June 2, 2025 Global mission earns global recognition: Project Magellan wins ARSAG Founder’s Award McConnell’s international combat sortie, Project Magellan, earned international recognition by winning the 2025 Founder’s Award from the Aerial Refueling Systems Advisory Group (ARSAG).
June 7, 2024 317 AW “Explodes into Theater” with maximum endurance operation for Valiant Shield 24 The 317th Airlift Wing successfully completed an expanded Maximum Endurance Operation to Guam with two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft equipped with external fuel tanks, June 4, 2024.