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  • McConnell Reserve Citizen Airman: Frontiers in Flight

    One of Team McConnell’s own Reserve Citizen Airmen, Maj. Brian Correll, 18th Air Refueling Squadron instructor pilot, is slated to perform an aerial acrobatics routine during the 2018 Frontiers in Flight Airshow at McConnell Air Force Base, Kans.

  • August ALS graduates

    Congratulations to Senior Airmen Karl Tran, Victoria Wehba, Justin Gloss, and Justin Jacobs. More than 40 Airmen graduated from Airman Leadership School, Class 18F, August 23, 2018, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The graduates included four members of the 931st Air Refueling Wing.

  • Breaking Barriers: AF Reserve’s first 4-star

    Lt. Gen. Maryanne Miller was nominated by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the U.S. Senate for promotion to the rank of General yesterday.Miller will become the first Citizen Airman in the history of the Air Force Reserve to pin on a 4th star. In 2016, she became the first female in the

  • Tribal representatives visit McConnell

    MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. – Leaders and historic preservation staff from five Native American tribes met with McConnell leaders, Tuesday, to establish new lines of communication during the first tribal relations meeting. Representatives from the Cheyenne River Sioux, Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas,

  • ‘Tanker Toads’: Brink Family’s Legacy of Valor

    “I am Faithful to a Proud Heritage, A Tradition of Honor, And a Legacy of Valor.” Airman recognize these lines from the Airman’s Creed. For Senior Airman David Brink, 18th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator these words carry a double meaning.David is the third generation in not only an Air Force

  • Team McConnell unifies installation command post

    In recent years, the United States Air Force began making strides toward the concept of total force integration. That is, aligning the priorities and efforts of the active-duty, guard and reserve components to complete a unified mission.

  • Team McConnell Airman Throws First Pitch

    Col. Eric A. Vitosh, 931st Air Refueling Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Darren L. Demel, 931st ARW command chief, escort Airman 1st Class Anthony Binas, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Command Post journeyman, while he throws the first pitch at a National Baseball Congress World Series baseball game

  • August UTA Theme: Improving the Unit

    The theme for August is “Improving the Unit.” This should be an ongoing process that everyone embraces to make McConnell Air Force Base and the Air Force a better place than it was yesterday. Our lethality as a fighting force is vitally dependent upon this function. Without it, it will be