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McConnell Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located four miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Wichita, a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States.〔 The base was named in honor of Wichita brothers Fred and Thomas McConnell, both Air Force pilots and World War II veterans. It is the home of Air Mobility Command's 22d Air Refueling Wing (22 ARW), Air Force Reserve Command's 931st Air Refueling Group (931 ARG), and the Kansas Air National Guard's 184th Intelligence Wing (184 IW). McConnell's primary mission is to provide global reach by conducting air refueling and airlift where and when needed. The Commander of the 22d Air Refueling Wing is Colonel Albert G. Miller, the Vice-Commander is Colonel Bruce P. Heseltine, Jr., and the Command Chief is Chief Master Sergeant Shawn M. Hughes. ==Units== Major units at McConnell are: * 22d Air Refueling Wing * * 22d Operations Group (KC-135Q/T KC-135R) "Keeper of the Plains" * * * 344th Air Refueling Squadron (Black fin flash) * * * 349th Air Refueling Squadron (Blue fin flash) * * * 350th Air Refueling Squadron (Red fin flash) * * * 384th Air Refueling Squadron (Magenta fin flash) * * 22d Maintenance Group * * 22d Medical Group * * 22d Mission Support Group Associate Units: * 931st Air Refueling Group (Air Force Reserve Command) * * 18th Air Refueling Squadron (The 18th ARS does not have any assigned aircraft. Rather, the squadron provides additional personnel to augment the active-duty personnel of the 22d ARW) Tenant Units: * 184th Intelligence Wing (Kansas Air National Guard) * * 127th Command and Control Squadron 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「McConnell Air Force Base」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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