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  • Dutch F-16s "Go Guard" for New Paint Job

    This week, the painters from the Air National Guard Paint Facility in Sioux City, Iowa rolled out the first of six F-16s from the Royal Netherlands Air Force that will be receiving a new paint job. This job marks the first opportunity the western Iowa based paint facility has had to service

  • 185th Awarded 2011 AF Outstanding Unit Award

    The National Guard Bureau in Washington DC announced that the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) from Sioux City, Iowa has been awarded the 2011 Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for outstanding achievement from November, 2009 to October, 2011. Col. Brian Miller, commander of the 185th ARW said this

  • 185th Look Toward the Future at Annual "Mega-Drill"

    The men and women of the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) met this weekend at Western Iowa Tech Community College (WIT) for the annual "Mega Drill". For the past few years' members of the 185th have been meeting off base to take care of some mandatory annual training and discuss expectations for the

  • Air National Guard Computers Find Life after Service in the Classroom

    SIOUX CITY, Iowa - There are few jobs that no longer require a computer anymore. The 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) is no exception. With hundreds of computers, monitors, printers, and other computer equipment, there is a never ending challenge to keep everything up to date. But, as new equipment

  • US Navy Pilot in the Gulf gets a taste of Iowa home

    United States Navy Lieutenant Thomas De Jong, native of Orange City, nosed his fighter's fuel inlet into the drogue of a KC-135 tanker on over Iraq on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 8, and found himself flying in tandem with a little piece of home.Thanks to De Jong's wingman, he's got photos of the

  • 185th Named Airlift Tanker Outstanding Unit

    The 185th Air Refueling Wing is the recipient of the 2011 Airlift Tanker Association (A/TA) Air National Guard (ANG) Outstanding Unit Awards. A proud member of Iowa's National Guard, the 185th is the newest member to the ANG KC-135 community as they converted from the F-16 in 2003. Led by Wing

  • County Fair Honors Vets

    Moville, IA - The annual Woodbury County Iowa Fair, in Moville, Iowa, hosted Military Appreciation night August 5th, 2011 by holding a "Salute Our Troops Past and Present" event. Anyone who had served in the Armed Forces got in free of charge. The ceremony was kicked off with the Posting of the

  • The 185th Air Refueling Wing deploys to Germany

    Over 40 members of the 185 Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Sioux City, Iowa, and two KC-135 Strato-Tankers deployed to NATO Early Warning & Control Force, E-3A Component, in Geilenkirchen, Germany to provide air refueling training in July. "Our mission here is to provide a training platform for the NATO

  • 185th Continues to Provide Support in Flood Relief Efforts

    While the Missouri river, which runs along the borders of Iowa, South Dakota, and Nebraska, continues to rise, the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) in Sioux City, Iowa, continues to provide support to Iowans, South Dakotans, and Nebraskans.According to the Army Corps of Engineers, the Missouri River

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