| McConnell Air Force Base - Home The 22nd Air Refueling Wing is the host unit for McConnell AFB. We are one of only three supertanker KC-135 Stratotanker wings in the Air Force. Our primary mission is to provide global reach by conducting air refueling and airlift where and when needed. Team McConnell is the only Total Force base, and is made up of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, the 931st Air Refueling Group and the Kansas Air National Guard's 184th Intelligence Wing. McConnell Headlines • MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. McConnell welcomed Air Mobility Command commander, Gen. Arthur Lichte, during his first visit here as AMC commander, April 7 to 9. • VOLK FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Wis. Senior Airman Amyrose Meier, a Security Force member, looks through a sight on her M-4 during an exercise at Volk Field on April 4. As personnel perform their daily missions, Security Forces Squadron is responsible for the protection of members and the base. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Chyrece Campbell) • MCCONNELL AIR FOCE BASE, Kan. Stephen Matthews, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron deputy, Lt. Col. Tony Marlow, 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron commander, Col. James Vechery, 22nd Air Refueling Wing commander, and Chris Prinslow, Chief of Construction of Kansas City, unveil McConnell’s new hydrant fuel system at a ribbon cutting ceremony, April 4. The $17.2 million project added two, 400,000 gallon fuel tanks, seven fuel hydrants and relocated 12 exist...
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