Wayne Roberts, vice president of Pioneer Balloon in Wichita, Kan., looks out from the boom pod of an in-flight KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Mr. Roberts is also an honorary commander of the 22nd Maintenance Squadron at McConnell. He and other honorary commanders flew with a Reserve aircrew from the 931st Air Refueling Group during an aerial refueling mission in mid-August. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)