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  • Spirit Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Anthony Caruso

    Staff Sgt. Anthony Caruso is a Springfield, Mo., native who has been in the Air Force for five years. Unit: 931st Civil Engineer SquadronAir Force Job: Utilities SpecialistCivilian Job/Education: College student at Missouri State University, majoring in physical education.Favorite movie: August

  • Warfighters take time for Air Force's 62nd birthday

    Hundreds of Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines celebrated the 62nd Air Force birthday with tradition, solidarity and a show of force Sept. 18 here. A reveille ceremony was held at 6 a.m.at the base flag poles in Camp Cunningham, named after Senior Airman Jason D. Cunningham, an Air Force

  • Total Force Training Prep

    Airman 1st Class Kyle Williams gives a vacuum-sealed piece of protective equipment to Staff Sgt. Brian Reed (on right) inside a supply building at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Sergeant Reed and other Reservists assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Group gathered equipment during their September

  • Enlisted Group members wanted for officer vacancies

    The 931st Air Refueling Group will be having some officer vacancies in the near future. Col. Edsel "Archie" Frye Jr., the 931st commander, wants to give the Group's enlisted personnel the opportunity to apply for those positions through the Deserving Airman Commissioning Program. The primary

  • Large group of Airmen join 931st, more growth expected

    There's a lot of new faces in the 931st Air Refueling Group. Members of the growing unit welcomed 19 new Airmen to the 931st family in September, a few months after a group of 20 Airmen were welcomed during an earlier unit training assembly.Orientation classes for new Airmen haven't been so large

  • Day for Families

    Staff Sgt. Napoleon Stanley and his wife, Tamra, help their children with building projects donated by Home Depot at the 931st Air Refueling Group's annual family day picnic on Sept. 13. Sergeant Stanley is a Reserve utilities Airman assigned to the 931st Civil Engineer Squadron. On his lap is his

  • ReserveNet changes to ARCNet

    ReserveNet has a new name and a new mission. After a year of coordination between the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard, ARCNet was established Sept. 1 to provide ReserveNet capabilities to ANG members. Until now, only reservists had access to these resources used to train, communicate

  • Title Trophies

    For the second year in a row, the 931st Air Refueling Group has taken top golf honors at McConnell Air Force Base. Senior Master Sgt. Diane Hiebert and Tech. Sgt. Darren Horton represented the 931st's intramural team Wednesday, accepting trophies for repeating as the base's intramural champions.Lt.

  • Gray Skies

    Rain clouds loom as Tech. Sgt. John Grindstaff and Senior Airman Candice Dodds help prepare a KC-135 Stratotanker at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., for a refueling mission. Nearly six inches of rain had fallen at the base in about 24 hours by Sept. 9, with more rain in the forecast for every day

  • Spirit Spotlight: Senior Airman James "J.D." Utash

    Senior Airman James "J.D." Utash is a Rose Hill, Kan., native who has been an Air Force Reservist for all three years of his military service.Unit: 18th Air Refueling SquadronAir Force Job: KC-135 Stratotanker Boom OperatorCivilian Job: Financial Analyst at Spirit AerosystemsEducation: Business