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William G. McConnell Unit (ML) is a Texas state prison located in unincorporated Bee County, Texas, [1] along Texas State Highway 181, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the city limits of Beeville. [2]
Robert Lynn Pruett (September 18, 1979 – October 12, 2017) was a Texas man convicted and executed for the 1999 murder of TDCJ Correctional Officer Daniel Nagle (September 9, 1962 – December 17, 1999) at the McConnell Unit, Bee County. [1]
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In August 1941, the Kansas National Guard 127th Observation Squadron was activated as the first military unit assigned to the Wichita airport. The unit's limited equipment included one BC-1A, one C-47, and four L-1 aircraft. This was the start of a cooperative relationship between the people of Wichita and military aviation.
The 835th Air Division was activated at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas on 1 July 1964 as the command headquarters for the 23d Tactical Fighter Wing already stationed there and the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing, which was activated at McConnell later that month. [1] [2] Both wings were equipped with the Republic F-105 Thunderchief. [3]
Garza East Unit is a correctional transfer unit on the grounds of Chase Field Industrial Complex in unincorporated Bee County, Texas, [1] near Beeville. It is co-located with the Garza West Unit . The facility is operated by the Correctional Institutions Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice , administered as within Region IV .
During World War II, as the 22nd Bombardment Group, the unit was one of the first Army Air Forces units to be deployed into the Pacific Theater after Pearl Harbor with the Martin B-26 Marauder medium bomber. It operated primarily in the Southwest Pacific Theater as a North American B-25 Mitchell unit assigned to Fifth Air Force.
The 924th Air Refueling Squadron is an active United States Air Force associate unit.It is assigned to the 931st Operations Group at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas.The squadron is the first Air Force Reserve Command unit dedicated to flying the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus.