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Forklift in the Road

Tech. Sgt. Christopher Devoid offers some instruction to Master Sgt. Leo Ritter while training with a forklift during the 931st Air Refueling Group's drill weekend in June. Both sergeants are assigned to the 931st Civil Engineer Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Forklift in the Road

Tech. Sgt. Christopher Devoid offers some instruction to Master. Sgt. Leo Ritter while training with a forklift during the 931st Air Refueling Group's drill weekend in June. Both sergeants are assigned to the 931st Civil Engineer Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Forklift in the Road

Tech. Sgt. Christopher Devoid walks alongside a forklift driven by Master. Sgt. Leo Ritter during the 931st Air Refueling Group's drill weekend in June. Sergeant Devoid helped Sergeant Ritter make sharp turns through a course of orange cones while training near the headquarters of the 931st Civil Engineer Squadron at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Both sergeants are Reservists assigned to the squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Former KANZA Warrior becomes general

(Left to right) Lt. Gen. John P. Healy, Chief of the Air Force Reserves, shakes hands with Brig. Gen. Mike Moeding, mobilization assistant to the commander, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, during an official promotion ceremony May 4, 2024, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Moeding was promoted to brigadier general during the ceremony. Though not currently stationed at Team McConnell, Moeding was previously stationed at the base beginning in 1993 and left in 2014. Moeding chose to have his promotion ceremony at the unit due to his deep ties with McConnell. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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Former POWs relive freedom flights

Retired Maj. Gen. Edward J. Mechenbier talks about the maintenance of the "Hanoi Taxi," a C-141 Starlifter, with Staff Sgt. Jeremy First (left) and Tech. Sgt. Mike Heaton, reservists with the 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 3, 2006. General Mechenbier, a former prisoner of war, was repatriated on the Hanoi Taxi during Operation Homecoming. General Mechenbier and about 120 other former POWs will take part in a weekend of aircraft retirement events May 5 and 6. The aircraft is set for retirement and dedication at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, on May 6. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Kenny Kimbrell)

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Former POWs relive freedom flights

Senior Airman Christopher Braun, a reservist with the 445th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, controls the stick of this C-141 Starlifter, also known as the "Hanoi Taxi," as it is pushed by a maintenance tug. The aircraft is set for retirement and dedication at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, on May 6. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kenny Kimbrell)

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Forrest Spotlight

Master Sgt. Rachael Forrest is the Superintendent of the 931st Maintenance Operations Flight, 931st Air Refueling Group. (Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Brannen Parrish)

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Four-ship Formation

Three KC-135 Stratotankers can be seen out the back window of another KC-135 after all four jets took off from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on Feb. 7. The rare four-ship formation was designed to enhance training with KC-135s capable of receiving fuel, a capability only found with tankers assigned to McConnell AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jay Guldjord)

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Fowler assumes command of 931st OSS

(Left to right) Col. Cynthia Welch, 931st Air Refueling Wing commander, passes the guidon to Lt. Col. Kevin Fowler, incoming commander of the 931st Operations Support Squadron, April 6, 2024, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Fowler was previously assigned to the 924th Air Refueling Squadron as a KC-46A Pegasus mobility pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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Franklin assumes command of 931 MXS

(Left to right) Col. Heath Fowler, 931st Maintenance Group commander, hands the 931st Maintenance Squadron guidon to Maj. Justin Franklin during an Assumption of Command Ceremony April 1, 2017, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The transfer of the unit guidon symbolizes the transfer of authority from the previous commander to the new commander. Franklin was previously the commander of the 513th Maintenance Squadron, 513th Air Control Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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Freezing Fog

A freezing fog gives an icy coat to lines of trees at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., Thursday morning. Freezing rain and dense fog was forecasted through midday. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Friend or foe?

Senior Airman Michael Murray, an aircraft maintainer assigned to the 90th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, conducts a Mode 4 test on a KC-135 Stratotanker prior to takeoff, Nov. 10, 2012. Mode 4 is an aircraft identification system used by military aircraft to identify other aircraft as friend or foe. Murray is an AIr Force Reservist assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Group, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (U.S. AIr Force photo by 1st Lt. Zach Anderson)

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Frontiers in Flight Airshow

Members of the crowd watch as the Thunderbirds break formation during the Frontiers in Flight Open House and Air Show Sept. 9, 2018, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Pilots from across the Air Force, with all different backgrounds are selected to fly for the Thunderbirds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Trevor Rhynes)

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Frye Goodbye

Col. Edsel A. "Archie" Frye receives a framed copy of one of his Community College of the Air Force diplomas from Senior Master Sgt. Pam Summers and Staff Sgt. Kristen Adkins, of the 931st ARG, Education and Training Office. Colonel Frye cites attaining his first CCAF degree as a major turning point in his professional career. (USAF photo by Tech. Sgt. Brannen Parrish)

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Frye Goodbye

Col. Edsel A. "Archie" Frye gets sprayed following his 'finiflight'. Colonel Frye will depart the 931st ARG, Feb. 27 to take over 22nd Air Force Detachment 1, a C-130 Flight Training Unit at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas.

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Fueling a Partnership: Japan and U.S. Airmen Exchange Air Refueling Knowledge

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Airmen discuss maintenance operations Dec. 12, 2024, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Members of the JASDF from the 405th Air Refueling Squadron, Miho Air Base, Japan, visited McConnell to enhance their understanding and operational readiness with the KC-46 Pegasus, emphasizing alert and refueling operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman William Lunn)

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Fueling a Partnership: Japan and U.S. Airmen Exchange Air Refueling Knowledge

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force KC-46A prepares to land at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Dec. 11, 2024. The JASDF aircraft flew from Miho Air Base, Japan, to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and then to McConnell. This is a continuation of the interaction between McConnell AFB and the JASDF, exchanging perspectives, information and best practices for a range of KC-46 operations, missions and maintenance practices. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Felicia Przydzial)

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Fueling a Partnership: Japan and U.S. Airmen Exchange Air Refueling Knowledge

Col. Aaron Strode, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Deputy Commander, greets a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) Airman on the flight line Dec. 11, 2024, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Members of the JASDF from the 405th Air Refueling Squadron, Miho Air Base, Japan, visited McConnell to enhance their understanding and operational readiness with the KC-46 Pegasus, emphasizing alert and refueling operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman William Lunn)

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Fueling a Partnership: Japan and U.S. Airmen Exchange Air Refueling Knowledge

Airman 1st Class Cody Pallasigui, 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels distribution operator, coordinates the refueling of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force KC-46A with a JASDF Airman, following the aircraft’s landing at McConnell Air Force Base Dec. 11, 2024. McConnell Airmen have been interacting with JASDF since 2018, exchanging perspectives, information and best practices for a range of KC-46 operations, missions and maintenance practices. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Felicia Przydzial)

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Fueling a Partnership: Japan and U.S. Airmen Exchange Air Refueling Knowledge

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force Airman enters the dining facility Dec. 12, 2024, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Members of the JASDF from the 405th Air Refueling Squadron, Miho Air Base, Japan, visited McConnell to enhance their understanding and operational readiness with the KC-46 Pegasus, emphasizing alert and refueling operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman William Lunn)

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