air Refueling Group returned home today from a deployment to Southwest Asia.The returning Airmen arrived on three separate flights throughout the day, and were greeted on the flightline by a crowd of friends, family members, and fellow Airmen."It is

Reserve racer takes first, runner up in motorcycle racing

An Air Force Reserve-sponsored racer assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Group took first place in one racing competition and runner-up in another category at the Professional Motorcycle Riders Association Series Race at Thunder Valley Raceway in Noble, Okla., May 18.Master Sgt. John Fitzpatrick,

McConnell trainee on track to graduate BMT

The 931st Air Refueling Group's newest Airmen is on course to graduate Basic Military Training, here. Trainee Trejon Hill, of the 357th Training Flight, 322nd Training Squadron, will become McConnell Air Force Base's newest Airman when he marches across the parade grounds during the Airman's

An MTI for all seasons: Training changes, Chief Begley a constant

Every time Chief Master Sgt. Julie Begley led a squadron of freshly-minted Airmen across the parade ground here, the Air Force was forever changed. The service changed because it received men and women who had never been part of it and the Airmen were forever changed because they were becoming a