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Ready To Go

Mary Borst, the 931st Air Refuling Group's budget officer, talks to Airmen about military pay issues during a pre-deployment meeting Monday. Airmen from the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 18th Air Refueling Squadon (the 931st's flying unit) were scheduled to depart for their deployment from here Tuesday. The 931st Air Refueling Group is an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Ready To Go

Senior Airman Timothy Eddy finishes up some final paperwork Monday before deploying to Southwest Asia in support of overseas contingency operations. He and other Airmen from the 931st Air Refueling Group, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., are scheduled to depart for their deployment Tuesday. Airman Eddy is a crew chief assigned to the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Staff Sgt. Alan Pedersen, 931st AMXS

Staff Sgt. Alan Pedersen checks the oil inside a KC-135 Stratotanker parked on the flightline at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Sergeant Pedersen is a crew chief assigned to the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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CBT on the Galley

Master Sgt. Paul McGinnis uses the galley of an inflight KC-135 Stratotanker as a desk to work on some computer-based training during an aeromedical evacuation mission in March. A training frenzy aimed at freeing up future drilll weekends for members of the 931st Air Refueling Group's is scheduled for mid-April. Sergeant McGinnis is assigned to the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Chili Champ 2009

Senior Airman Daniel Blondell (on right) accepts the trophy for winning his squadron's 2009 chili cookoff. Airman Blondell is assigned to the Communications and Navigation shop of the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. Two other Airmen assigned to the squadron, Senior Master Sgt. Lloyd Campbell and Master Sgt. Paul McGinnis, won second and third place, respectively. Presenting the award is Tech. Sgt. Dave Sevart from the squadron's orderly room. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Senior Airman Allen Cooper

Senior Airman Allen Cooper inspects the bottom of a KC-135 Stratotanker during an aeromedical evacuation training mission he was part of in early March. Airman Cooper is a nondestructive inspection journeyman assigned to the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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AE Trainer

Staff Sgt. Scott Perkins carries an air hose to a KC-135 Stratotanker at an airfield in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The tanker was being prepared to depart for the end of a three-day aeromedical evacuation training mission supported by the 931st Air Refueling Group. Sergeant Perkins is a crew chief assigned to the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Tanker Team

Senior Airman Joseph Hong (on left) and Tech. Sgt. Lanning Pike work together on the placement of a KC-135 Stratotanker engine cover during the 931st Air Refueling Group's drill weekend in February. Both Airmen are assigned to the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The 931st ARG is an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Senior Airman Travis Reimer, 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Senior Airman Travis Reimer takes a break during his recent deployment in Southest Asia. His workday was usually 13 hours long, six days a week, while deployed. Airman Reimer is a hydraulics mechanic assigned to the maintenance squadron of the 931st Air Refueling Group, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (Courtesy photo)

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Senior Airman Travis Reimer, 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Senior Airman Travis Reimer stands with a refueling boom he helped remove from a KC-135 Stratotanker while deployed for four months in Southwest Asia. Boom removal is a long, labor-intensive process for KC-135 maintainers. Long workdays helped time move faster for Airman Reimer, a Reserve hydraulics mechanic assigned to the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (Courtesy photo)

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Turning Fuel into Freedom

Senior Airman Travis Reimer served with the 340th Aircraft Maintenance Unit when he deployed to the base with the largest KC-135 Stratotanker operation in the world. The hydraulics mechanic is a Reservist assigned to the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (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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Maintenance Support

Master Sgt. Jeff Schrier (far right) and Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Ashment (far left) battle bitter cold temperatures while helping with a generator needed to supply power to a KC-135 Stratotanker parked at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. The sergeants were two of three Airmen from the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron who volunteered to help evacuate sick and wounded servicemembers from Afghanistan. (Courtesy photo/Lt. Col. Tsuyoshi Tung)

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Community Outreach

Tech. Sgt. Milt Willhight (on left) and Staff Sgt. Mke Reavis help move bags of donations bound for Harbor House, a shelter that assists domestic abuse victims. The 931st Human Resource Development Council sponsored a drive to collect clothes and other items donated by members of the 931st Air Refueling Group, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The donations were delivered to Harbor House on Jan. 29. Sergeant's Willhight and Reavis both are HRDC members assigned to the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (Courtesy photo)

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Cold Crew

Tech. Sgt. Billy Martin puts his back to an 11-degree wind chill while getting a KC-135 Stratotanker ready for takeoff at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., early in the morning on Jan. 10. Sergeant Martin is a maintenance crew chief assigned to the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell. The tanker he helped prepared was flown by a 931st flight crew in support of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, the 931st's active-duty host unit at McConnell. More than 25 of the 22nd's newest Airmen flew along to learn more about aerial refueling, the primary mission at McConnell. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Cold Crew

Staff Sgt. Jorge Figueroa puts his back to an 11-degree wind chill while getting a KC-135 Stratotanker ready for takeoff at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., early in the morning on Jan. 10. Sergeant Figueroa is a maintenance crew chief assigned to the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell. The tanker he and fellow 931st crew chief Tech. Sgt. Billy Martin (on left) prepared was flown by a 931st flight crew in support of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, the 931st's active-duty host unit at McConnell. More than 25 of the 22nd's newest Airmen flew along to learn more about aerial refueling, the primary mission at McConnell. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Master Sgt. Eric Peel

The 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's Master Sgt. Eric Peel (center) and Tech. Sgt. David Sevart discuss some paperwork during the March 2008 Unit Training Assembly just prior to the squadron's annual chili cookoff. Sergeant Peel's "Tailgate Chili" was voted the best at the cookoff. Mary Boulett, wife of the squadron's Senior Master Sgt. John Boulett, earned second place and the squadron's Senior Master Sgt. Ernest Goethe came in third. Sergeant Sevart, cookoff organizer, said the event raised more than $140 for AMXS' retirement fund.

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Chili Feed

Senior Master Sgt. Lloyd Campbell enjoys the camradarie at the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's annual chili feed in 2008. The squadron's 2009 contest is scheduled for March 15, the Sunday of the March Unit Training Assembly. Sergeant Campbell is a maintenance squadron flight chief. His 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. Jason Schaap)

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Looking Ahead

Tech. Sgt. Tylon Jackson looks through the windshield of a vehicle used to tow KC-135 Stratotankers at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Sergeant Jackson is a crew chief assigned to the 931st Aircraft Refueling Group's maintenance squadron at McConnell. Personnel increases within the maintenance squadron are expected to spur dramatic growth and change across the Group in 2009. The 931st Air Refueling Group is an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell. Sergeant Jackson is a native of Tulsa, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Christmas Crafts

Master Sgt. Daniel McCarthy helps his 6-year-old son, Aiden, create a holiday craft at the 931st Air Refueling Group's annual Christmas party. Sergeant McCarthy's wife, Erin, watches while Amanda Hughes, a party volunteer, helps their other son, 7-year-old Liam, make his own craft. Amanda is the 12-year-old daughter of Tech. Sgt. Shannan Hughes, assistant chief of the 931st Military Personnel Flight's education and training office. Sergeant McCarthy is a communication and navigation technician for the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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