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  • Brink of Return

    Lt. Col. Randy Brink walks away from a KC-135 Stratotanker at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on July 14. It was the first KC-135 he flew since a medical condition grounded him from flying 15 months prior. Colonel Brink is a pilot assigned to the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, an Air Force Reserve

  • Spirit Spotlight: Senior Airman Angelique Ordoyne

    Senior Airman Angelique Ordoyne is a Warner Robins, Ga., native who has been a member of the 931st Air Refueling Group for about three years. Unit: Military Support FlightAir Force job: Personnel Civilian job: The Alley Indoor Entertainment. I work at the snack bar. Favorite movie: ObsessedWhat I'm

  • Reservists come home

    More than 25 Reserve flyers and maintainers from the 931st Air Refueling Group returned here July 2 from a deployment to Southwest Asia. The Airmen, from the 931st's Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and 18th Air Refueling Squadron, arrived about a week after the most recent group of 931st deployers

  • Reserve unit will enhance Total Force aircrew training

    Instructors at Altus Air Force Base, Okla., have one of the most crucial missions in the Air Force, training the world's best aircrews for global reach missions. Those instructors will soon have partners in that mission when a small Reserve unit is activated at Altus in the 2010 fiscal year. In FY

  • 931st shows 'total force' support during active-duty change of command

    Reservists from the 931st Air Refueling Group were among the Airmen in formation during a change-of-command ceremony at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on July 2. Col. Jaime Crowhurst took command of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, the 931st active-duty host unit at McConnell, and thanked Col. Edsel A.

  • Spirit Spotlight: Senior Airman Cameron Keating

    Airman 1st Class Cameron Keating is a Waverly, Kan., native, who joined the 931st Air Refueling Group in March 2009. Unit: 931st Civil Engineer SquadronAir Force job: Structures/CarpentryCivilian job: None, currently on temporary duty assignment for training What I'm reading: CDC Book 3, only 7 more

  • Goodbye Kiss

    Master Sgt. Jeff Schrier shares a farewell moment with his wife, Lori, before deploying to Southwest Asia on June 27. More than a dozen other Reservists from the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron departed with Sergeant Schrier in support of overseas contingencies. Sergeant Schrier is a

  • First 'blended' team to represent McConnell at Rodeo

    Some of the base's best flyers and maintainers are out to prove that Team McConnell is a "Total Force" to be reckoned with.A "blended" group of Reserve and Regular (active-duty) Airmen stationed here are preparing for Air Mobility Rodeo 2009, a world-wide readiness competition scheduled from July

  • New training schedule released

    Col. Edsel A. "Archie" Frye Jr. has approved a proposed unit training assembly schedule for the 931st Air Refueling Group in fiscal year 2010. Col. Frye, the commander of the 931st, received the proposal from the 931st's Annual Training Plan Group. Factors that were considered when selecting

  • Flying photographer captures 'The Final Frame'

    A photo used for the back cover of the May/June edition of Airman magazine was taken by Lt. Col. Tsuyoshi Tung, a Reserve KC-135 Stratotanker pilot assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Group. Colonel Tung, an amateur photographer who has enjoyed photography since high school, captured the photo