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Brink of Return

Lt. Col. Randy Brink walks away from a KC-135 Stratotanker at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on July 14. It was the first KC-135 he flew since a medical condition grounded him from flying 15 months prior. Colonel Brink is a pilot assigned to the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Bronsha Smith

Senior Airman Bronsha Smith, a CATM instructor for the 931st Security Forces Squadron, issues orders on the firing line during weapons training at the CATM, here. Smith is in his sixth week of training at the Wichita Law Enforcement Trainng Center, preparing to become a Wichita police officer. (Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Zach Anderson)

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Brothers In Arms

Lt. Col. Fulton poses for a photo with Iraqi soldiers during his deployment to Iraq.

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Brusca Fini Flight

Staff Sgt. Gabriel Miller and Staff Sgt. John Bui, boom operators from the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, spray Col. Anthony Brusca, a former 18th Air Refueling Squadron Commander, with the fire hose following his 'fini flight', March 19. Members of the 931st Air Refueling Group greeted Brusca on the flightline at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas to say farewell. (Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Brannen Parrish)

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Buff

A B-52 Stratofortress from the 5th Bomb Wing out of Minot AFB, N.D prepares to take on a fuel load from a KC-135 Stratotanker flown by the 18th Air Refueling Squadron out of McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., July 18, 2013. (Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Ray Lewis)

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Buff

A B-52 Stratofortress from the 5th Bomb Wing out of Minot AFB, N.D prepares to take on a fuel load from a KC-135 Stratotanker flown by the 18th Air Refueling Squadron out of McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., July 18, 2013. (Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Ray Lewis)

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Building McConnell’s firepower

Construction workers from Evergreen Construction work on the exterior of the new combat arms training and maintenance range Jan. 14, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. McConnell’s Airmen will use the new CATM range to complete their annual qualification course, which is necessary to remain familiar with firearm techniques. This will allow mission success for Team McConnell by maintaining full spectrum readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexi Bosarge)

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Building McConnell’s firepower

Ryan Gatenby, Action Target construction worker, hangs wire in the new combat arms training and maintenance range Jan. 14, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The new CATM range will be able to train 28 Airmen at a time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexi Bosarge)

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Building McConnell’s firepower

Tyler Weber, Hi Tec Interior construction worker, cuts metal to install posts at the new combat arms training and maintenance range Jan. 14, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The new CATM range will be totally enclosed, making it virtually sound proof for the rest of the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexi Bosarge)

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Building McConnell’s firepower

Tyler Weber, Hi Tec Interior construction worker installs metal posts at the new combat arms training and maintenance range, Jan. 14, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The CATM range project began in March 2019 and is scheduled to be finished July 3, 2020. The old CATM range will be used as a tactical training facility for McConnell’s Security Forces Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexi Bosarge)

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Building McConnell’s firepower

Tyler Weber, Hi Tec Interior construction worker, cuts metal to install posts at the new combat arms training and maintenance range Jan. 14, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The project is expected to use approximately 500 contracted workers to build and finalize the new CATM range. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexi Bosarge)

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Business is booming

Senior Master Sgt. Ray Lewis, a refueling boom operator assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Group, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., flies the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker into the refueling receptacle of a B-52 Stratofortress from the 307th Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., during a refueling exercise in the skies over Texas, May 15, 2014. Lewis has been serving as a boom operator for more than 24 years and recently passed 6,500 total flight hours. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Victor J. Caputo)

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Business is booming

Senior Master Sgt. Ray Lewis, a refueling boom operator assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Group, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., peers through the window of the refueling pod of a KC-135 Stratotanker while conducting the air refueling of a B-52 Stratofortress from the 307th Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., during a refueling exercise in the skies over Texas, May 15, 2014. Lewis has been serving as a boom operator for more than 24 years and recently passed 6,500 total flight hours. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Victor J. Caputo)

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Business Unusual

A total force initiative team of crew chiefs from the Repair and Reclamation sections of the 22nd Maintenance Squadron and 931st Maintenance Squadron repair the rear vertical stabilizer of a KC-135 Stratotanker at McConnell AFB, Kan., July 12. (Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Jose Leon)

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Business Unusual

A total force initiative team of crew chiefs from the Repair and Reclamation sections of the 22nd Maintenance Squadron and 931st Maintenance Squadron repair the rear vertical stabilizer of a KC-135 Stratotanker at McConnell AFB, Kan., July 12. (Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Jose Leon)

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Butler takes command of 931st MXS

(Left to right) Col. Jermaine Campbell, 931st Maintenance Group commander takes the guidon from Maj. Anabel Allen, outgoing 931st Maintenance Squadron commander. Prior to this position, Allen was the director of operations at the 433rd Maintenance Squadron at Joine Base San Antonio Lackland, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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Butler takes command of 931st MXS

(Left to right) Col. Jermaine Campbell, 931st Maintenance Group commander hands the guidon to Maj. Burl "Trey" Butler, incoming 931st Maintenance Squadron commander. Butler was previously assigned to the 931st MXG as the director of maintenance operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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C5 Refueling

Maj. Makia Epie, an instructor pilot from the 433rd Airlift Wing pilots a C5A Galaxy toward the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker during aerial refueling training, May 15. The 18th Air Refueling Squadron and the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron sent aircrew and maintainers to Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland to provide aerial refueling to students of the Formal Training Unit. During the week-long business effort the aircrew from the 931st Air Refueling Group provided aeromedical evacuation training support and air refueling support to the 433rd Airlift Wing's various units. (Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Brannen Parrish)

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Calhoun's New Captains

Troy Calhoun, head football coach at the Air Force Academy, promotes Phil Shapiro and Alecia Fogerty to the rank of Captain during a late-night impromptu ceremony on a flightline in Iraq. Both officers are Air Force C-130 Hercule pilots who flew Calhoun and six other NCAA football coaches to visit troops in Bagdad, Iraq, on June 1. The visit was part of Coaches Tour 2009, a second annual morale-boosting mission organized by Morale Entertainment, LLC., in association with Armed Forces Entertainment. Calhoun had the authority to promote the captains as a former academy graduate and Air Force officer. Capt. Eric Junkins, a KC-135 pilot assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Group, was part of the crew that flew the coaches from the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Campbell takes command of the 931st MXG

(Left to right) Col. Cynthia Welch, 931st Air Refueling Wing commander, takes the guidon from Col. Robbert Thompson, outgoing 931st Maintenance Group commander, during an official change of command ceremony Nov. 4, 2023, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Thompson had commanded the group since 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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