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

Air Force Reserve gets new command chief

Chief Master Sgt. Dwight D. Badgett has held a variety of jobs on the way to becoming Air Force Reserve Command's new command chief master sergeant, including being a high school teacher. Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., chief of Air Force Reserve and AFRC commander, selected Chief Badgett for the

History of aerial refueling: Fueling the fighters

Editor's note: This is the fourth (and final) in a series of articles celebrating 80 years of aerial refueling and the important role aerial refueling has played in American military history. Strategic Air Command entered the 1950s on a roll. It operated a growing fleet of tanker aircraft, and the

Talking Total Force

Coaches Tour 2009 revisited, Twitter style

A true sign the era of social media has arrived: you are shaking your head through a third-world customs process in an African airport and Mack Brown, the 58-year-old head football coach at the University of Texas, is standing next to you blogging from his cell phone. "He's been connected this whole

Spirit Spotlight: Capt. (Dr.) Chad Thompson

Capt. (Dr.) Chad Thompson is a Beloit, Kan., native who joined the 931st Air Refueling Group in 2004. Unit: 931st Aerospace Medicine Flight Air Force Job: OptometristCivilian Job: Optometrist at The EyeCare Center in Beloit, Kan.Education: Bachelor's in History from Kansas State University in 1995,

Flyers get new boss

Col. Edsel A. "Archie" Frye Jr. clasps a commander's pin to Lt. Col. Tony Brusca's jacket during a 18th Air Refueling Squadron change of command ceremony on June 13. Colonel Brusca, a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot, took command of the 18th ARS after serving under every one of the squadron's previous

Medical officer earns civilian optometry award

Capt. (Dr.) Chad Thompson, the 931st Aerospace Medicine Squadron's chief of optometry, has been named the 2009 Young Optometrist of the Year by the Kansas Optometric Association.The award, according to an Association release, "recognizes optometrists in practice for less than 10 years who have