McConnell Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in Wichita, Kansas. It is the home of the USAF 22d Air Refueling Wing, the Air Force Reserve Command's 931st Air Refueling Group, and the Kansas Air National Guard's 184th Air Refueling Wing.

Located in America's heartland, airmanship in the Wichita area began in the first decade of the century.

Construction of a major airfield was not on the mind of Cadet J. Earl Schaefer in the summer of 1917.

The history of the 22d pre-dates America’s entry into World War II. The group was constituted as the 22d Bombardment Group (Medium) on 22 December 1939 and activated on 1 February 1940, at Mitchel Field, New York.

Wichita base borrows flying brothers' name