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(Left to right) Tech. Sgt. Daniel Wehrly, 931st Maintenance Squadron Technology craftsman, poses with his friend, Thomas Becker, at the top of Mount Everest, May 23, 2019. Wehrly, a Traditional Reservist, started the summit with two friends and a team of seven local Sherpas to assist them. The two-month journey began as a personal challenge for Wehrly, an active climber who had already scaled a number of mountains in the U.S.


McConnell Reservist summits Mount Everest

(Left to right) Tech. Sgt. Daniel Wehrly, 931st Maintenance Squadron Technology craftsman, poses with his friend, Thomas Becker, at the top of Mount Everest, May 23, 2019. Wehrly, a Traditional Reservist, started the summit with two friends and a team of seven local Sherpas to assist them. The two-month journey began as a personal challenge for Wehrly, an active climber who had already scaled a number of mountains in the U.S. (Courtesy photo)

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A KC-46A Pegasus piloted by members or 905th Air Refueling Squadron lands on the fligthline Oct. 3, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. This was the inaugural 905th ARS flight at McConnell. The 905th ARS is one of three Reserve air refueling squadrons here. The squadron reactivated at McConnell after a ten-year hiatus in May 2019.
Lt. Col. Glenn Clark, 905th ARS director of operations and KC-46A Pegasus pilot, performs aerial refueling Oct. 3, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Glenn was co-pilot during the inaugural flight for the 905th ARS. The 905th ARS reactivated at McConnell in May 2019. The 905 ARS was the first Air Force flying unit to be assigned to Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D, and it received its first KC-135 Stratotanker in 1960. The unit stayed at Grand Forks until it deactivated in 2010.
Lt.. Col. Eric Rivero, 905th Air Refueling Squadron commander, and Lt.. Col. Glenn Clark, 905th ARS director of operations, step out of a KC-46A Pegasus after their squadron’s inaugural flight Oct. 3, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The 905th ARS is one of three Reserve air refueling squadrons here. The squadron reactivated at McConnell after a ten-year hiatus in May 2019
A KC-46A Pegasus piloted by members of the 905th Air Refueling Squadron lands on the fligthline Oct. 3, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. This was the inaugural 905th ARS flight at McConnell. The 905th ARS is one of three Reserve air refueling squadrons here. The squadron reactivated at McConnell after a ten-year hiatus in May 2019.
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A sling attached to a spreader bar hovers over a KC-46A Pegasus as part of a Crashed, Damaged or Disabled Aircraft Recovery exercise Sept. 17, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The week-long exercise included 15 Airmen from the 22nd and 931st Maintenance Squadrons. This was the first time this type of training was performed with the KC-46.
Senior Master Sgt. Gregory Mitchell, 931st Maintenance Squadron Repair and Reclamation Section chief, directs a “cherry picker” crane as part of a KC-46 Pegasus Crashed, Damaged or Disabled Aircraft Recovery exercise Sept. 17, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. This was the first time a CDDAR was performed with the KC-46.
Tech. Sgt. Kyle Kozik, 931st Mainteance Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker Repair and Reclamation craftsman, operates a crane to simulate a nose lift on a KC-46 Pegasus Sept. 17, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The exercise took place at Hangar 1126, and included a simulation of a collapsed nose landing gear of a KC-46 aircraft for the joint Crashed, Damaged or Disabled Aircraft Recovery, or CDDAR, program.
Tech. Sgt. Tommy James, 22nd Maintenance Squadron KC-46A Pegasus Repair and Reclamation craftsman, and Crashed, Damaged or Disabled Aircraft Recovery NCOIC, checks the lift bag for proper inflation and stability Sept. 17, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The training was part of a week-long CDDAR exercise that involved 15 members from the 22nd and 931st Maintenance Squadrons. The lifting bags are placed on top of a makeshift platfrom of railroad ties and plywood sheets, and under the wing of damaged aircraft secure it prior to beginning maintenance repairs
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