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  • 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

  • Kennedy assumes command of 931st Security Forces Squadron

    Maj. Toby Kennedy assumed command of the 931st Air Refueling Group Security Forces Squadron during a change-of-command ceremony conducted here today.  Kennedy replaces outgoing commander, Lt. Col. Edward Hunn, who will be taking a position at Scott Air Force Base, Ill.Col. Mark S. Larson, commander

  • Business unusual: TFI team removes and repairs rear vertical stabilizer

    A total force initiative team of crew chiefs from the Repair and Reclamation sections of the 22nd Maintenance Squadron and 931st Maintenance Squadron are doing something they don't get to do very often -- repair the rear vertical stabilizer of a KC-135 Stratotanker.  The TFI sections began removing