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  • A very wet Master Sgt. Katherine Pett chases after fellow KC-135 boom operator Master Sgt. Darren Demel on the McConnell Air Force Base flightline during the September Unit Training Assembly. The "wetdown," a tradition for flyers upon finishing their final military flight, was soon followed by Sergeant Pett's Air Force retirement ceremony at the 18th Air Refueling Squadron headquarters. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

    One Wet Pett

  • A sandstorm makes visibility extremely difficult soon after the arrival of Staff Sgt. Scott Gaitley at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Sergeant Gaitley, 931st Air Refueling Group historian, departed near the end of August for a four-month tour with the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Balad. (Courtesy photo)

    Sandy Welcome

  • Congratulations Promotees

    Congratulations to the 931st Air Refueling Group's most recent promotees: Lt. Col. Brad Anderson 18th Air Refueling Squadron Lt. Col. Eric Anderson18th Air Refueling SquadronLt. Col. Michael Gibbons931st Operations Support FlightLt. Col. Dan Malles18th Air Refueling SquadronLt. Col. Michael Moeding931st Operations Support FlightLt. Col. Joseph
  • Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Babcock mans a fire extinguisher while a KC-135 Stratotanker is refueled on the flightline of McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on Sept. 2. Sergeant Babcock is a traditional Reservist assigned to the Communications and Navigation section of the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, but he often performs fireguard and other crew chief duties to help fill in for deployed active-duty maintainers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

    Fireguard Fill-In

  • 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
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