Can you hear me now?

Airman 1st Class Mitchell Chandler, an aircrew flight equipment technician assigned to the Air Force Reserve 931st Operations Support Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., uses a Scott tester to check the functionality of an aviation headset, Sept. 25, 2012. Aircrew flight equipment technicians conduct tests on the earphones and communication microphones on the headsets to ensure they are in proper working order for aircrews. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Zach Anderson)

Careers on wheels

Lt. Col. Barry Jones, commander, 931st Operations Support Squadron, Air Force Reserve Command and Lt. Col. Pete Austin, deputy commander, 184th Intelligence Group, Air National Guard, field questions from students about Air Force career opportunities during the Careers on Wheels event at Sunrise Elementary School in Andover, May 9. More than 325 students from five local elementary schools took part in the event. Twenty-three organizations representing a variety of industries and career fields provided presenters who offered insights into their work. (Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brannen Parrish)

931st ARG Family Day Picnic 2009

Tech. Sgt. Chastity Forrest watches her daughter, 4-year-old Reagan, reach the bottom of an inflatable slide at the 931st Air Refueling Group Family Day Picnic on Sept. 13. Sergeant Forrest is assigned to the 931st Operations Support Flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

An 'Honor' to Fly

Jody Baker heads for a closer look at a KC-135 Statotanker engine parked at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on Aug. 15. Baker is the principal of Meadowlark at Prairie Creek Elementary School in Derby, Kan., and the honorary commander of the 931st ARG's Operations Support Flight. She and other honorary commanders of active-duty units at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., were invited to fly with a 931st KC-135 aircrew during an aerial refueling mission on Aug. 15. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

Talking Total Force

Lt. Col. Barry Jones talks to personnel about total-force integration during a commander's call at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on June 15. Jones is the commander of the 931st Operations Support Flight, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Laura Suttles)

Multipoint Refueling

Tech. Sgt. James Yokom monitors the mirrors that allow him to see the operations of a Multipoint Refueling System, the configuration that allows fuel to transfer from KC-135 Stratotankers to aircraft not equipped to accept the KC-135 refueling boom. The system uses refueling lines that extend from KC-135 wing tips and is usually used for U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircraft. Sergeant Yokom is a boom operator assigned to the 931st Operations Support Flight, an Air Force Reserve unit at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Schaap)