FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas ~ 30 SEPT 2025

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Road Trip: McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas

McConnell Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located four miles southeast of the central business district of Wichita, a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. The airbase was named in honor of the brothers Fred and Thomas McConnell of Wichita, who had both been Air Force pilots and veterans of World War II.

It is the home of Air Mobility Command's 22d Air Refueling Wing (22 ARW), Air Force Reserve Command's 931st Air Refueling Wing (931 ARW), and the Kansas Air National Guard's 184th Intelligence Wing (184 IW).

On 23 April 2014, the USAF announced that the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus will be based at McConnell Air Force Base. The base started receiving the first of 36 tankers in 2019. The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is currently stationed at this base. McConnell AFB was chosen because it had low construction costs and it is in a location with a high demand for air refueling.

The present operational environment of the wing continued formation from a decidedly joint approach with the focus clearly on “Team McConnell,” more so than each unit is individually. The Air Force doctrinal approach of “Mirror Force” remained evident in all of the wing’s operations.

The 22 ARW led the Air Force in refueling interchangeability with the Multi-Point Refueling System (MPRS). This allowed the wing to provide refueling services to US Navy and allied aircraft. The PACER CRAG program consisted of modernized KC-135 avionics with technology that allowed for routine air refueling missions to proceed.

Learn More About McConnell Air Force Base HERE!!

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[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening everyone!

Just got off work, gonna scoot home and be back in a little bit.

Have a terrific Tuesday!

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hi everybody!

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[PROCON]

WOO-HOO, it's Road Trip time again, thanks Lauren!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!

[radu]

Howdy, lauren.
Still busting your butt, huh? Long day.

[oldplayer]

I love the Canteen and road trips to these bases. Thanks.

The scuttlebutt is that the KC-135’s are not going away as soon as some hoped. It turns out that they are still very useful. Two smaller [sic] tankers in the sky with fighters, turns out to be a smart move. One big tanker is useful - until it has a mechanical. Then the whole mission might be at risk. My son spent a little time at McConnell, and lots of time in tankers.

[radu]

Howdy, PRO.

Have a good weekend? Nothing came up to spoil your plans on it being a lazy one? :-)

[PROCON]

Hiya radu, good weekend, actually kind of boring, probably need to find a hobby besides FB, LOL.

Made it over to Robin's for a visit with her and the pups and just did my normal lazing the rest of the time.

How about you, you and the kittehs have a good weekend?

[BatGuano]

I trained at McConnell AFB.
Only for a short month but I can say that I fell in love with a young woman and can’t say anymore. Her initials were DB and she was a Civilian.

[luvie]

~ Road Trip: McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas ~

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[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you left that other site!

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Howdy PROCON!

[laurenmarlowe]

Evening radu, howling here, LOL!

Yup, and tomorrow night too. Meetings. Sheesh.

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you oldplayer, thanks for joining us this evening!

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Good evening BatGuano!

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Howdy and thank you luvie!

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[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening SkyDancer!

[radu]

You do FB; I do X. If you’re like me, too much time is spent. LOL

Sounds like it was a good weekend.

It was pretty good here too. Nice, sunny, breezy weather to dry everything out after all the rain we got last week so mowing is now a snap. Got started on that today.

Da kittehs are good, though Big’Un goes to the vet tomorrow. A fang broke off, leaving the root in place. Exposed nerves! OOOOUUCH!! Gotta get that out.