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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 22nd Air Refueling Wing (22 ARW), Air Force Reserve Command's 931st Air Refueling Wing (931 ARW), and the Kansas Air National Guard's 184th Wing (184 W).
In the United States, there are more than 7,000 U.S.-based nonprofit organizations assisting veterans and their families. [1] In the United Kingdom and its former colonies, an ex-service organisation is a voluntary association dedicated to the welfare of ex-service personnel (i.e. veterans). In addition to welfare services, they often ...
The Western Branch of the National Home for Disabled Soldiers was established in 1885 in Leavenworth, Kansas to house aging veterans of the American Civil War. The 214-acre (87 ha) campus (formerly 640 acres (260 ha)) is near Fort Leavenworth, and is directly adjacent to Leavenworth National Cemetery, south of Leavenworth town. The home ...
Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas OCLC 71006954 , 29991467 Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites, History’s Legacy , Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC.
List of All Air Museums – Aviation Fanatic; Museums, Alphabetical by State – Aero.com (Archived) Warbird Museum Links – Warbird Alley; Directory of Aircraft Museums in the U.S – GreatAmericanPlanes.com; Museums – Association of Air Force Missileers; General Aviation Accessible Aviation Museum Directory – Air Facts
Aug. 3—A show that focuses on issues relevant to veterans of the armed services and their families debuted last month on WHFC radio at Harford Community College. "We don't think there's anything ...
The Combat Air Museum is a non-profit aviation museum at Topeka Regional Airport (Forbes Field) in Shawnee County, near Topeka, Kansas.The museum is dedicated to the creation of facilities and resources for the education of the local and regional communities through the collection, preservation, conservation and exhibition of aircraft, information, artifacts, technology and art associated with ...