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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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Incentive Flight

A KC-135 Statotanker approaches another KC-135 during a 931st Air Refueling Group incentive flight in February.The flight allowed some 931st Airmen to watch the rare receiver-capable KC-135 training up close. All the Air Force's receiver-capable KC-135s are assigned to McConnnell Air Force Base, Kan. The 931st is an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jay Guldjord)

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Incentive Flight

Staff Sgt. Tamara Wilson looks up from the boom pod of a KC-135 Stratotanker she flew in during the 931st Air Refueling Group's drill weekend in February. Watching the tanker refuel another KC-135 was part of an incentive flight designed to show Sergeant Wilson and other Reservists an up-close look at air refueling, the 931st's primary mission. Sergeant Wilson is a public health technician assigned to the 931st Aerospace Medicine Flight, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jay Guldjord)

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Incentive to Fly

Tech. Sgt. Loni Geihsler watches a KC-135 Stratotanker receive fuel from the KC-135 she is riding in during the 931st Air Refueling Group's February drill weekend. The refueling was part of an incentive flight designed to show Reservists air refueling, the 931st's primary mission, up close. Sergeant Geihsler is an administrative assistant assigned to the 931st Aerospace Medicine Flight, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jay Guldjord)

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Independence Day Parade

Col. Mark S. Larson, commander of the Air Force Reserve 931st Air Refueling Group, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., drives his restored WWII-era Jeep in the Derby, Kan., Independence Day Parade, July 4, 2013. Larson was accompanied in the jeep by his children as well as Sgt. (ret) Adrian Marlin, a WWII Veteran who served as a B-17 tail gunner and completed 35 combat missions during the war. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Zach Anderson)

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Independence Day Parade

Members of Team McConnell, along with family members, ride on the Team McConnell parade float during the Derby, Kan., Independence Day Parade, July 4, 2013. Dozens of members of Team McConnell participated in the parade as a way to show appreciation for the support of the local communities around the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Zach Anderson)

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Innovation Lab Pioneers a Remote Start System for the KC-46 Pegasus

Staff Sgt. Hunter Diedrich, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Innovation Lab noncommissioned officer in charge, and Senior Airman Douglas Vargas, 22nd ARW Innovation Lab intern, work on the KC-46A Pegasus Auxiliary Power Unit Start System (APRUSS) at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Nov. 14, 2024. This year, the lab was awarded $250,000 by the Defense Innovation Unit to continue research and development of the APRUSS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paula Arce)

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Innovation Lab Pioneers a Remote Start System for the KC-46 Pegasus

Senior Airman Douglas Vargas, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Innovation Lab intern, works on the KC-46A Pegasus Auxiliary Power Unit Start System (APRUSS) at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Nov. 14, 2024. Vargas originally had a three-month-long internship at the Innovation Lab, however, was able to secure an extension from the 22nd Maintenance Squadron to stay until the end of 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paula Arce)

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Innovation Lab Pioneers a Remote Start System for the KC-46 Pegasus

Senior Airman Douglas Vargas, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Innovation Lab intern, works on the KC-46A Pegasus Auxiliary Power Unit Start System (APRUSS) at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Nov. 14, 2024. Vargas, with an IT background, focused on the software and coding for the APRUSS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paula Arce).

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Intel Officer Honored

Air Mobility Command Vice Commander Lt. Gen. Christopher A. Kelly presents the AMC Reserve Component Intelligence Officer of the Year award to Capt. Angela Chatmon in a ceremony June 22 at Scott AFB, Ill.

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Intel Support

Senior Airman Kin Ma provides intelligence support during a training exercise at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., in early March. Airman Ma and his fellow Airmen in the 931st Air Refueling Group Directorate were recently named Air Mobility Command Outstanding Air Reserve Component Intelligence Unit of the Year for 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Connor Burkhard)

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Intrust Enlistment

Colonel Mark S. Larson, 931st Air Refueling Group Commander, delivers the oath of enlistment during a swearing in ceremony of the first period intermission at the Wichita Thunder hockey game at Intrust Bank Arena, Dec. 7. Six future 931st ARG members enlisted during the ceremony. (Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Brannen Parrish)

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Janssen

Tech. Sgt. Joel Janssen, 931st AMXS, and Danny Johnson pose for a photograph in August. Johnson visited Janssen at McConnell Air Force Base to thank him for assisting him after his lawn mower stalled in a field in Rose Hill, Kansas. (Courtesy photo)

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January Newcomers

The 931st Air Refueling Group welcomed the following newcomers during the January unit training assembly, Jan. 25, 2014. First row, left to right: Airman Basic Haley Domingos, Staff Sgt. Michelle Holland, Airman 1st Class Devon Kester, Airman Devin Gardner and Staff Sgt. Lauren Hemphill. Back row, left to right: Airmen 1st Class Brennan Walter and Cody Arroyo, Senior Aimran Jacob Rash and Airman 1st Class Timothy Richard.

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January newcomers

The 931st Air Refueling Group welcomed seven new members to the group during the January UTA. Pictured are, back row, left to right, Senior Airman Justin McKinney, Airman Jeremy Abplanalp, and Staff Sgt. Christopher Griffin. Front row, left to right, are Master Sgt. Dana McElroth, Airman 1st Class Alfred Sullivan, Airman 1st Class Sergio Devara-Najera, and Airman 1st Class Abra Burnett. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Zach Anderson)

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JB Charleston aircraft hits four millionth flight hour for C-17

An Airman from the 791st Airlift Squadron adjusts his harness on a C-17 Globemaster III above North Field North, S.C., Jan. 15, 2021. Joint Base Charleston hosted and executed a ceremonial flight of the C-17 to celebrate the airframe’s four-millionth flying hour. The event was a celebration of the accomplishment and a thank you to Airmen, industry partners and community leaders who made this possible.

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Jenks JROTC visit, December 2009

JROTC cadets from Jenks High School near Tulsa, Okla., visited McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., and took a tour of a KC-135 Stratotanker Saturday. Senior Master Sgt. Eric Peel (on far left) and Tech. Sgt. Glen Pearson (far right), both Reservists assigned to the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, led the tour. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Jenks JROTC visit, December 2009

JROTC cadet Maj. Matt Bradford listens through the rear of KC-135 Stratotanker engine and, in his other ear, the banter of fellow cadet Pfc. Zach McIntyre during a visit to McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Airmen from the 931st Air Refueling Group hosted a tour of the tanker for their JROTC unit from Jenks High School near Tulsa, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Jenks JROTC visit, December 2009

JROTC cadet Master Sgt. Michael Mix, an aspiring pilot, checks out the cockpit of a KC-135 Stratotanker at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Airmen from the 931st Air Refueling Group led a tour of the tanker Saturday for his JROTC unit from Jenks High School near Tulsa, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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Jenks JROTC visit, December 2009

JROTC cadets Airman Kevin Gatewood (on left) and Cadet Airman Jace Sellman get a close-up look at the boom pod of a KC-135 Stratotanker at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Airmen from the 931st Air Refueling Group hosted a tour of the tanker Saturday for their JROTC unit at Jenks High School near Tulsa, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jason Schaap)

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