Rodeo Ready Published July 17, 2009 MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- KC-135 Stratotanker air crews from the 931st Air Refueling Wing and the 22nd Air Refueling Wing made final preparations here Friday before leaving for Air Mobility Command Rodeo 2009, a world-wide readiness competition at McChord AFB, Wash. Reservists from the 931st and active-duty Airmen from the 22nd are scheduled to compete as total-force team representing McConnell AFB for the first time. Seven members of the 17-man team are Reservists, including a KC-135 pilot, boom operator and five maintenance personnel. The team was scheduled to leave for McChord AFB Saturday and return to McConnell on July 25. Rodeo was to begin Sunday. The biennial competition tests the many moving parts of military airlift and refueling capabilities. It includes maintenance, aircrew, aerial port, security forces, aeromedical evacuation and physical fitness competitions. More than 100 teams and 2,500 people from the Air Force, and Air Force Reserve, as well as allied nations, are expected to participate. The last Rodeo competition took place in July 2007 at McChord AFB. Read More Click here for the Air Mobility Command Rodeo fact sheet.