Story by Staff Sgt. Tryphena Mayhugh | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 11.21.2022
The 22nd Operations Group stood up a Mission Planning Cell, which is responsible for all the mission planning for the KC-135 Stratotanker, KC-46A Pegasus and their air crews that leave McConnell. The mission planners are also responsible for ensuring each aircraft has the software and updates needed for them to complete their missions. “The MPC is important here because it is a new thing......
Story by Airman 1st Class Samuel Colvin | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson | 07.27.2020
In May 2019, U.S. Air Force Maj. Brad Short, then-3rd Wing chief of weapons and tactics, was conducting mission planning the same way it has been done since the 1940s: on a chalkboard, whiteboard or mapboard. He decided it was time to bring the process into the 21st century — to digitize and automate the process....
