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  • 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

  • Congratulations Promotees

    The following Airmen assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Group were recently promoted:Senior Master Sgt. Michael Plante931st Operations Support Flight Master Sgt. Cynthia Hoffman931st Headquarters StaffMaster Sgt. Jodi McGill931st Aircraft Maintenance SquadronMaster Sgt. Leo Ritter (effective Feb.

  • Group donations to benefit local domestic abuse shelter

    Some local lives should be little bit warmer, a little bit better, thanks to donations from the 931st Air Refueling Group family.Group members have been filling collection boxes around the unit for Harbor House, a local shelter that assists domestic violence victims. The many coats, clothes, toys