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Fit to Fight

Tech. Sgt. Daniel Mills, a refueling boom operator assigned to the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, 931st Air Refueling Group, instructs unit members during a group workout at the base fitness center, Feb. 4, 2015. Mills leads daily workouts for unit members to improve overall fitness and help Airmen stay "fit to fight." (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Zach Anderson)

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Fit to Fight

Members of the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, 931st Air Refueling Group, perform kettlebell squats during a group workout at the McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., fitness center, Feb. 4, 2015. Unit members participate in daily workouts to improve overall fitness and stay "fit to fight." (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Zach Anderson)

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Fit to Fight

Members of the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, 931st Air Refueling Group, perform flutter kicks during a group workout at the McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., fitness center, Feb. 4, 2015. Unit members participate in daily workouts to improve overall fitness and stay "fit to fight." (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Zach Anderson)

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Fit to Fight

A member of the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron heads into a turn of the indoor track at the McConnell Air Force Base Fitness Center on Oct. 19. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Connor Burkhard)

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Fit to Fight

Capt. Chris Markley, a pilot assigned to the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, 931st Air Refueling Group, completes a set of high repetition dumbbell curls during a group workout at the base fitness center, Feb. 4, 2015. Several members of the 18 ARS meet at the fitness center daily to participate in organized group workouts to improve overall unit fitness and to stay "fit to fight." (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Zach Anderson)

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Fitness Excellence

Senior Airman Anthony Ruggles heads into an indoor track turn at the McConnell Air Force Base fitness center during the October Unit Training Assembly of the 931st Air Refueling Group. Airman Ruggles, one of many 931st Airmen forced by bad weather to test their physical fitness indoors during the UTA, received an "Excellent" score for his performance. He is assigned to the 931st's Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Connor Burkhard)

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Fitness Testing During COVID-19

Fitness Testing will resume on June 1, 2020, unless further guidance is published.

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Fitting Retirement

Tech. Sgt. John E. Sutton Jr. evaluates the gas mask fitting of Senior Master Sgt. Mack Housman during the May Unit Training Assembly. Sergeant Sutton, a bioenvironmental engineering craftsman for the 931st Aerospace Medicine Flight, is scheduled to retire from the Air Force Reserve in June. Sergeant Housman is the superintendent of the 931st's Military Personnel Flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Connor Burkhard)

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Fit-to-Fight

Capt. Layne Wroblewski nears the finish line of an outdoor track at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., during the 931st Air Refueling Group's drill weekend in March. Group-wide fitness testing is scheduled to coincide with a five-day "Training Frenzy" in April. Captain Wroblewski is assigned to the 931st Equal Opportunity office and is one of the 931st ARG's "excellent" fitness performers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Flickering With Hope

Flames from a candle given to Shelby’s family after his accident flicker with hope from above the TV in the Gobel home. (Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Flightline at night

Tech. Sgt. Warren "Bear" Bearup communicates with flightline personnel at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, from a KC-135 Stratotanker cargo door. He was one of eight Reservists from the 931st Air Refueling Group to volunteer for a 12-day aeromedical evacuation mission that involved four trips in and out of Afghanistan. To his left is Master Sgt. Darren Demel, the only member of the crew to volunteer for one of the 931st's previous Afghanistan missions. Both sergeants are boom operators assigned to the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, the flying unit of the 931st. (Courtesy photo)

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Floating For Frenzy

Airmen assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Group listen to instruction during a water survival class at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on Oct. 19. The class was part of a two-day "Training Frenzy" designed to eliminate time 931st Reservists spend on ancillary readiness requirements during monthly duty weekends. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Fly-in event opens doors for McConnell Reservists

Members of the 931st Air Refueling Wing pose on the flightline at McConnell Air Force Base Kansas, after taking part in the organized fly-in event ept. 11, 2021. The event highlighted how pilots who have private licenses have the option to fly into McConnell in personal aircraftl to perform their monthly unit training assemply. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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Fly-in event opens doors for McConnell Reservists

Capt. Sierra Dopfel, 905th ARS KC-46 mobility pilot and chief of scheduling, flys her Piper Cherokee 140 for the event. Dopfel, a former boom operator for the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, took part in an organized 931 Air Refueling Wing fly-in, which took place on the second day of the Wing's unit training assembly. Because the 931st Air Refueling Wing is a tenant unit at McConnell, Ragan coordinated with the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, the active-duty host unit at McConnell. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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Fly-in event opens doors for McConnell Reservists

First Lt. Aaron Maurer, 905th ARS KC-46 mobility pilot and temporary air reserve technician, looks out the window of a Van’s Aircraft RV-4 Sept. 11, 2021. Maurer was one of 11 other members of the 931st ARW who participated in an organized fly-in which took place the second day of the Wing’ unit training assembly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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Fly-in event opens doors for McConnell Reservists

First Lt. Aaron Maurer, 905th ARS KC-46 mobility pilot and temporary air reserve technician, poses with a Van’s Aircraft RV-4 at Stearman Field Benton, Kansas, Sept. 11, 2021. Maurer was one of 11 other members of the 931st ARW who participated an organized fly-in event which took place the second day of the Wing’ unit training assembly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

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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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Flying Night Lights

Crew members from the 18th Air Refueling Squadron fly a KC-135 Stratotanker at night during a 12-day mission that involved tranporting wounded troops from Afghanistan to Germany. The 18th ARS is part of the 931st Air Refueling Group, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. More photos and details about the aeromedical evacuation mission are scheduled to be posted next week. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Tyoshi Tung)

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Flying photographer captures 'The Final Frame'

A photo used for the back cover of the May/June edition of Airman magazine was taken by Lt. Col. Tsuyoshi Tung, a Reserve KC-135 Stratotanker pilot assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Group. Colonel Tung, an amateur photographer who has enjoyed photography since high school, captured the photo during a 12-day aeromedical evacuation mission to Afghanistan.

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Foggy take-off

A KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 931st Air Refueling Group taxis down the flightline before take-off, McConnell Air Force Base. Kan., Dec. 4, 2014. The KC-135 serves as the core of the Air Force’s air refueling fleet and has performed this role for more than 50 years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Ray Lewis)

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