Story by Airman 1st Class Brenden Beezley | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 10.25.2022
The 22nd Air Refueling Wing flew a KC-46A Pegasus without a copilot Oct. 25 to validate procedures for operating with a limited aircrew for certain potential high-end combat scenarios....
Story by Airman 1st Class Brenden Beezley | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 10.19.2022
The 22nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW) hosted the second annual KC-46 Weapons Systems Council (WSC) Oct. 18-19, 2022.
Story by Airman 1st Class Felicia Przydzial | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 10.19.2022
Thirteen Airmen from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, traveled to Japan to conduct an offsite training event with the KC-46A Pegasus from Oct. 11-15, 2022....
Story by Airman Brenden Beezley | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 08.16.2022
A team from the Headquarters Air Mobility Command Inspector General’s office will be visiting McConnell to perform a Unit Effectiveness Inspection Capstone event February 27 to March 23, 2023....
Story by Airman 1st Class Felicia Przydzial | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 07.13.2022
The 22nd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron won the Air Force Aerospace Team of the Year award for 2021 at the Society of U.S.Air Force Flight Surgeons luncheon during the 92nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Aerospace Medical Association May 23, 2022, in Reno, Nevada....
Story by Staff Sgt. Nathan Eckert | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 05.02.2022
Approximately 220 Active, Guard and Reserve Airmen have operated four KC-46A Pegasus out of Spain from mid-March through most of April 2022. The Total Force team make up the first KC-46 Employment Concept Exercise (ECE), evaluating how they and the aircraft will provide rapid global mobility to future Joint Force operations....
Story by Airman Brenden Beezley | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 04.14.2022
The 22nd Medical Group, to include all of its Active Duty, contractor, and civilian members, conducted exercise Ready Eagle April 4-8, 2022. Ready Eagle is a week-long training event conducted by Air Mobility Command’s subject matter experts. The training is implemented through a “crawl, walk, run” method of educating medics on how to provide care during a home station response....
Story by Staff Sgt. Adam Goodly | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 03.23.2022
MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan.--The KC-135 Stratotanker has been in service for over six decades and in order to keep this aircraft in operation they must undergo routine inspections, which checks every valve, gear and panel to make sure they are at peak performance and mission ready....
