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  • Flight of the 'Question Mark'

    Editor's note: This is the first in a series of articles celebrating 80 years of aerial refueling and the important role aerial refueling has played in American military history. On Jan. 1, 1929, a tri-engined Fokker C-2 aircraft with a crew of five climbed into the southern California sky. This

  • New psychological readiness Airmen visit 931st

    With so much focus on being physically mission-ready, psychological readiness can sometimes fall through the cracks for Reservists.That is why Capt. Jose Jasso, mental health officer, and Tech. Sgt. Timothy Ogier, mental health technician, visited the 931st Air Refueling Group during its April drill

  • Construction to update McConnell, minimize waste

    Spring construction is about to begin at McConnell. Thanks to an aggressive construction program and strong advocacy by wing leadership, McConnell received more than $20 million for maintenance and repair projects during the end of fiscal year 2008.Additionally, the base received another $7 million

  • Welcome Newcomers

    The following Airmen joined the 931st Air Refueling Group during the April unit training assembly:Capt. Christina Miller931st Aircraft Maintenance SquadronTech. Sgt. Gregory Podobensky931st Mission Support FlightStaff Sgt. David Corob931st Mission Support FlightStaff Sgt. Marshall Oswalt931st

  • Training 'frenzy' deemed success

    The "frenzy" is finished, for now.A five-day training blitz aimed at freeing up Airmen's future drill weekends came to end Monday. Overall, the first-of-its-kind event went very well, Senior Master Sgt. Tammy Askren said. So well, members of the 931st Air Refueling Group can expect another in about

  • KC-135 supports F-16 crews tracking stolen Cessna

    A KC-135 Stratotanker crew supported and refueled F-16 Fighting Falcons as the figher aircraft pilots closely trailed a stolen Cessna from a Canadian flight school crossed the U.S.-Canada border April 6 were on its trail. The Cessna 172, stolen by its pilot from a flight school in Thunder Bay,

  • Medical Airmen return from 'Arctic' mission

    Technically, they were still within the United States. But to Lt. Col. Cheryl Hooper and Lt. Col. (Dr.) James Clark, it seemed like another world.The two Airmen from the 931st Aerospace Medicine Flight returned in late March from a two-week deployment supporting Operation Arctic Care, a joint