Story by Airman 1st Class Zachary Willis | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 03.08.2022
MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Colonel Nate Vogel, 22nd Air Refueling Wing commander, got the chance to talk to community leaders from Mulvane, Kansas, located 11 miles south of McConnell....
Story by Airman 1st Class Zachary Willis | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 02.24.2022
SrA Ganiyu Alimi found his way to the United States Air Force after growing up in impoverished conditions in Nigeria. Now, he is a mechanic with a college degree and is providing more for his family than he could have ever imagined....
Story by Airman 1st Class Zachary Willis | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 10.22.2021
MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. – Brigadier Gen. Darren Cole, Air Mobility Command director of logistics, engineering, and force protection, and his team from Scott Air Force Base, Ill. visited team McConnell Oct. 20-22, 2021. Cole toured facilities, observing the infrastructure and various ways in which McConnell’s Airmen directly impact AMC’s mission to provide rapid, global mobility......
Story by Airman 1st Class Zachary Willis | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 07.19.2021
MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Corvias Military Living at McConnell Air Force Base was awarded the 2020 National Resident Satisfaction Platinum Award for excellent military housing for its residents in February 2021....
Story by Senior Airman Alan Ricker | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 11.25.2020
Zachary was handpicked by her to commission as part of the Senior Leader Enlisted Commissioning Program-A, which enables senior leaders to directly select enlisted members who are talented and exhibit exceptional performance to commission as an Air Force officer. The program will also allow him to complete his degree while on active duty status and commission as a 2nd Lieutenant after......
Story by Senior Airman Skyler Combs | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 09.14.2020
The terms “air refueling base” and “ammunition” are probably not linked in the minds of most people. But when it comes to all things ammo at McConnell Air Force Base, the 22nd Maintenance Squadron’s munitions flight runs the show behind the scenes....
Story by Airman 1st Class Marc Garcia | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 08.14.2020
Airmen from the 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron began testing the capabilities of the Large Aircraft Infrared Counter-Measures system on the KC-46A Pegasus Aug. 11, 2020....
Story by Senior Airman Skyler Combs | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 08.01.2019
Airmen from McConnell Air Force Base's 350th Air Refueling Squadron deploy to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar as a squadron, something that hasn't been done in two decades....
