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Recruiters, Cadets soar in KC-46A

Riley Isbel, Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Detachment 270 at Kansas State University cadet, looks out the window of a KC-46A Pegasus assigned to McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., April 10, 2021. Isbel was part of a tour that included 25 recruiters from the 507th Air Refueling Wing, 352nd Recruiting Squadron, and five cadets from Detachment 270. They flew on two KC-46A Pegasus air refueling missions during the April Unit Training Assembly. The flights were part of a three-day tour of the 931st Air Refueling Wing, to display to the recruiters and cadets the full-range of the Reserve mission at Team McConnell. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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Recruiters, Cadets soar in KC-46A

Two F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 138th Fighter Wing, fly near the wing of a KC-46A Pegasus assigned to McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., April 10, 2021. The F-16s were two of eight being refueled by an aircrew from the 931st Air Refueling Wing. The F-16 is capable of traveling speeds up to 1,500 miles per hour, they can burn up to 8,000 pounds of fuel at low altitude. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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Recruiters, Cadets soar in KC-46A

Chief Master Sgt. Ray Lewis, 905th Air Refueling Squadron command chief and KC-46A Pegasus boom operator, explains the features of the aircraft’s air refueling boom to Emily Love, Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Detachment 270 at Kansas State University cadet, April 10, 2021, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Love was part of a tour that included 25 recruiters from the 507th Air Refueling Wing, the 352nd Recruiting Squadron, and five cadets from Detachment 270. They flew on two KC-46A Pegasus air refueling missions during the April Unit Training Assembly. The flights were part of a three-day tour of the 931st Air Refueling Wing, to display to the recruiters and cadets the full-range of the Reserve mission at Team McConnell. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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McConnell Reservists fly KC-46A at Cope North 21

A KC-46A Pegasus takes off from the flightline during Cope North 21 Feb. 16, 2021, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. An aircrew of more than 20 Airmen from the 931st Air Refueling Wing flew a KC-46A Pegasus assigned to McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., as part of Cope North 21, last month at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. It is the U.S. Pacific Air Forces largest multilateral exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Joel Greeson)

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McConnell Reservists feel the CBRN

Tech. Sgt. Ellie Drake, 931st Civil Engineer Squadron Emergency Management technician, assists a McConnell Reservist with their M50 gas mask during a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear survival skills training March 5, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The M50 gas mask protects eyes and the respiratory system against chemical and biological concentrations, agents and toxins. The Team McConnell emergency management team instructs approximately 200 CBRN classes annually to prepare Airmen to operate in a CBRN warfare environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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Helmick takes command of 931st OSS

Lt. Col. Jason Helmick, right, assumes command of the 931st Operations Support Squadron during a change of command ceremony March 6, 2021, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Prior to taking command of the 931st OSS, Helmick helped stand up the 905th Air Refueling Squadron as a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot and shop chief. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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Helmick takes command of 931st OSS

Lt. Col. Matthew Ghormley, right, relinquishes command of the 931st Operations Support Squadron during a change of command ceremony March 6, 2021, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Ghormley, who is a Colonel select, will continue at McConnell as the deputy commander of the 931st Operations Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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Haywood assumes command of 931st CES

Lt. Col. Kelvin Haywood assumed command of the 931st Civil Engineer Squadron during an official ceremony March 5, 2021, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Prior to taking command of the 931st CES, Haywood was the Chief of Communications and Safety for the 922nd Civil Engineer Flight at March Air Reserve Base, California.

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Haywood assumes command of 931st CES

Lt. Col. Kelvin Haywood assumed command of the 931st Civil Engineer Squadron during an official ceremony March 5, 2021, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Prior to taking command of the 931st CES, Haywood was the Chief of Communications and Safety for the 922nd Civil Engineer Flight at March Air Reserve Base, California.

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McConnell Reservist receives Bronze Star

(Left to right) Col. Robert Thompson, 931st Maintenance Group commander, speaks to Col. Phil Heseltine, 931st Air Refueling Wing Commander, and a gathered audience about Bronze Star recipient Lt. Col. Johnathan Jordan, 931st Maintenance Squadron commander, Feb. 5, 2021, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Jordan was presented the decoration, the fourth highest military honor, in recognition of his heroic actions after Iran launched 16 missiles at U.S. Forces in Iraq in January 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Andrea Morris)

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McConnell Reservist receives Bronze Star

Col. Phil Heseltine, 931st Air Refueling Wing commander, presents the Bronze Star to Lt. Col. Johnathan Jordan, 931st Maintenance Squadron commander, Feb. 5, 2021, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Jordan received the decoration for his leadership during the Iran missile strike while deployed at Al Asad Air Base in January 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Andrea Morris)

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McConnell Reservist recevies Bronze Star

Lt. Col. Johnathan Jordan received the Bronze Star during an official ceremony Feb. 5, 2021, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Jordan was presented the decoration, the fourth highest military honor, in recognition of his heroic actions after Iran launched 16 missiles at U.S. Forces in Iraq in January 2020. At the time, Jordan was serving as an Air Force director of operations officer Al-Asad Air Base, Iraq, where 11 missiles struck. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Andrea Morris)

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December KANZA Warrior Spotlight

December KANZA Warrior Spotlight.

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McConnell Reservists play in Checkered Flag

An F-22 Raptor, assigned to the 90th Fighter Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Ala., approaches the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, during Checkered Flag 21-1, Nov. 2, 2020. Nineteen members of the 931st Air Refueling Wing, the Reserve component at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, participated in Checkered Flag, a large-scale aerial exercise hosted by the 325th Fighter Wing at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The exercise began Nov. 2, and ended Nov. 11.

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McConnell Reservists play in Checkered Flag

An F-22 Raptor, assigned to the 90th Fighter Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Ala., is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, during Checkered Flag 21-1, Nov. 2, 2020. Nineteen members of the 931st Air Refueling Wing, the Reserve component at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, participated in Checkered Flag, a large-scale aerial exercise hosted by the 325th Fighter Wing at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The exercise began Nov. 2, and ended Nov. 11.

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November KANZA Warrior Spotlight

November KANZA Warrior Spotlight

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905th ARS performs inaugural flight

A KC-46A Pegasus piloted by members or 905th Air Refueling Squadron lands on the fligthline Oct. 3, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. This was the inaugural 905th ARS flight at McConnell. The 905th ARS is one of three Reserve air refueling squadrons here. The squadron reactivated at McConnell after a ten-year hiatus in May 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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905th ARS performs inaugural flight

Lt. Col. Glenn Clark, 905th ARS director of operations and KC-46A Pegasus pilot, performs aerial refueling Oct. 3, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Glenn was co-pilot during the inaugural flight for the 905th ARS. The 905th ARS reactivated at McConnell in May 2019. The 905 ARS was the first Air Force flying unit to be assigned to Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D, and it received its first KC-135 Stratotanker in 1960. The unit stayed at Grand Forks until it deactivated in 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Emily Alley)

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905th ARS performs inaugural flight

Lt.. Col. Eric Rivero, 905th Air Refueling Squadron commander, and Lt.. Col. Glenn Clark, 905th ARS director of operations, step out of a KC-46A Pegasus after their squadron’s inaugural flight Oct. 3, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The 905th ARS is one of three Reserve air refueling squadrons here. The squadron reactivated at McConnell after a ten-year hiatus in May 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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905th ARS performs inaugural flight

A KC-46A Pegasus piloted by members of the 905th Air Refueling Squadron lands on the fligthline Oct. 3, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. This was the inaugural 905th ARS flight at McConnell. The 905th ARS is one of three Reserve air refueling squadrons here. The squadron reactivated at McConnell after a ten-year hiatus in May 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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