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Spectators watch the USAF Thunderbirds perform aerial maneuvers during the Frontiers in Flight airshow practice on Sep. 23, 2022, at McConnell Air Force Base, KS. The airshow includes several static displays from the Dreamlifter and 777 to the KC-135s and KC-46s, along with nearly 30 other aircraft types. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Adam Goodly)

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Healy promotes readiness, transformation at AFA 2022

Air Force Lt. Gen. John Healy, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander, Air Force Reserve Command; left, and Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh, director, Air National Guard, discuss the air reserve component during a panel at the 2022 Air and Space Forces Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 19, 2022. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Lt. Col. Jon Quinlan)

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KC-46A performs first operationally-tasked combat refueling sortie

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Tanner Todd, 349th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, demonstrates the KC-46A Pegasus’ boom station procedures to U.S. Air Force Col. Dennis Cummings, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing deputy commander, Sept. 3, 2022, in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. Cummings flew with a McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, KC-46A during Air Mobility Command’s multi-week Employment Concept Exercise 22-08 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brenden Beezley)

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KC-46A performs first operationally-tasked combat refueling sortie

U.S. Air Force Capt. Abbie Wendelken, 344th Air Refueling Squadron mission pilot, pilots a KC-46A Pegasus Sept. 3, 2022, in the Air Force Central Command area of responsibility. Wendelken was participating in Air Mobility Command’s multi-week Employment Concept Exercise 22-08 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brenden Beezley)

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KC-46A performs first operationally-tasked combat refueling sortie

Air Mobility Command’s Employment Concept Exercise 22-08’s Mission Defense Team analyze a KC-46A Pegasus’ network stance inflight Sept. 3, 2022, in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. This test was the MDT’s first ever inflight mission and was used to ensure the KC-46A’s integrated systems remained secure throughout its mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brenden Beezley)

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KC-46A performs first operationally-tasked combat refueling sortie

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, Ninth Air Force commander and Combined Forces Air Component commander for U.S. Central Command, exits a KC-46A Pegasus Sept. 3, 2022, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Grynkewich flew on a KC-46A Pegasus based out of McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, during Air Mobility Command’s multi-week Employment Concept Exercise at AUAB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brenden Beezley)

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KC-46A performs first operationally-tasked combat refueling sortie

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tommy James, 22nd Maintenance Squadron repair and restoration craftsman, uses a laptop during a preflight inspection Aug. 30, 2022, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Prior to the launch of an aircraft, maintenance personnel perform inspections on various parts of the aircraft to ensure the aircraft is ready for use. Airmen and KC-46 Pegasuses from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, are conducting Air Mobility Command’s Employment Concept Exercise 22-08 to evaluate the aircraft under stressed conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brenden Beezley)

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KC-46A performs first operationally-tasked combat refueling sortie

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Abigail Sherbondy, 931st Maintenance Squadron crew chief, guides a fuel truck Aug. 30, 2022, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Airmen from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, were participating in Air Mobility Command’s multi-week Employment Concept Exercise and worked in conjunction with Airmen from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing at AUAB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brenden Beezley)

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KC-46A performs first operationally-tasked combat refueling sortie

The aircrew from the KC-46A Pegasus’ first combat sortie pose for a group photo Aug. 29, 2022, during Air Mobility Command’s Employment Concept Exercise 22-08 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The Pegasus and aircrew are participating in the exercise to provide air refueling operations to the U.S. Central Command theater. The team refueled two F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 335th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brenden Beezley)

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KC-46A performs first operationally-tasked combat refueling sortie

U.S. Air Force Captain Cody Donahue, 344th Air Refueling Squadron mission pilot, prepares to takeoff Aug. 29, 2022, during Employment Concept Exercise 22-08 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Donahue and the rest of the aircrew completed the KC-46A Pegasus’ first combat sortie, refueling two F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 335th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brenden Beezley)

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KC-46A performs first operationally-tasked combat refueling sortie

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 335th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron flies alongside a McConnell 22nd Air Refueling Wing KC-46A Pegasus Aug. 29, 2022, in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. McConnell air refuelers and Airmen are deployed to area for an Air Mobility Command Employment Concept Exercise 22-08. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brenden Beezley)

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KC-46A performs first operationally-tasked combat refueling sortie

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Tanner Todd, 349th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, prepares to refuel a F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 335th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron during Air Mobility Command’s Employment Concept Exercise 22-08 Aug. 29, 2022, in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. Todd, along with Senior Airman Juan Boykin, 344th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, refueled two F-15Es from the 335th EFS during the KC-46A Pegasus’ first combat sortie. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brenden Beezley)

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KC-46A performs first operationally-tasked combat refueling sortie

A U.S. Air Force Airman with the 379th Air Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron marshals a KC-46A Pegasus based out of McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Aug. 26, 2022, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The KC-46A arrived at AUAB as a part of an Air Mobility Command multi-week Employment Concept Exercise aimed at testing the KC-46A’s ability to support real-world missions and assess its capabilities under stressed conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brenden Beezley)

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Allen takes command of 931st MXS

(Left to right) Col. Robert Thompson 931st Maintenance Group commander, gives the guidon to Maj. Anabel Allen, incoming 931st MXS commander, during an official change of command ceremony Aug. 7, 2022, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. In her new position, Allen will lead 86 personnel directly responsible for managing the health of the 931st Air Refueling Wing fleet. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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Allen takes command of 931 MXS

Col. Robert Thompson, 931st Maintenance Group commander, takes the guidon from Lt. Col. Johnathan Jordan, outgoing 931st Maintenance Squadron commander, during an official change of command ceremony Aug. 7, 2022, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. While deployed to Southwest Asia in 2019, Jordan led his team through the largest Theater Ballistic Missile attack against U.S Forces in history. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr.; Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, outgoing AFRC commander; and new Air Force Reserve Command commander Lt. Gen. John Healy; all stand at attention during the national anthem for the AFRC change of command at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, Aug. 3, 2022. Healy previously served as the Deputy to the Chief of the Air Force Reserve, Headquarters U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Louis Vega Jr.)