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  • Master Sgt. Bob Livingston (far right) shares a laugh with Joe (far left), one of the many who benefit from a free breakfast Sergeant Livingston volunteers to support every month. Homeless men make up the majority of those who travel, usually by foot, for the free meal in the basement of a Wichita church. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

    Where He Needs To Be: Helping feed act of faith for first sergeant

    Despair can take on many forms. For Master Sgt. Bob Livingston, despair has many names, many faces, and it visits him the third Saturday of every month. That is when Sergeant Livingston and other members of his church volunteer their morning to provide a free breakfast near downtown Wichita, Kan. Hungry and 99 percent homeless, around 100 people
  • Tech. Sgt. Rachel Forrest recently received a Military Volunteer Service Medal from Col. James Vechery, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Commander, during a ceremony at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Sergeant Forrest is a new Family Readiness technician for the 931st Air Refueling Group. She was nominated to receive the medal for her work with the McConnell Drug Education For Youth program while on active duty with the 22nd ARW. (Courtesy Photo)

    Medal given to new MSF troop for volunteer work

  • Three members of the 931st Air Refueling Group Intelligence Directorate join in applause during an awards gathering at McConnell Air Force Base in April. The gathering was organized during a three-day visit to McConnell by Gen. Arthur Lichte(far left), Air Mobility Command commander, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. The 931st troops were invited to the gathering after being named AMC's Outstanding Air Reserve Component Intelligence Unit of the Year. Attending were (from left to right) Staff Sgt. Joseph Johnson, Tech. Sgt. Crystal Maxton, and the directorate's commander, Lt. Col William Eaton. Also out front is Col. James Vechery (far right), 22nd Air Refueling Wing Commander.

    Intelligence Airmen honored during General's visit

  • Tech. Sgt. Miranda "Mindy" Whiting "had a blast" performing in musicals through high school before joining the Air Force. Sergeant Whiting, a Reserve and civilian flight scheduler for the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, returns to the stage this week as the singing street tough Ronette in "Little Shop of Horrors" at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

    Flight scheduler takes to stage

    Long before Mindy Whiting moved to Kansas, she wanted to be Dorothy running down the yellow brick road. She was in the second grade in her hometown of Williamsport, Pa., and young actors were needed for "Christmas in Oz." "I wanted to be Dorothy so bad," Whiting remembered, playfully slamming her fist down on the table in front of her. But her
  • Lt. Col. Sue Lovas (center) shares a laugh with fellow members of the 931st Air Refueling Group's Human Resource Development Council. Colonel Lovas is in charge of the 931st's Equal Opportunity Office, formerly known as Military Equal Opportunity.

    New name, mission for Opportunity office

    Equal Opportunity in the Military has had several official titles. The office that facilitated human relations issues was originally called "Social Actions." In 1999, its title was changed to Military Equal Opportunity.MEO was the office designed to support mission effectiveness by promoting an environment free from personal, social, or
  • The 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s Master Sgt. Eric Peel (center) and Tech. Sgt. David Sevart discuss some paperwork during the March Unit Training Assembly just prior to the squadron’s annual chili cookoff. Sergeant Peel’s “Tailgate Chili” was voted the best at the cookoff. Mary Boulett, wife of the squadron’s Senior Master Sgt. John Boulett, earned second place and the squadron’s Senior Master Sgt. Ernest Goethe came in third. Sergeant Sevart, cookoff organizer, said the event raised more than $140 for AMXS’ retirement fund.

    Chili Champ

  • 080312-F-1623F-006 Members of a site survey team talk between the snow banks and in the cold of Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wis. Personnel from the 931st Air Refueling Group and the 22nd Air Refueling Wing travelled from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., to Volk Field on March 12 to see the location of an upcoming exercise and inspection.

    Site Survey Says

    Tech. Sgt. John Bryan has two words for Group members heading to Wisconsin: long underwear. Snow banks and cold temperatures greeted Sergeant Bryan and other personnel when they arrived March 12 at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wis., to survey the location of the Group's upcoming readiness exercise and inspection. Much of the same was
  • Senior Airman Kin Ma provides intelligence support during a training exercise at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., in early March. Airman Ma and his fellow Airmen in the 931st Air Refueling Group Directorate were recently named Air Mobility Command Outstanding Air Reserve Component Intelligence Unit of the Year for 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Connor Burkhard)

    931st Intel best in AMC

    The 931st Operations Support Flight Intelligence Directorate was recently named Air Mobility Command Outstanding Air Reserve Component Intelligence Unit of the Year for 2007. "(Last year) was a busy year for us," Lt. Col. William Eaton, 931st OSF, Director of Intelligence said. Primarily, Colonel Eaton and his team provide intelligence support to
  • Tech Sgt. Clay Dotson wears a new harness that helps replace parachutes aboard KC-135 Stratotankers. Sergeant Dotson is a boom operator assigned to the 18th Air Refueling Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

    Air Force 'chutes' down inefficient program

    Parachutes are designed to slow things down. Crew members forced to evacuate in-flight aircraft with parachutes, for example, tend to have much gentler impacts with the ground than those without.But the only thing being slowed by parachutes aboard KC-135 Stratotankers, Air Force leaders recently decided, was the mission. So they got rid of
  • Lt. Col. Clint Burpo reviews one of the many pop-up messages available for editing and use on the IWS Alerts website. The IWS Alerts system is capable of recalling 2000 Reservists to active duty in a two-minute time frame. (Air Force Photo / Staff Sgt. K.L. Kimbrell)

    TOTAL RECALL

    It's 4 a.m. You are lying in bed sound asleep when you're awakened by the ring of your telephone. You pick up the handset and you hear: "This is the unit recall monitor. This is a recall to active duty. Report to your duty section immediately. If you are on mobility status, bring the required minimum personal clothing," says the caller.So, you jump
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