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Reserve recruiters gather to learn all about McConnell

A KC-46 Pegasus approaches another KC-46 as the boom is about to attach for refueling during a training mission. Recruiters from the 352nd Recruiting Squadron were onboard as part of a recruiting event hosted by the 931st Air Refueling Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Apr. 10, 2021. The recruiters came to learn about the mission of the 931st ARW to better understand the unit’s needs as they grow into the KC-46 mission. (Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Chance Babin)
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Reserve recruiters gather to learn all about McConnell

Tech. Sgt. Ian Michaelson, 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, crew chief, gives recruiters from the 352nd Recruiting Squadron a tour of the KC-46 Pegasus during a recruiting event at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Apr. 10, 2021. Recruiters from the 352nd RCS visited the 931st ARW to learn about the mission of the 931st ARW to better understand the unit’s needs as they grow into the KC-46 mission. (Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Chance Babin)
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Reserve recruiters gather to learn all about McConnell, the KC-46 and the Wichita area

Senior Master Sgt. Robert Thames, the recruiting flight chief at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, checks out the engine of a KC-46 Pegasus at the school house located at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Apr. 9, 2021. Thames was one of roughly 30 recruiters that visited the 931st ARW to learn the mission and better understand the unit’s needs as they grow into the KC-46 mission. (Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Chance Babin)
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Reserve recruiters gather to learn all about McConnell, the KC-46 and the Wichita area

Tech. Sgt. Ian Michaelson, 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, crew chief, gives recruiters from the 352nd Recruiting Squadron a tour of the KC-46 Pegasus during a recruiting event at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Apr. 10, 2021. Recruiters from the 352nd RCS visited the 931st ARW to learn about the mission of the 931st ARW to better understand the unit’s needs as they grow into the KC-46 mission. (Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Chance Babin)
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Reserve recruiters gather to learn all about McConnell

Lt. Col. Michael Rigoni, 352nd Recruiting Squadron commander and Master Sgt. Lyndsay Moen, the in-service recruiter at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, talk to a boom operator from the 931st Air Refueling Wing during a recruiting event at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Apr. 10, 2021. Recruiters from the 352nd RCS learned about the mission of the 931st ARW to better understand the unit’s needs as they grow into the KC-46 mission. (Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Chance Babin)
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Reserve recruiters gather to learn all about McConnell

The 931st Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, hosted a tour for the 352nd Recruiting Squadron to highlight the mission, local community and the need for more people as the unit is growing with the recently added KC-46 mission. Event organizers also took an opportunity to educate visiting local ROTC cadets from Kansas State University Detachment 270 on the same mission and share opportunities to serve in the Air Force Reserve with the cadets. (Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Chance Babin)
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Recruiters, Cadets soar in KC-46A

Riley Isbel, Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Detachment 270 at Kansas State University cadet, looks out the window of a KC-46A Pegasus assigned to McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., April 10, 2021. Isbel was part of a tour that included 25 recruiters from the 507th Air Refueling Wing, 352nd Recruiting Squadron, and five cadets from Detachment 270. They flew on two KC-46A Pegasus air refueling missions during the April Unit Training Assembly. The flights were part of a three-day tour of the 931st Air Refueling Wing, to display to the recruiters and cadets the full-range of the Reserve mission at Team McConnell. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)
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Recruiters, Cadets soar in KC-46A

Two F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 138th Fighter Wing, fly near the wing of a KC-46A Pegasus assigned to McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., April 10, 2021. The F-16s were two of eight being refueled by an aircrew from the 931st Air Refueling Wing. The F-16 is capable of traveling speeds up to 1,500 miles per hour, they can burn up to 8,000 pounds of fuel at low altitude. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)
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Recruiters, Cadets soar in KC-46A

Chief Master Sgt. Ray Lewis, 905th Air Refueling Squadron command chief and KC-46A Pegasus boom operator, explains the features of the aircraft’s air refueling boom to Emily Love, Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Detachment 270 at Kansas State University cadet, April 10, 2021, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Love was part of a tour that included 25 recruiters from the 507th Air Refueling Wing, the 352nd Recruiting Squadron, and five cadets from Detachment 270. They flew on two KC-46A Pegasus air refueling missions during the April Unit Training Assembly. The flights were part of a three-day tour of the 931st Air Refueling Wing, to display to the recruiters and cadets the full-range of the Reserve mission at Team McConnell. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)
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Recruiters, Cadets soar in KC-46A

A KC-46A Pegasus assigned to McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., refuels a B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 307th Bomb Squadron April 10, 2021. The B-52 was one of three from the unit being refueled by a 931st Air Refueling Wing aircrew. The air refueling was viewed by 25 recruiters from the 507th Air Refueling Wing, the 352nd Recruiting Squadron, and five cadets from the Kansas State University Reserve Officers' Detachment 270. The flights were part of a three-day tour of the 931st Air Refueling Wing, to display to the recruiters and cadets the full-range of the Reserve mission at Team McConnell. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)
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KANZA Warrior Spotlight April 2021

KANZA Warrior Spotlight April 2021
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Hydraulic Airmen maintain KC-46 boom

Airmen assigned to the 22nd Maintenance Squadron maintain a KC-46A Pegasus boom March 13, 2021, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Hydraulics Airmen removed the interior telescoping tube to replace a boom surge boot, which acts as a shock absorber while attached to a receiver aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alan Ricker)
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Hydraulic Airmen maintain KC-46 boom

Staff Sgt. Kris McKee, 22nd Maintenance Squadron hydraulics craftsman, lines the interior of a KC-46A Pegasus telescoping tube with an O-ring March 13, 2021, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The O-ring provides a seal around the telescoping tube, ensuring the fuel is properly distributed to the receiving aircraft when connected. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alan Ricker)
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Hydraulic Airmen maintain KC-46 boom

Staff Sgt. Jacob Buffum, 22nd Maintenance Squadron hydraulics craftsman, Staff Sgt. Hannah Petersen, 931st Maintenance Squadron hydraulic craftsman and Senior Airman Jesse Jones, 22nd MXS hydraulic journeyman, remove a KC-46A Pegasus surge boot from a telescoping tube March 13, 2021, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Surge boots are rubber-like sleeves that run the fuel tube’s length, used as a way to prevent damage during fuel surges when the boom disconnects from the aircraft after refueling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alan Ricker)
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Hydraulic Airmen maintain KC-46 boom

Staff Sgt. Hannah Petersen, 931st Maintenance Squadron hydraulics craftsman, removes a bolt from a KC-46A Pegasus telescoping tube March 13, 2021, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The surge boot, housed inside the telescoping tube, was replaced to ensure damage does not occur while disconnecting from a receiving aircraft during aerial refueling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alan Ricker)
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First 433rd AES crew trains on KC-46A Pegasus

433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron personnel respond to a simulated patient emergency during a KC-46A Pegasus local flight from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 10, 2021. The Airmen were conducting initial qualification training on the new aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Iram Carmona)
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First 433rd AES crew trains on KC-46A Pegasus

433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron personnel respond to a simulated patient emergency during a KC-46A Pegasus local flight from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 10, 2021. The Airmen were conducting initial qualification training on the new aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Iram Carmona)
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First 433rd AES crew trains on KC-46A Pegasus

433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron personnel respond to a simulated patient emergency during a KC-46A Pegasus local flight from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 10, 2021. The Airmen were conducting initial qualification training on the new aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Iram Carmona)
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First 433rd AES crew trains on KC-46A Pegasus

Airmen from the 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron route oxygen hoses and electrical extension cords aboard a KC-46A Pegasus March 10, 2021, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The medics were conducting initial qualification training on the new aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Iram Carmona)
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