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Chili Champ 2009

Senior Airman Daniel Blondell (on right) accepts the trophy for winning his squadron's 2009 chili cookoff. Airman Blondell is assigned to the Communications and Navigation shop of the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. Two other Airmen assigned to the squadron, Senior Master Sgt. Lloyd Campbell and Master Sgt. Paul McGinnis, won second and third place, respectively. Presenting the award is Tech. Sgt. Dave Sevart from the squadron's orderly room. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Chili Feed

Senior Master Sgt. Lloyd Campbell enjoys the camradarie at the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's annual chili feed in 2008. The squadron's 2009 contest is scheduled for March 15, the Sunday of the March Unit Training Assembly. Sergeant Campbell is a maintenance squadron flight chief. His squadron is part of the 931st Air Refueling Group, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Chilling on the flightline

Despite temperatures in the lower teens and a wind chill factor of zero, aircraft maintainers from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing and the Air Force Reserve 931st Air Refueling Group brave the elements on the flightline at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on the morning of Feb. 23, 2015. Aircraft maintainers are tasked with generating and recovering aircraft and ensuring the base's KC-135 Stratotankers are mission ready to provide for the air refueling needs of the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Zach Anderson)

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Chock one up for Total Force Integration

The tires of a KC-135 Stratotanker rest against a "Team McConnell" chock inside the Total Force Maintenance Complex at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., Aug. 17, 2012. The Total Force Maintenance Complex houses active duty and Reserve crews and leadership from the 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. With more than 36,000 square feet of floor space, the hangar can hold up to three KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Zach Anderson)

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Chow time!

Chief Master. Sgt. Takesha Williams, 931st Air Refueling Wing Command Chief, and Col. Phil Heseltine, 931 ARW commander, serve food to Team McConnell Airmen at the Chisholm Trail Dining Facility March 7, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The dining facility, which finished a renovation in 2018, features free Wi-Fi and a variety of food options for anyone with base access. (Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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Christmas Card

Staff Sergeants Kristin Adkins and Carrie Van Praag of the 931st Air Refueling Group put the finishing touches on the 931st ARG Christmas Card. The card will be displayed along Kansas Street near the entrance to McConnell Air Force Base. Sergeant Adkins and Sergeant Van Praag and Senior Airman Joshua Koch of the 931st ARG created the card.

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Christmas Colonels

Tanner Heincker, 1, visits with Santa Claus during the 931st Air Refueling Group's annual children's Christmas party. Col. Edsel A. "Archie" Frye Jr., 931st commander, served as one of Santa's elfs during the party. Lt. Col. Sam Schofield, 931st inspector general, filled in as Santa. Tanner is the grandson of Senior Master Sgt. Mack Housman, 931st Military Personnel Flight superintendent. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Christmas Crafts

Master Sgt. Daniel McCarthy helps his 6-year-old son, Aiden, create a holiday craft at the 931st Air Refueling Group's annual Christmas party. Sergeant McCarthy's wife, Erin, watches while Amanda Hughes, a party volunteer, helps their other son, 7-year-old Liam, make his own craft. Amanda is the 12-year-old daughter of Tech. Sgt. Shannan Hughes, assistant chief of the 931st Military Personnel Flight's education and training office. Sergeant McCarthy is a communication and navigation technician for the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Circles

Taylor Stephenson, son of Master Sgt. Johnny Stephenson of the 931st Air Refueling Group, marks the site of a disc golf "tee box" where the disc golfers will "tee off" at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., March 15. Taylor is redesigning and installing the disc golf course at the installation as part of an Eagle Scout project. (Courtesy photo by Master Sgt. Johnny Stephenson).

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Citizen Airmen aid one of their own

The Ninnescah River spills into Viola, Kan., shortly after heavy rains Sept. 9, 2016. With the flooding in South Central Kansas this month, most people were left grasping for umbrellas, while some unlucky residents had to forge an escape route. For the family of Master Sgt. Andrew McGhee, 931st Force Support Squadron training manager, the latter was true on the evening of September 9. (Courtesy photo)

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Citizen Airmen bikes 31K miles

Lt. Col. Clint Burpo, 931st Air Refueling Wing Chief of Logistics Plans and Integration, pedals through Kansas Street Feb. 22, 2017, McConnell Air Force Base. Burpo has continued rides his bicycle to work almost every day, and has logged 31,000 miles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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Citizen Airmen keep jets rolling

Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Nichols, 931st Maintenance Squadron aero repair craftsman, and Senior Airman Josh Simmons, 931 MXS aero repair journeyman, inspect the wing of a KC-135 Stratotanker during a unit training assembly, July 9, 2016, McConnell Air force Base, Kan. The inspection was part of isochronal inspection, which examines numerous essential systems on the aircraft including propulsion and hydraulics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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Civic Leader Sunset

The sun sets over a beach near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., during a civic leader tour supported by the 931st Air Refueling Group. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston)

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Civilian commander's call

Col. Mark S. Larson, commander of the Air Force Reserve 931st Air Refueling Group, speaks to all civilian employees of the group during a civilian commander's call at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., March 7, 2013. Larson spoke to the employees about the sequestration and resulting furloughs for Department of Defense civilian employees. The furloughs are currently scheduled to begin in late April. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Zach Anderson)

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Civilian of the Quarter

Col. Mark S. Larson, commander of the 931st Air Refueling Group, and Chief Master Sgt. Kathleen E. Lowman, 931st Air Refueling Group superintendent, present the Civilian of the Quarter for the 4th quarter of 2012 award to Lt. Col. Stacy Wharton during the 931st Air Refueling Group commander's call at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan, Jan. 6, 2013. Wharton accepted the award on behalf of Mrs. Miranda Beyer who was unable to attend the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Zach Anderson)

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'Clear the line'

Senior Master Sgt. Jeff Kilian, 931st Air Refueling Group Logistics Management Specialist, clears the ice and snow from the entry way to the 931st ARG Headquarters Building at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., March 2, 2015. Heavy snows over the past weekend resulted in more than 2 inches of snow at McConnell and the local area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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Clearing the building

Airmen of the 931st Security Forces Squadron conduct training on entering and clearing buildings during night operations as part of a field training exercise at the Military Operations and Urban Training facility at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., Aug. 3, 2012. The four-day exercise was conducted to help prepare the 931 SFS for future deployments. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Zach Anderson)

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Clergy orienatation flight

Fr. Yancey Burgess of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Wichita, KS observes as the boom is lowered to refuel a B-52 Stratofortress. (Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brannen Parrish)

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Close combat at OTS

Air Force officer trainees practice close-combat tactics during Air Force Combative Program field exercise at the Officer Training School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. Leaders of the 931st Air Refueling Group are encouraging their eligible enlisted Airmen to apply for expected officer vacancies within the Group. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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Coaches in Kansas

Master Sgt. Tarah Baxley offers Jim Grobe, head football coach at Wake Forest University, a writing surface in exchange for his autograph at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on May 27. Coach Grobe visited the base at the start of Coaches Tour 2009, a second annual morale-boosting mission that allows college football icons to interact with U.S. servicemembers. Sergeant Baxley is a medical lab technician assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell and a native of Caribou, Maine. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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