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  • 931st engineer first female officer in Texas town

    Editor's Note: Tech. Sgt. Erin Hubbard is an electrical systems technician assigned to the 931st Civil Engineer Squadron. The following story about her new civilian job as the first female police officer in Prosper, Texas, is republished with permission from Prosper Press.The Prosper Police

  • SATAF a success, 931st goes 'green'

    Officially, the 931st Air Refueling Group got the green light to grow. But for Col. Edsel A. "Archie" Frye Jr., 931st commander and admitted NASCAR junky, it was more like the green flag go-ahead at the Daytona 500.The news came Dec. 4 from Lt. Col. Simeon Highsmith, team leader of a site activation

  • Who's Sergeant Stephenson's Boss?

    Editor's Note: "Who's the Boss" is a Spirit feature that highlights the civilian occupations of 931st Reservists and the employers who support them. Group members are encouraged to submit their place of employment to be featured in Who's the Boss by contacting Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap in the 931st

  • Paving the way for a new travel reimbursement process

    Air Force finance officials are implementing ways to improve customer service to Airmen with process changes, said the director of the Secretary of the Air Force Financial Management Process Improvement and Integrations Office. "This has been a rocky road for some Air Force travelers," said

  • McConnell develops new, 162-acre, family recreational area

    McConnell is transforming its former golf course, Twin Lakes, into a recreational park for its total-force members, their families and the retired military community. Within the next five years, three phases of construction will reclaim the 162-acre plot of land. Existing sites on the former course,

  • McConnell now top KC-135 aircrew, follow-on training base

    McConnell is now the only base Air Force-wide to have three KC-135 Stratotanker flight simulators, making it the premier location for follow-on KC-135 pilot training. The base had two KC-135 flight simulators before receiving an additional sim, Aug. 22, from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., which

  • SATAF gets total-force welcome

    A Site Activation Task Force arrived here today to help plan significant growth within the 931st Air Refueling Group.More commonly known as a SATAF, the task force received a total-force welcome that included personal greetings from Col. Edsel A. "Archie" Frye Jr., 931st commander, and Col. James C.