Spirit Spotlight: Senior Airman Travis Reimer

Senior Airman Travis Reimer is a Newton, Kan., native who joined the Air National Guard unit at McConnell AFB in 2005. He joined the Air Force Reserve in 2007 after a base realignment and closure eliminated his job at the Guard unit. Air Force job: Hydraulics Journeyman, 931st Aircraft Maintenance

Maintainer returns from long deployment

Kobe Reimer didn't say goodbye. He didn't know how.He was just shy of his second birthday when his father, Senior Airman Travis Reimer, deployed to Southwest Asia in September. "(Kobe) wasn't really talking yet," Airman Reimer remembered.But children develop rapidly at that age. And Airman Reimer,

Incentive to Fly

Medical officers to support 'Arctic' mission

Military life is about to get cold for two 931st Air Refueling Group Reservists. Alaska cold.Lt. Col. Cheryl Hooper and Lt. Col. (Dr.) James Clark are scheduled to join Operation Arctic Care, a humanitarian aid mission in the remote regions of Alaska, in early March.Colonel Clark is a dentist

Spirit Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Khoa Nguyen

Staff Sgt. Khoa Nguyen is a Wichita, Kan., native who was an active-duty Airman and firefighter before joining the Air Force Reserve in October, 2008. Air Force job: Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, 931st Civil Engineer Squadron Education: Studying fire science through Community College of

Deployment history to be removed from promotion briefs

Air Force officials here recently announced that deployment history data will be deleted from duty qualification briefs for officer selection and preselection and from senior noncommissioned officer evaluation briefs. This total-force initiative will apply to all active-duty members, Reserve and

Group-wide safety evaluation starts Friday

A team of inspectors are scheduled to begin an evaluation of the 931st Air Refueling Group's safety program Friday.The team doesn't leave until Monday, which means a large portion of their assessment will occur during the 931st's drill weekend when the Group's Reservists show up for their monthly

Cutting corners costs lives

Editor's Note: Major Kuder is a performance manager for the 931st Air Refueling Group. She wrote the following commentary while deployed with the 379th Expeditionary Operations Group in Southwest Asia.Many people who have not deployed feel they are not "contributing to the war effort." We, as a

KC-135 crew airlifts wounded from Afghanistan

Some members of the 931st Air Refueling Group spent their Super Bowl weekend resting from a 12-day aeromedical evacuation mission in Afghanistan.Eight Reservists from the 931st manned a specially equipped KC-135 Stratotanker that made four back-to-back trips to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, to pick

Long Groundhog Day coming to end for deployed 931st member

Today is Groundhog Day. For Maj. Martha Kuder, so was yesterday. And the day before that. And the week before that. And the month before that.Major Kuder deployed in September to Southwest Asia, where 24-hour operations seven days a week can make an Airman feel like Bill Murray in the movie