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Beyond the naked eye: Nondestructive inspection

Master Sgt. Jason Barker, 931st Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection section chief, inspects a KC-135 Stratotanker part April 1, 2025, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. NDI specialists use the penetrant liquid inspection method to detect defects in small aircraft parts, ensuring the parts’ structural integrity and ultimately protecting the lives of pilots and air crew. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paula Arce)

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Beyond the naked eye: Nondestructive inspection

Master Sgt. Jason Barker, 931st Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection section chief, puts on safety equipment April 1, 2025, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. NDI specialists play a role in ensuring the safety of equipment, ultimately protecting the lives of pilots and crew members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paula Arce)

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Beyond the naked eye: Nondestructive inspection

Master Sgt. Jason Barker, 931st Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection section chief, inspects a KC-135 Stratotanker part April 1, 2025, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. NDI specialists use the penetrant liquid inspection method to detect defects in small aircraft parts, ensuring the parts’ structural integrity and ultimately protecting the lives of pilots and air crew. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paula Arce)

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Beyond the naked eye: Nondestructive inspection

Master Sgt. Jason Barker, 931st Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection section chief, dips a KC-135 Stratotanker part into a hydrophilic emulsifier April 1, 2025, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. NDI specialists use the penetrant liquid inspection method to detect defects in small aircraft parts, ensuring the parts’ structural integrity and ultimately protecting the lives of pilots and air crew. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paula Arce)

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Beyond the naked eye: Nondestructive inspection

Master Sgt. Jason Barker, 931st Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection section chief, holds a vial of magnetic particle inspection liquid under a black light April 1, 2025, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. NDI uses X-rays, ultrasonic testing, eddy currents, magnetic particle testing and dye penetrant inspections in equipment cracks and structural weaknesses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paula Arce)

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Beyond the naked eye: Nondestructive inspection

Master Sgt. Jason Barker, 931st Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection section chief, dips a KC-135 Stratotanker part in liquid penetrant April 1, 2025, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Liquid penetrant seeps into any cracks in a metal or non-porous object and glows under ultraviolet light, making any flaws visible when inspected. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paula Arce)

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Beyond the naked eye: Nondestructive inspection

Master Sgt. Jason Barker, 931st Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection section chief, fills a centrifuge tube with particle inspection liquid April 1, 2025, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. NDI specialists view the centrifuge tube under an ultraviolet light to check parts for defects. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paula Arce)

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Beyond the naked eye: Nondestructive inspection

Master Sgt. Jason Barker, 931st Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection section chief, rinses penetrating fluid off a KC-135 Stratotanker part April 1, 2025, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. NDI specialists use the penetrant liquid inspection method to detect defects in small aircraft parts, ensuring the parts’ structural integrity and ultimately protecting the lives of pilots and air crew. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paula Arce)

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Beyond the naked eye: Nondestructive inspection

Master Sgt. Jason Barker, 931st Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection section chief, checks a water temperature gauge April 1, 2025, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. NDI specialists play a role in ensuring the safety of equipment, ultimately protecting the lives of pilots and crew members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paula Arce)

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Big Brothers Big Sisters

Col. Mark S. Larson, commander of the 931st Air Refueling Group, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., visits with members of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sedwick County, Sept. 8, 2012. Children in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program were able to see a static display of a KC-135 Stratotanker, meet with several members of the 931st, and saw demonstrations of various Air Force career fields during the day. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Zach Anderson

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Big Brothers Big Sisters tour McConnell

Senior Airman William Fortier, 931st Civil Engineer Squadron, helps a child from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sedgwick County try on an M-50 Joint Service General Purpose Gas Mask during a demonstration at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., Sept. 9, 2012. Children from the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization received a tour of the base, hosted by the 931st Air Refueling Group. The children were able to observe demonstrations of the many career fields available within the Air Force Reserve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Carrie M. Peasinger)

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Bike Rider

Lt. Col. Clinton Burpo, 931st Air Refueling Group Logistics Readiness Officer, stands with his trusty bicycle at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., June 12, 2012. Burpo has logged more than 21,700 miles on his bicycle since he began using it to commute to and from work in 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Zach Anderson)

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Birthday Work

Senior Airman Daniel Blondell carries a power cable to a KC-135 Stratotanker on the flightline here on Nov. 10, 2009, the same day as the 234th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps. Airman Blondell was an active-duty Marine before joining the Air Force Reserve. Celebrating the birth of the Corps is one of the proudest traditions for current and former Marines. The secretary and chief of staff of the Air Force sent birthday messages to the Marine Corps Tuesday. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Black Friday sales and construction

Like many retailers outside the base, the Army Air Force Exchange Service opened to crowds the day following the Thanksgiving holiday. Despite construction to the McConnell Base Exchange, temporarily limiting floor space, AAFES employees were on hand to ensure Airmen and their families could take advantage of holiday sales. (Air Force photo by Brannen Parrish)

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Block Party

Friends University free safety and 931st ARG civilian employee Dan Kontz blocks a punt during a home game in October.

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Blondell

Staff Sgt. Daniel P. Blondell, Sr.

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Blood Drive

Amanda Fabry, American Red Cross phlebotomist, looks for a vein on Lt. Col. Randy Brink,18th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, during a blood drive May 14, 2015, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Team McConnell is hosting the "Honor Your Hero" blood drive through May 15. For more information, or to register to give blood, check out this story at www.mcconnell.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123447862, or call 1-800-RED CROSS. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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Bo Knows Refueling

Bo Rader, newspaper photojournalist, films through the rear window of a KC-135 Stratotanker's boom pod during an aerial refueling training mission on April 28. Mr. Rader and a writer from the Wichita Eagle, a daily newspaper in Wichita, Kan., travelled with representatives from the 931st Air Refueling Group and the 22nd Air Refueling Wing to Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., to tour a depot where KC-135s are rebuilt. Tech. Sgt. Jeff Hollaway (pictured) was the boom operator of the 22nd ARW crew that flew the KC-135 to Tinker. The 931st is an Air Force Reserve unit and the 22nd is its active-duty host unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Boom maintenance

Senior Airman Brenden Pauly, 931st Maintenance Squadron crew chief,¬ and Senior Airman Cuong Nguyen, 931st MXS crew chief, conduct a boom telescoping tube chain and cable inspection Jan. 21, 2021, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The inspection ensures that the boom will lower and retract during air refueling missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Willis)

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Boy Scouts

Senior Master Sgt. Ray Lewis, a boom operator from the 931st Air Refueling Group, shows a Boy Scout from Boy Scout Troop 683 of Derby, Kan. how the boom pod works in a KC-135 Stratotanker at McConnell AFB, Kan., Sept. 28. Boy Scouts from Troop 683 were at McConnell from Sept. 27 - 29 learning about the Air Force and Air Force Reserve. (Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Brannen Parrish)

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