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Machining with a machine

Staff Sgt. Charles King, metals technologist, 931st Maintenance Squadron, uses a remote to move the table of a computer numerical control, after machining a corner brace for an aircraft galley. The Metals Technology section is comprised of a Total Force Iniative staff of 16 active duty airmen from the 22nd Maintenance Squadron, one Air Reserve Technician and two Reservists from the 931st Maintenance Squadron. The CNC can be programmed to machine parts or equipment. (Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brannen Parrish)

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Staff Sgt. Bryan Tyler, 22nd Maintenance Squadron, uses an an ultrasonic transducer to search for defects in the bulkhead of a KC-135 Stratotanker. (Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brannen Parrish)

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Staff Sgt. Amanda Mitchell, 931st Maintenance Squadron, uses an eddy current probe to search for surface and near-surface cracks on the bulkhead of a KC-135 Stratotanker. (Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brannen Parrish)

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Staff Sgt. Amanda Mitchell, 931st Maintenance Squadron, calibrates an eddy current probe prior to inspecting a KC-135 Stratotanker's bulkhead for cracks while Staff Sgt. Bryan Tyler, 22nd Maintenance Squadron, calibrates an ultrasonic transducer prior to testing for subsurface defects. (Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brannen Parrish)

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Tech. Sgt. Mark Teusch, NCOIC, Nondestructive Inspections, 22nd Maintenance Squadron, uses a blacklight to find cracks in an aircraft part. (Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Armondo Schwier-Morales)

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Passing of the torch

Lt. Col. Frank Ellis, 18th Air Refueling Squadron, swears in three new 18th ARS members (left to right) Capt. Charles Hein, Capt. Will Watson and Capt. Adam Wear, March 4. The captains are former active duty Air Force officers who recently transferred to the Air Force Reserve. Ellis, who commissioned in 1996 is the longest serving aircrew member in the 18th ARS. (Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Tsuyoshi Tung)

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Telling the Air Force Reserve story

Col. William H. Mason, commander of the 931st Air Refueling Group, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., speaks at a luncheon hosted by the Wichita Rotary Club in downtown Wichita, March 5, 2012. Mason presented those in attendence with a unit mission brief that explained the Air Force Reserve and discussed the important role the 931st plays in the mission at McConnell. Mason also answered several questions from the audience about the 931st and the Air Force Reserve. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Zach Anderson)

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MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Maj. Jon Pece, 18th Air Refueling Group, loads M-9 ammunition into a magazine in preparation for firing during M-9 pistol qualification course held during the March Unit Training Assembly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staf

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Maj. Jon Pece, 18th Air Refueling Group, loads M-9 ammunition into a magazine in preparation for firing during M-9 pistol qualification course, March 4. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Carrie Peasinger)

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MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Senior Master Sgt. John Wallman, 931st Air Refueling Group, participates in M-9 pistol qualifications course along with other members of the 931st held during the March Unit Training Assembly. (U.S. Air Force photo by S

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Senior Master Sgt. John Wallman, 931st Air Refueling Group, and members of the 931st ARG practice trigger control during the M-9 pistol qualifications course, March 4th. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Carrie Peasinger)

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The eagle has landed

Col. Donald Robison, 931st Air Refueling Group Deputy Commander for Maintenance, receives eagle insignia from his wife, Sarah Robison and Col. William H. Mason, Commander, 931st ARG, during a promotion ceremony March 3. Robison is responsible for more than 400 maintainers and support staff assigned to the 931st ARG. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Brannen Parrish)

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Deputy Commander

Col. Paul R. Wietbrock is the deputy commander of the 931st Air Refueling Group, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan.

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Metal manipulation

Senior Airman Emilie Owen, aircraft structures specialist, 931st Maintenance Squadron, uses a cornice brake to bend a steel gusset for an aircraft galley. The gusset is a type of bracket that secures two aluminum sides of the galley. After the steel is bent to create the gusset, it will be cut and sanded into the proper shape. (Official photo by Tech. Sgt. Brannen Parrish)

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Bending to my will

Senior Airman Emilie Owen, aircraft structures specialist, 931st Maintenance Squadron, uses a cornice brake to bend a steel gusset for an aircraft galley. The gusset is a type of bracket that secures two aluminum sides of the galley. After the steel is bent to create the gusset, it will be cut and sanded into the proper shape. (Official photo by Tech. Sgt. Brannen Parrish)

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NCOA Graduation

Tech. Sgt. John McIlvoy accepts a plaque honoring him as a Distinguished Graduate of the Paul H. Lankford Noncommissioned Officer Academy at McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn., Feb. 17, 2012.

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NCOA Graduation

Tech. Sgt. John McIlvoy and Tech. Sgt. Brannen Parrish, both of the 931st Air Refueling Group, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., graduated from the Paul H. Lankford Noncommissioned Officer Academy at McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn., Feb. 17, 2012.

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Derby JROTC

Retired Air Force Col. Michael Dillard, senior aerospace science instructor at Derby High School, presents an Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cap to Col. William H. Mason, commander of the 931st Air Refueling Group, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., Feb. 08, 2012. Mason gave the Derby JROTC cadets a unit mission brief and discussed the important role the 931st and the Air Force Reserve play at McConnell and in operations around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Zach Anderson)

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The tale of the tape

Juli Phelps, an excercise physiologist from Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., demonstrates how to use a tape measure on Airman 1st Class Shirell Cummings, 931st Security Forces Squadron, to measure waist circumference during a physical training leader certification class at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., Feb. 4, 2012. Phelps visited McConnell during the February Unit Training Assembly to assist in training 931st Air Refueling Group physical training leaders on proper methods for administering the Air Force fitness test. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Zach Anderson)

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Newcomers

The 931st Air Refueling Group, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., welcomed six new members during the February Unit Training Assembly. New members are, back row, left to right, Maj. Jonathan Sullivan, Airman 1st Class Shelby Stewart, and Staff Sgt. Gabe Miller. Front row, left to right, are Airman Mitchell Chandler, Airman 1st Class Cameron Nevels, and Tech. Sgt. Joshua Mercer. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Zach Anderson)

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McConnell Media Day

Daniel McCoy, a reporter with the Wichita Business Journal, looks on as Staff Sgt. Tom Wicks, a refueling boom operator assigned to the 18th Air Refueling Squadron, 931st Air Refueling Group, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., flies the boom during a McConnell Air Force Base media day orientation flight, Jan. 24, 2012. The media day flights featured aircrews made up of members of both the active duty 22nd Air Refueling Wing and the Reserve 931st Air Refueling Group. Media members on the flights were able to observe the air refueling of both a KC-135 Stratotanker and a B-52 Stratofortress. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Zach Anderson)

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