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  • 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

  • First 931st ARG honorary commander's inducted

    Col. Edsel A. "Archie" Frye. Jr. speaks during an honorary commander induction ceremony at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Colonel Frye welcomed five civilian leaders from the McConnell community as the 931st Air Refueling Group's inaugural group of honorary commanders. Colonel Frye is the commander

  • Modification allows KC-135 to carry more critical patients

    Air Mobility Command officials recently tested an electrical modification made to a KC-135 Stratotanker here that could multiply the number of critically injured warfighters an aeromedical evacuation crew can carry on an aircraft at one time. The KC-135 is currently equipped with one electrical

  • Forklift in the Road

    Tech. Sgt. Christopher Devoid offers some instruction to Master Sgt. Leo Ritter while training with a forklift during the 931st Air Refueling Group's drill weekend in June. Both sergeants are assigned to the 931st Civil Engineer Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan.

  • Spirit Spotlight: Senior Airman Carrie Van Praag

    Senior Airman Carrie Van Praag is a Buffalo, N.Y., native who joined the Air Force Reserve this month after seven years as an active-duty Airman with the 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan.Unit: 931st Air Refueling GroupAir Force Job: Group Supply Specialist/Air