190th ARW bids farewell to vice commander

Ret. Col. Chris Turner, former 190th Air Refueling Wing vice commander, celebrated his retirement ceremony Jan. 7, 2017, in the Operations Group Engine Shop with family, friends and fellow coyotes.Turner is an enthusiastic, energetic and motivational leader, according to those who spoke during the

KC Royals support Ryan's Race

Ryan Ramshaw, 190th Comptroller Flight accounting technician, is a life long sports fan. His life, spent surrounded with sports memorabilia and hours upon hours of baseball practices, was dedicated to the game. He's been a supporter of all area teams, but none compare to his admiration for the

Command Chief to mentor selected Airmen

Opportunity is knocking for the Airmen at Forbes Field. A new mentorship program is scheduled to begin this September. The Junior Enlisted Mentorship Program is a program that provides Senior Airmen and below an opportunity to shadow the Wing Command Chief for a day.According to Senior Master Sgt.

Families welcome home Airmen from Qatar deployment

Coyotes provide health care at Tropic Care 2016

Airmen from the 190th Air Refueling Wing provided free vision, medical and dental care to the communities of Kauai as part of Tropic Care 2016 from June 20-29 on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines all worked together to yield aid from five separate clinics across the

Air Force introduces new combat AFSC

Air Force senior leaders have released details of the service's plan to announce a new Air Force Specialty Code, combat barista, beginning in April 2016."Alertness levels have been below required sustainment for quite some time," said Brig. Gen. Dee Kaff, Air Force director of operations. "We all

The wonderful thing about Tigger

Senior Airman Taylor Wheeler, 190th fuels system journeyman, stood tall and proud in front of her colleagues. As Major General Lee Tafanelli, Kansas Adjutant General, approached Wheeler to bestow an award, her admiring dog Tigger slowly inched his  way in between the two.Tigger could sense his

Comptroller Flight Mudders

73rd CST keeps the US Open safe

Not many careers in the National Guard get to work for and support national and even world-wide broadcast events, but the 73rd Civil Support Team is the exception.Members from the unit participated as colleagues at the 2015 U.S. Open this summer, where they supported the New York Police Department's

Frantz takes command

Col. Jarrod Frantz is the new commander of the 190th Air Refueling Wing. He assumed command during a ceremony during the April Unit Training Assembly.Frantz was born and raised in the Topeka area and enlisted in the 190th ARW in August 1985, serving as a crew chief in the 190th Consolidated Aircraft