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  • American muscle plane

    A KC-135 Stratotanker taxis into a parking space at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., May 20, 2013.  The aircraft was operated by an aircrew from the Air Force Reserve 931st Air Refueling Group.  Members of the Group returned home following a deployment to Southwest Asia, where they had spent two

  • 931st team completes business effort in San Antonio

    The 931st Air Refueling Group completed a business effort supporting the 433rd Airlift Wing, May 11-17.The 931st ARG team comprised of aircrew from the 18th Air Refueling Squadron and crew chiefs from the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, supported two days of aeromedical evacuation training for

  • Awards, recognition for 931st members home from deployment

    Lt. Col. Eric Vitosh, commander of the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, and Col. Mark S. Larson, commander of the 931st Air Refueling Group, present a certifcate and patch commemorating 200 combat sorties flown to Capt. Adam Wear, a pilot assigned to the 18 ARS, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., April

  • McConnell Reservists return from Southwest Asia deployment

    Several members of the Air Force Reserve 931st Air Refueling Group returned home today from a deployment to Southwest Asia.The returning Airmen arrived on three separate flights throughout the day, and were greeted on the flightline by a crowd of friends, family members, and fellow Airmen."It is

  • Reserve racer takes first, runner up in motorcycle racing

    An Air Force Reserve-sponsored racer assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Group took first place in one racing competition and runner-up in another category at the Professional Motorcycle Riders Association Series Race at Thunder Valley Raceway in Noble, Okla., May 18.Master Sgt. John Fitzpatrick,

  • McConnell trainee on track to graduate BMT

    The 931st Air Refueling Group's newest Airmen is on course to graduate Basic Military Training, here. Trainee Trejon Hill, of the 357th Training Flight, 322nd Training Squadron, will become McConnell Air Force Base's newest Airman when he marches across the parade grounds during the Airman's

  • An MTI for all seasons: Training changes, Chief Begley a constant

    Every time Chief Master Sgt. Julie Begley led a squadron of freshly-minted Airmen across the parade ground here, the Air Force was forever changed. The service changed because it received men and women who had never been part of it and the Airmen were forever changed because they were becoming a

  • McConnell Reserve unit braces for furlough

    After weeks of review, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel concluded budget cuts will require most of the department's civilian employees to be furloughed beginning in July, but that because of other efforts to deal with the shortfall, the 22 days originally envisioned has been reduced to 11 days. In a

  • A final salute to a fallen warrior

    As the vehicle carrying Capt. Mark Voss passes, pilots and boom operators from the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., join with service members and civilians of the Joint Base San Antonio and San Antonio community as they line the streets to honor the fallen KC-135

  • Air Force Reserve submits construction plans to Senate

    The top leaders from the Air Force's active and reserve components went to Capitol Hill May 15 to provide statements and answer questions about their plans for new construction projects in fiscal 2014.Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.), chairman, and Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), the ranking member of the