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  • First 931st ARG honorary commander's inducted

    Col. Edsel A. "Archie" Frye. Jr. speaks during an honorary commander induction ceremony at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Colonel Frye welcomed five civilian leaders from the McConnell community as the 931st Air Refueling Group's inaugural group of honorary commanders. Colonel Frye is the commander

  • Modification allows KC-135 to carry more critical patients

    Air Mobility Command officials recently tested an electrical modification made to a KC-135 Stratotanker here that could multiply the number of critically injured warfighters an aeromedical evacuation crew can carry on an aircraft at one time. The KC-135 is currently equipped with one electrical

  • Forklift in the Road

    Tech. Sgt. Christopher Devoid offers some instruction to Master Sgt. Leo Ritter while training with a forklift during the 931st Air Refueling Group's drill weekend in June. Both sergeants are assigned to the 931st Civil Engineer Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan.

  • Spirit Spotlight: Senior Airman Carrie Van Praag

    Senior Airman Carrie Van Praag is a Buffalo, N.Y., native who joined the Air Force Reserve this month after seven years as an active-duty Airman with the 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan.Unit: 931st Air Refueling GroupAir Force Job: Group Supply Specialist/Air

  • Air Force Reserve gets new command chief

    Chief Master Sgt. Dwight D. Badgett has held a variety of jobs on the way to becoming Air Force Reserve Command's new command chief master sergeant, including being a high school teacher. Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., chief of Air Force Reserve and AFRC commander, selected Chief Badgett for the

  • History of aerial refueling: Fueling the fighters

    Editor's note: This is the fourth (and final) in a series of articles celebrating 80 years of aerial refueling and the important role aerial refueling has played in American military history. Strategic Air Command entered the 1950s on a roll. It operated a growing fleet of tanker aircraft, and the

  • Coaches Tour 2009 revisited, Twitter style

    A true sign the era of social media has arrived: you are shaking your head through a third-world customs process in an African airport and Mack Brown, the 58-year-old head football coach at the University of Texas, is standing next to you blogging from his cell phone. "He's been connected this whole

  • Flyers get new boss

    Col. Edsel A. "Archie" Frye Jr. clasps a commander's pin to Lt. Col. Tony Brusca's jacket during a 18th Air Refueling Squadron change of command ceremony on June 13. Colonel Brusca, a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot, took command of the 18th ARS after serving under every one of the squadron's previous

  • Medical officer earns civilian optometry award

    Capt. (Dr.) Chad Thompson, the 931st Aerospace Medicine Squadron's chief of optometry, has been named the 2009 Young Optometrist of the Year by the Kansas Optometric Association.The award, according to an Association release, "recognizes optometrists in practice for less than 10 years who have

  • Moving Up, Moving On

    Col. Ted Mathews enjoys the moment during his promotion ceremony Saturday. Helping pin on the eagles that represent his new colonel rank are his sister, Catherine Mathews, his nephew, Joseph, and his niece, Gabrielle. Colonel Mathews relinquished command of the 18th Air Refueling Squadron to Lt.