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Hydraulics Help in New Hampshire

Tech. Sgt. Trevor Derenthal watches for leaking hydraulic fluid while Staff Sgt. Suann Becton removes screws to a panel on the bottom of a KC-135 Stratotanker that made an emergency diversion to Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H., on July 24. Both sergeants are Reservists assigned to the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (Courtesy photo/Lt. Col. Tsuyoshi Tung)

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I was abused: three reasons I ignored it

Domestic Violence Awareness Month, observed in October, was established to raise awareness and reduce the numbers of those abused.

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ID please...

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Staff Sgt. Norman Williams checks the ID card of Zach Harlow before he is allowed to access "Base X." Williams is assigned to the 752nd Computer Systems Squadron, and Zach is the son of Senior Master Sgt. Mike and Dorothy Harlow from the 963rd Airborne Air Control Squadron here. Zach and other children of airmen assigned here participated in Operation KUDOS, designed to help "Kids Understand Deployment Operations." They received briefings, processed through a deployment line, received ID cards and dog tags. At "Base X," they received samples of meals ready to eat and toured through tents that house sleeping quarters, kitchens and recreation areas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman K.L. Kimbrell)

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IGX in Alpena, July 2004

Airmen from the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron use teamwork while donning equipment during an inspector general exercise in Alpena, Mich., in July, 2004. The 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. David Brumley)

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Improvements coming to Distance Learning Enlisted PME

Senior Airman Jamila Williams, 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, looks at the Airman Leadership School website. Beginning this summer, Citizen Airmen taking Professional Military Education distance learning courses will see some major improvements. (U.S. Air Force photo by James Fritz)

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In a Jiffy's

Lt. Col. Tsuyoshi Tung makes a late night run to pick up food for his crew at a local eating establishment recommended to his air crew near Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Colonel Tung led an eight Reservists from the 931st Air Refueling Group stopped at Andrews AFB during a 12-day aeromedical evacuation mission into Afghanistan. Air Force crews sometimes have to find restaurants open late when they fly into bases after normal working hours. Colonel Tung is a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot assigned to the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, the flying unit of the 931st ARG at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (Courtesy photo/Tech. Sgt. Warren Bearup)

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In memory of our fallen warriors

Master Sgt. Chris Norris, a boom operator assigned to the 18th Air Refueling Squadron stands with Lt. Col. Michael Moeding and Lt. Col. Travis Clark, both pilots assigned to the 18 ARS, during a moment of silence at a memorial service for the crew of SHELL 77 at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., May 28, 2013. The Fairchild-based aircrew, consisting of Capt. Mark Voss of Boerne, Texas, Capt. Victoria A. Pinckney of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Tech Sgt. Herman Mackey III of Bakersfield, Calif., perished when their McConnell-based KC-135 Stratotanker crashed in northern Kyrgyzstan, May 3, 2013. Members of Team McConnell gathered today for a short memorial service to honor the fallen Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Zach Anderson)

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In the cockpit

Pilots from the 18th Air Refueling Squadron go through preflight procedures inside the cockpit of a KC-135 Stratotanker used for an aeromedical evacuation out of Afghanistan. The 18th ARS is part of the 931st Air Refueling Group, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Eight Airmen from the 931st volunteered for the recent 12-day mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Tsuyoshi Tung)

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In the Service

Chap. Fulton serves his granddaughter Morgan,8, her first communion during his first service at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church after his deployment. (Courtesy Photo)

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Incentive Flight

Senior Airman Daniel Blondell records the experience of flying on a KC-135 Stratotanker during an air refueling mission. He and other Reservists from the 931st Air Refueling Group took part in an incentive flight designed to show them them air refueling up close. Airman Blondell is assigned to the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jay Guldjord)

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Incentive Flight

A KC-135 Statotanker approaches another KC-135 during a 931st Air Refueling Group incentive flight in February.The flight allowed some 931st Airmen to watch the rare receiver-capable KC-135 training up close. All the Air Force's receiver-capable KC-135s are assigned to McConnnell Air Force Base, Kan. The 931st is an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jay Guldjord)

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Incentive Flight

Staff Sgt. Tamara Wilson looks up from the boom pod of a KC-135 Stratotanker she flew in during the 931st Air Refueling Group's drill weekend in February. Watching the tanker refuel another KC-135 was part of an incentive flight designed to show Sergeant Wilson and other Reservists an up-close look at air refueling, the 931st's primary mission. Sergeant Wilson is a public health technician assigned to the 931st Aerospace Medicine Flight, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jay Guldjord)

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Incentive to Fly

Tech. Sgt. Loni Geihsler watches a KC-135 Stratotanker receive fuel from the KC-135 she is riding in during the 931st Air Refueling Group's February drill weekend. The refueling was part of an incentive flight designed to show Reservists air refueling, the 931st's primary mission, up close. Sergeant Geihsler is an administrative assistant assigned to the 931st Aerospace Medicine Flight, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jay Guldjord)

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Independence Day Parade

Col. Mark S. Larson, commander of the Air Force Reserve 931st Air Refueling Group, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., drives his restored WWII-era Jeep in the Derby, Kan., Independence Day Parade, July 4, 2013. Larson was accompanied in the jeep by his children as well as Sgt. (ret) Adrian Marlin, a WWII Veteran who served as a B-17 tail gunner and completed 35 combat missions during the war. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Zach Anderson)

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Independence Day Parade

Members of Team McConnell, along with family members, ride on the Team McConnell parade float during the Derby, Kan., Independence Day Parade, July 4, 2013. Dozens of members of Team McConnell participated in the parade as a way to show appreciation for the support of the local communities around the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Zach Anderson)

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Innovation Lab Pioneers a Remote Start System for the KC-46 Pegasus

Staff Sgt. Hunter Diedrich, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Innovation Lab noncommissioned officer in charge, and Senior Airman Douglas Vargas, 22nd ARW Innovation Lab intern, work on the KC-46A Pegasus Auxiliary Power Unit Start System (APRUSS) at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Nov. 14, 2024. This year, the lab was awarded $250,000 by the Defense Innovation Unit to continue research and development of the APRUSS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paula Arce)

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Innovation Lab Pioneers a Remote Start System for the KC-46 Pegasus

Senior Airman Douglas Vargas, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Innovation Lab intern, works on the KC-46A Pegasus Auxiliary Power Unit Start System (APRUSS) at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Nov. 14, 2024. Vargas originally had a three-month-long internship at the Innovation Lab, however, was able to secure an extension from the 22nd Maintenance Squadron to stay until the end of 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paula Arce)

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Innovation Lab Pioneers a Remote Start System for the KC-46 Pegasus

Senior Airman Douglas Vargas, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Innovation Lab intern, works on the KC-46A Pegasus Auxiliary Power Unit Start System (APRUSS) at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Nov. 14, 2024. Vargas, with an IT background, focused on the software and coding for the APRUSS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paula Arce).

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Intel Officer Honored

Air Mobility Command Vice Commander Lt. Gen. Christopher A. Kelly presents the AMC Reserve Component Intelligence Officer of the Year award to Capt. Angela Chatmon in a ceremony June 22 at Scott AFB, Ill.

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Intel Support

Senior Airman Kin Ma provides intelligence support during a training exercise at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., in early March. Airman Ma and his fellow Airmen in the 931st Air Refueling Group Directorate were recently named Air Mobility Command Outstanding Air Reserve Component Intelligence Unit of the Year for 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Connor Burkhard)

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