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  • Reservists shine at RAGBRAI

    As more than 35,000 cyclists roam the back roads of Iowa from Council Bluffs to the Eastern Coast during the seven-day 41st Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, bystanders can't help but notice the blur of 94 Air Force Cycling Team rider uniforms; what they won't immediately notice is

  • Airmen 'pedal' mission at RAGBRAI

    Come rain, wind or an average temperature of 90 degress, 94 Airman began pedaling across Iowa as part of the Registers Annual Bicycle Ride across Iowa, better known as RAGBRAI, July 21.The Air Force Cycling Team, under the leadership of Senior Master Sgt. Larry Gallo, Maintenance Support Section

  • Boom operator flies in the same aircraft her father piloted

    Most families climbed into the old automobile for the weekend Sunday drive but Senior Airman Sierra Dopfel's family climbed into the family airplane for Sunday flights.A boom operator from the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, Dopfel, doesn't remember the first time she sat in an airplane. Her father,

  • Refueling the Spirit

    A B-2 Spirit assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., closes in on the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., during an air refueling training mission, July 15, 2013. The KC-135 was being operated by an aircrew from the Air Force Reserve

  • McConnell Reservists practice wartime skills

    Several members of the Air Force Reserve 931st Air Refueling Group took part in a two-day Operational Readiness Exercise here, July 15-16.The Total Force exercise featured participation by members of the 931st as well as the active-duty 22nd Air Refueling Wing.  During the exercise, active-duty and

  • McConnell Reserve unit honors, thanks local employer

    The Air Force Reserve 931st Air Refueling Group honored a local Wichita employer for exceptional support of the unit's wartime mission today.Col. Mark S. Larson, commander of the 931st Air Refueling Group, presented Beechcraft Corporation with a certificate and letter of appreciation for their