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  • Lt. Col. Clint Burpo (far left) watches Air Force and local emergency response personnel evacuate simulated crash victims during a major accident response exercise just outside McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on Sept. 3. The exercise was coordinated by the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, the 931st's host wing at McConnell. Colonel Burpo, an air reserve technician assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Group's Plans and Programs office, helped the 22nd ensure safety during the exercise was not unnecessarily compromised on a cold and rainy day.

    Total Force Support

  • Tech. Sgt. Robert Lorenz took this photo from the inside of the Sabanci Central Mosque in Adana, Turkey, while recently deployed with other Airmen from the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Though the mosque is just 10 years old, it was built with a classic Ottoman design and is considered the symbol of Adana. It has the capacity to serve 28,500 people and is the biggest mosque in the Middle East.

    Looking Up

  • Turkish rugs are popular souvenirs for Airmen who deploy to Incirlik Air Force Base, Turkey. Tech. Sgt. Robert Lorenz took this photo of a Turkish woman weaving a rug by hand during his recent deployment to Incirlik. Sergeant Lorenz returned to McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on Aug. 17 with the last of three personnel rotations his unit, the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, deployed to Turkey in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom.

    Rug-ged Deployment

  • Airmen are being issued the new Citibank government travel card, which will look like this example. Distribution will begin Aug. 13. (U.S. Air Force illustration)

    Kansas Airmen to get new travel card soon

    Citibank officials began mailing its new government travel credit card this month with distribution to cardholders in Kansas scheduled to begin Aug. 22.Distribution dates are determined by the mailing address cardholders currently have statements and other GTCC-related material sent to. Airmen assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Group who live

  • More documentation needed for CAC, other cards

    A new Department of Defense mandate requires two forms of identification to be presented before common access cards and other types of identification cards can be issued.Effective Sept. 25, 2008, computer software will block creation of new cards until two forms of acceptable identification are scanned into its system (the 931st Air Refueling
  • Tech. Sgt. Milton Willhight(far left), Senior Airman Nathen Hornecker (middle) and Staff Sgt. Keith Yoho wait to be led through a team-building exercise built into a two-week Noncommissioned Officer Leadership Development Program course that concluded on Aug. 15. The three Airmen were blindfolded to simulate vision loss from exposure to a poisonous gas. Sergeant Willhight and Airman Hornecker are assigned to the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. Sergeant Yoho is assigned to the 931st Aerospace Medicine Flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

    Airmen graduate Group's first NCOLDP

    In one day, Staff Sgt. Moni Ringer tried to calm a mutiny among her Airmen, lost her vision to a poisonous gas and then was blown-up crossing a mine field.It was all part of simulated training during the first Noncommissioned Officer Leadership Development Program course taught at the 931st Air Refueling Group. Sergeant Ringer and 20 other 931st
  • Senior Airman Brandon Ingram gets some paperwork help Monday morning from Mary Borst, 931st Air Refueling Group budget officer. Airman Ingram and other Airmen from the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron returned to McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., late Sunday night from a deployment to Turkey. The squadron sent three, two-week rotations of personnel to Turkey in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

    Turkey Mission Complete

  • A young family member steps up to an inflatable bouncer during one of the 931st Air Refueling Group's past Family Day picnics. Volunteers are needed to help with an inflatable "Bounce House" and many other activities scheduled for this year's picnic during the September Unit Training Assembly.

    Many volunteer opportunities still available for picnic

    The committee in charge of planning this year's Family Day Picnic for the 931st Air Refueling Group is still looking for many volunteers to help with the following activities:Bounce House and Obstacle Course (inflatables)Ring Toss Horse Shoes Red Light Basketball Toss Plinko Color Wheel Shockwave Potty Toss Tic Tac Toe Say AHHH Ducky Game Bean Bag
  • Master Sgt. Shelby Gobel holds up one of the gifts he received from fellow engineers during his retirement ceremony on Aug. 9. Sergeant Gobel retired from the 931st Civil Engineer Squadron two years after he collided with a deer while riding a motorcycle.

    Motorcycle crash survivor retires

    Master Sgt. Shelby Gobel was six days short of retirement when his motorcycle collided with a deer two years ago.He beat the 50-50 odds doctors gave him to survive but was told later that the crash had claimed his hope to retire from the Air Force Reserve. Airmen at his unit, the 931st Civil Engineer Squadron, decided that was unacceptable."We at
  • Airmen who joined the 931st Air Refueling Group during the August Unit Training Assembly attended an orientation on Aug. 9. The Group welcomed, from left to right: (front row) Master Sgt. Cynthia Schlitz, Staff Sgt. Brandon Blodgett, Staff Sgt. Joel Janssen, Staff Sgt. Regina Rector, Staff Sgt. Cecelia Matthews, Maj. Celso Salinas, (back row) Senior Airman Kevin Becton, Capt. Kelvin Tuckett, Staff Sgt. Douglas Winterhalter, and Staff Sgt. Alan Pederson Jr.

    Newcomers welcomed during August UTA

    The following Airmen joined the 931st Air Refueling Group during the August Unit Training Assembly: Maj. Celso SalinasAerospace Medicine FlightCapt. Kelvin TuckettHeadquarters StaffMaster Sgt. Cynthia SchlitzCivil Engineer Squadron Staff Sgt. Brandon BlodgettCivil Engineer Squadron Staff Sgt. Joel JanssenAircraft Maintenance SquadronStaff Sgt.
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