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  • Free event for Guard, Reserve members and spouses

    Reserve Officers Association officials are hosting a free special programming event for serving guardsmen, reservists, and spouses at Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos, California, July 25.The event will provide unique insights and tools to advance in civilian careers and meet executives from

  • AF Reserve announces senior leader changes

    The Chief of Air Force Reserve announced the following senior Leader actions June 20.  Brigadier Gen. Udo K. McGregor is being reassigned from deputy director, Strategic Planning, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington, D.C., to vice

  • McConnell history repeats itself

    Tanker fans can anticipate a new age in the air-refueling world in the years to come, starting with the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of three KC-46A Pegasus hangars slated to be held here on June 30.The ceremony indicates big changes for Team McConnell's 'tanker culture,' however

  • SecAF: Total force readiness has atrophied

     While elements of the Air Force are always prepared to meet the country's readiness needs, total force readiness has deteriorated, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James told the Defense Writers Group here June 18.Nearing the six-month mark of her term as the Air Force's top official, James touched

  • McConnell AFB to hold KC-46A Pegasus groundbreaking ceremony

    A Ground Breaking Ceremony for construction to prepare for the incoming KC-46A Pegasus is scheduled to take place at McConnell Air Force Base, June 30, 2014 at 11 a.m.Gen. Darren McDew, Air Mobility Command commander, Brig. Gen. John Flournoy, Jr., 4th Air Force commander, and other distinguished

  • An 'Honored' Flight

    Nineteen Korean and two World War II Veterans returned home to Wichita, Kansas, to a hero's welcome, including a display of gratitude from family and community members as well as more than 40 McConnell Airmen, June 13, 2014. The veterans had traveled together to Washington, D.C., as part of the