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Rug-ged Deployment

Turkish rugs are popular souvenirs for Airmen who deploy to Incirlik Air Force Base, Turkey. Tech. Sgt. Robert Lorenz took this photo of a Turkish woman weaving a rug by hand during his recent deployment to Incirlik. Sergeant Lorenz returned to McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on Aug. 17 with the last of three personnel rotations his unit, the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, deployed to Turkey in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom.
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Tech. Sgt. Shawn Birmingham receives verbal guidance for getting through a simulated mine field while blindfolded.; The team-building exercise was part of a two-week Noncommissioned Officer Leadership Development course that Sergeant Birmingham and 20 other Airmen from the 931st Air Refueling Group completed on Aug. 15. Sergeant Birmingham is assigned to the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)
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Tech. Sgt. Milton Willhight(far left), Senior Airman Nathen Hornecker (middle) and Staff Sgt. Keith Yoho wait to be led through a team-building exercise built into a two-week Noncommissioned Officer Leadership Development Program course that concluded on Aug. 15. The three Airmen were blindfolded to simulate vision loss from exposure to a poisonous gas. Sergeant Willhight and Airman Hornecker are assigned to the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. Sergeant Yoho is assigned to the 931st Aerospace Medicine Flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)
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Staff Sgt. Neil Parks gets stuck in the middle of a team-building exercise with Tech. Sgt. Glen Pearson (left) and Tech. Sgt. Chris Crosser. The exercise was part of a two-week Noncommissioned Officer Leadership Development Program course completed by 931st Air Refueling Group Airmen on Aug. 15. The three sergeants are assigned to the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)
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Noncommissioned Officer Leadership Development Program class, August 2008
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Staff Sgt. Evany Blanding is too busy with her cell phone to be bothered by her supervisor, played by Staff Sgt. Neil Parks (far left) during a role-playing scenario designed to help develop leadership. The scenario was part of a two-week Noncommissioned Officer Leadership Development Program course completed by 931st Air Refueling Group Airmen on Aug. 15. Sergeant's Parks and Blanding are assigned to the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The 931st Aerospace Medicine Squadron's Tech. Sgt. Kevin Schademann and Tech. Sgt. Cherry McCord also helped give Sergeant Parks a hard time during the skit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)
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Turkey Mission Complete

Senior Airman Brandon Ingram gets some paperwork help Monday morning from Mary Borst, 931st Air Refueling Group budget officer. Airman Ingram and other Airmen from the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron returned to McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., late Sunday night from a deployment to Turkey. The squadron sent three, two-week rotations of personnel to Turkey in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)
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Volunteers Still Needed

A young family member steps up to an inflatable bouncer during one of the 931st Air Refueling Group's past Family Day picnics. Volunteers are needed to help with an inflatable "Bounce House" and many other activities scheduled for this year's picnic during the September Unit Training Assembly.
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Welcome 931st Newcomers, August 2008

Airmen who joined the 931st Air Refueling Group during the August Unit Training Assembly attended an orientation on Aug. 9. The Group welcomed, from left to right: (front row) Master Sgt. Cynthia Schlitz, Staff Sgt. Brandon Blodgett, Staff Sgt. Joel Janssen, Staff Sgt. Regina Rector, Staff Sgt. Cecelia Matthews, Maj. Celso Salinas, (back row) Senior Airman Kevin Becton, Capt. Kelvin Tuckett, Staff Sgt. Douglas Winterhalter, and Staff Sgt. Alan Pederson Jr.
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Leadership Development

Tech. Sgt. David Sevart talks to classmates about the accomplishments of Capt. Edward "Eddie" Vernon Rickenbacker, legendary ace pilot, on Aug. 6 while attending the Noncommissioned Officer Leadership Development Program. The course began at the headquarters building of the 931st Air Refueling Group on Aug. 4 and is scheduled to end on Aug. 15. Sergeant Sevart is assigned to the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)
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Airman Blondell

Senior Airman Daniel Blondell, 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
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Hug Goodbye

Donna Lorenz hugs her husband, Tech. Sgt. Robert Lorenz, before he deploys with his fellow Airmen to Turkey. The 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron sent Sergeant Lorenz and other maintainers to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, on July 29 in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. Donna Lorenz is also a senior master sergeant assigned to the 931st Plans and Programs office. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Jason Schaap)
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Senior Airman Clayton Potter, 931st AMXS

Senior Airman Clayton Potter inventories his mobility bag at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., before deploying to Turkey on July 29. Airman Potter is an Aircraft Hydraulics Systems Journeyman for the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at McConnell. He deployed with a third rotation of maintainers his squadron sent to Incirlik Air Force Base, Turkey, in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)
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Master Sgt. Brian Lawley and Senior Airman Neil Parks, 931st AMXS

Master Sgt. Brian Lawley (left) and Senior Airman Neil Parks fill out paperwork after returning from a deployment to Turkey. Sergeant Lawley is the jet section lead for the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Airman Parks is an aircraft hydraulic systems journeyman for the squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ed Cropper)
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Staff Sgt. Trevor Derenthal, 931st AMXS

Staff Sgt. Trevor Derenthal fills out paperwork after returning from a deployment to Turkey. Sergeant Derenthal is a crew chief for the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ed Cropper)
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Family Fun

Col. Thomas "Randy" Foster (left), 931st Air Refueling Group Deputy Commander, was among those chosen to get a pie in the face as part of a fundraiser during the Group's Family Day Picnic in 2007. Volunteers are needed to support this year's picnic, scheduled for the September Unit Training Assembly. Contact Tech. Sgt. Shannan Hughes at 316-759-6082 for more information. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)
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Destination Turkey

Senior Airman Neil Parks, 931st Air Maintenance Squadron, inspects the contents of his mobility bag in preparation for his deployment to Turkey. The first rotation of AMXS deployers are currently serving in Turkey in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Connor Burkhard)
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Turkey Talk

Staff Sgt. Jon Barber (left) asks Tech. Sgt. Ed Cropper about a training-related issue at the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron on June 19. Sergeant Cropper is the squadron's unit deployment manager and has been busy preparing for participation in an Operational Readiness Inspection and deployments to Turkey that begin next week. More than 40 AMXS Airmen have volunteered to support an Air Expeditionary Force in Turkey. Sergeant Barber is an AMXS crew chief.
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Flying Coach Class

Four of the Airmen who recently helped fly five college football coaches to Southeast Asia were from the 931st Air Refueling Group. The coaches (back row from left to right) included's Yale's Jack Siedlecki (with white shirt), Georgia's Mark Richt, Miami's Randy Shannon, Notre Dame's Charlie Weis, and Auburn's Tommy Tuberville (with orange hat). With Richt's hand on his shoulder is pilot and Atlanta, Ga., native Capt. Eric Junkins. On the far left is Staff Sgt. Jon Barber (w black t-shirt), 931st Maintenance Squadron crew chief. Kneeling directly in front of Tuberville is Tech. Sgt. Chris Norris, boom operator, and in front of Norris is pilot Capt. Keith "Kip" Anderson (with sunglasses). Captain Junkins, Captain Anderson and Sergeant Norris are members of the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, the flying squadron of the 931st ARG.
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Archie In Charge

Col. Edsel A. "Archie" Frye Jr., new commander of the 931st Air Refueling Group, speaks to ceremony guests after he took command of the 931st from Col. William T. Cahoon. The change of command ceremony was on May 18, but Colonel Frye did not officially become the 931st's commander until May 25.
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