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  • Talking 'TFI:' McConnell Airmen taking integration to 'next level'

    Reservists and Regular Air Force personnel met here during the 931st Air Refueling Group's September training assembly to talk Total Force Integration, or, what is increasingly referred to as "TFI."Officially, it was called a "meet and greet." But really, most of the representatives--from the

  • Gun 'Safety,' bird-scare get integration boost

    It wasn't so much a shotgun wedding; more like a honeymoon event. The coming together of the 931 Air Refueling Group and 22nd Air Refueling Wing safety offices really started a month ago with total force integration meetings.Not long after the two made the integration commitment, Maj. Travis Clark,

  • Engineers bound for Silver Flag

    More than two dozen Airmen from the 931st Civil Engineer Squadron left here Saturday morning for two weeks of combat training at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., and Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga.Tyndall AFB is home to Silver Flag, a week-long exercise designed to teach Airmen how to build and maintain

  • Spirit Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Anthony Caruso

    Staff Sgt. Anthony Caruso is a Springfield, Mo., native who has been in the Air Force for five years. Unit: 931st Civil Engineer SquadronAir Force Job: Utilities SpecialistCivilian Job/Education: College student at Missouri State University, majoring in physical education.Favorite movie: August

  • Warfighters take time for Air Force's 62nd birthday

    Hundreds of Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines celebrated the 62nd Air Force birthday with tradition, solidarity and a show of force Sept. 18 here. A reveille ceremony was held at 6 a.m.at the base flag poles in Camp Cunningham, named after Senior Airman Jason D. Cunningham, an Air Force

  • Total Force Training Prep

    Airman 1st Class Kyle Williams gives a vacuum-sealed piece of protective equipment to Staff Sgt. Brian Reed (on right) inside a supply building at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Sergeant Reed and other Reservists assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Group gathered equipment during their September

  • Enlisted Group members wanted for officer vacancies

    The 931st Air Refueling Group will be having some officer vacancies in the near future. Col. Edsel "Archie" Frye Jr., the 931st commander, wants to give the Group's enlisted personnel the opportunity to apply for those positions through the Deserving Airman Commissioning Program. The primary

  • Large group of Airmen join 931st, more growth expected

    There's a lot of new faces in the 931st Air Refueling Group. Members of the growing unit welcomed 19 new Airmen to the 931st family in September, a few months after a group of 20 Airmen were welcomed during an earlier unit training assembly.Orientation classes for new Airmen haven't been so large

  • Day for Families

    Staff Sgt. Napoleon Stanley and his wife, Tamra, help their children with building projects donated by Home Depot at the 931st Air Refueling Group's annual family day picnic on Sept. 13. Sergeant Stanley is a Reserve utilities Airman assigned to the 931st Civil Engineer Squadron. On his lap is his

  • ReserveNet changes to ARCNet

    ReserveNet has a new name and a new mission. After a year of coordination between the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard, ARCNet was established Sept. 1 to provide ReserveNet capabilities to ANG members. Until now, only reservists had access to these resources used to train, communicate