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  • SecDef: Civilian furloughs reduced to six days

    When I announced my decision on May 14 to impose furloughs of up to 11 days on civilian employees to help close the budget gap caused by sequestration, I also said we would do everything possible to find the money to reduce furlough days for our people. With the end of the fiscal year next month,

  • A tribute to a warrior, patriot and hero to all Airmen

    I am the very proud son of an American fighter pilot, one of that treasured group who served in three wars, built an Air Force, and gave it an enduring example of courage and mission success. My dad was a hero. As a young man, I asked him who his combat heroes were; he gave me only two names. One

  • Close but no cigar; 931st drops first game of softball tourney

    The 931st Air Refueling Group intramural softball team nearly pulled off a comeback to defeat the 22nd Maintenance Squadron but dropped three runs to lose the first game of the McConnell Double Elimination Intramural Softball tournament, July 31.Down 9-7 in the top of the seventh-inning, the 931st

  • 931st Air Refueling Group commander issues July video message

    Col. Mark S. Larson, commander of the Air Force Reserve 931st Air Refueling Group, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., presents his video message for July 2013. Col. Larson discusses the importance of community support for Reservists, the Group's recent participation in an operational readiness

  • AFRC looking for young Airmen to share safety mishap stories

    Air Force Reserve Command is looking for young Airmen, both officer and enlisted, who have experienced a safety mishap to share the lessons they have learned with their peers."AFRC is hoping to benchmark off what the Air Force has been doing with its Airman-to-Airman Safety Advisory Council

  • McConnell Airman recovers one pedal push at a time

    When Tech. Sgt. Paul Shattuck the Hydraulics Section Chief of 931st Maintenance Squadron, began his 22-mile bicycle ride June 17, he remembers making a wide turn and then that he had to make a decision to either hit oncoming cars in the left and right lane, or to avoid both cars and ride into a

  • August issue of Citizen Airman online

    The August issue of Citizen Airman, official magazine of the Air Force Reserve, is now available on the web at http://www.citamn.afrc.af.mil/. The printed version of the magazine is scheduled to come off the presses July 30 and be in the mail no later than Aug. 7. Contents include feature stories on