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  • HPCON Bravo+

    McConnell has changed to Health Protection Condition Bravo+, effective immediately.

  • Air Force adds to DOD mask guidance

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Acting Secretary of the Air Force John Roth issued a memorandum Feb. 16 that supplements the Defense Department’s new mask policy on military installations while performing official duties.The initial DOD memorandum was issued Feb. 4 and follows a Jan. 20

  • McConnell Reservist receives Bronze Star

    Lt. Col. Johnathan Jordan, was presented a Bronze Star during an official ceremony here, Feb. 5.Jordan was presented the decoration, the fourth highest military honor, in recognition of his heroic actions after Iran launched 16 missiles at U.S. Forces in Iraq in January 2020.

  • 931 ARW refuels Blue Angels for first time with KC-46

    A KC-46 Pegasus assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., lines up to refuel an U.S. Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet, July 1, 2020 over South Dakota. This marks the first time the 931st ARW refueled the Blue Angels using a KC-46. The KC-46 represents the beginning of a

  • Twenty-five years of mission accomplishment

    The 931st Air Refueling Group stood up at McConnell AFB Jan. 1, 1995. Five months later, the Group’s first mission, the refueling of the “Spirit of Kansas,” a B-2 bomber, was complete.Retired Chief Master Sgt. Don Askren was a boom operator with the 18th Air Refueling Squadron on the historic first

  • Command Post Airman wins AFRC-level award

    Airman 1st Class Lauren A. Chavez, 931st Air Refueling Wing Command Post Emergency Actions controller, poses for a photo while serving at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Chavez recently won the Air Force Reserve Command C2 Operations Airman of the Year. (Courtesy photo)