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  • 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

  • Fourth Air Force's top post changes hands

    Hundreds gathered here Jan. 25th, 2009, in a vivid ceremony as Major General Robert E. Duignan relinquished command of the Fourth Air Force to Brigadier General Eric W. Crabtree. Maj. Gen. Duignan retired during the ceremony concluding a 36-year career in Air Force service.Brig. Gen. Crabtree

  • Training 'frenzy' planned for April

    The 931st Air Refueling Group is going on the offensive in April. Its target: ancillary readiness requirements.A five-day "training frenzy," as Senior Master Sgt. Tammy Askren called it, is scheduled to start two days before the Group's April unit training assembly. The focus of the frenzy, Sergeant

  • Spirit Spotlight: Lt. Col. Barry Jones

    Lt. Col. Barry Jones is a Greenville, S.C., native who enlisted in the Air Force in 1984. He went to Undergraduate Pilot Training at Columbus AFB, Miss., in 1990 and was an active-duty pilot until he joined the Air National Guard in 1995. He's been part of Air Force Reserve Command since 1998. He