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  • Panetta memo describes possible sequestration effects

    While many remain hopeful that Congress and the administration will reach a deal that avoids sequestration, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has issued a memo describing the potential implications of going over the fiscal cliff.Planning for the effects of an across-the-board cut in defense spending

  • New Tricare Premiums Take Effect Jan. 1

    New premium rates for Tricare Reserve Select and Tricare Retired Reserve will go into effect Jan. 1.Monthly rates for member-only coverage under TRS will be $51.62. That is down 5.3 percent from 2012 premiums. Rates for member and family coverage will be $195.81 a month, a 1.5 percent increase over

  • Winter weather updates available

    931st Air Refueling Group members can receive weather updates by calling the McConnell Air Force Base Straight Talk Line at (316) 759-3149. Weather updates, including any delayed reporting information, will also be posted on the 931st Air Refueling Group Facebook site.

  • Holiday travel advice for Team McConnell

    With many members of Team McConnell planning to hit the road for the holidays over the next week, the members of McConnell's safety team have some advice for Airmen to keep in mind.Lt. Col. Barry Jones, 931st Air Refueling Group Chief of Safety and 22nd Air Refueling Wing Interim Chief of Safety,

  • McConnell Reservists selected for promotion to colonel

    Two members of the 931st Air Refueling Group have been selected for promotion to colonel.Lt. Col. Barry Jones, currently 931st interim Chief of Safety, and Lt. Col. Sherry Teague, 931st Maintenance Squadron commander, were both selected for promotion to colonel during the latest O-6 promotion

  • Deployed McConnell Reservists coined by SecDef Panetta

     (Editors note: Information for this story was taken from a story by the 39th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Office, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. The original story can be viewed here on the 39th Air Base Wing website.)Several deployed members of the 931st Air Refueling Group had the unique opportunity

  • McConnell Reservists team with Veterans center to spread holiday cheer

    Staff members from the Robert J. Dole Veterans Medical Center, Wichita, Kan., donated hundreds of dollars in cash and gift cards to assist Team McConnell families in need during the holidays.For the second straight year, the medical center held an "Open House for the Holidays" celebration, during

  • Chief of AF Reserve announces senior leader changes

    Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander, Air Force Reserve Command, announced four senior leader changes Dec. 10.Brig. Gen. Jocelyn M. Seng, mobilization assistant to the Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Washington,