22 Jan 2018

185th TAC FTR GP is MOBILIZED

Colonel Donald Forney briefs his men at mustering-in ceremonies as the men report for active duty with the United States Air Force.

17 Nov 2017

2017 Airman of the year

The 185th Air Refueling Wing announced their selectees for the 2017 Airman of the year for the Wing.

17 Sep 2017

Cadets get a taste of Guard life

39 cadets from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado are visiting the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa and the 132nd Wing in Des Moines, Iowa, September 15, 16 and 17, 2017.

25 Aug 2017

Iowa Air Guard’s 185th ARW receives 1st block 45 aircraft equipped with major avionics upgrade

The Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa received its first KC-135 aircraft converted with the newest digital avionics cockpit instruments known as the Block 45 upgrade on Friday. The instrument panel replacement modification replaces most of the remaining analog gages in the cockpit of the aging KC-135 with new

6 Aug 2017

Iowa Air Guard’s 185th ARW to deploy nearly 300 Airman

This fall nearly 300 members of the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing are scheduled to depart Sioux City, for what will be one of the largest deployments in recent history of the unit. As part of the pre-deployment activities, during the August 2017 training weekend, deploying unit members and their families attended a Yellow Ribbon reintegration event on the campus of Western Iowa Technical Community College in Sioux City, Iowa.

2 Aug 2017

146 New Airmen Enlisted

• This article originally appeared in the Iowa National Guard Hawkeye Newsletter in August of 1965. Author unknown.

10 Jul 2017

185th Airmen join other units to test their ability to respond to disaster

A tsunami is typically not a natural disaster that Iowa based Air National Guard Airmen with the 185th Air Refueling Wing would think about having to deal with. But that is the scenario that 35 Airmen from the unit’s medical group found themselves dealing with during their participation in Oregon’s Pathfinder-Minuteman exercise June 24th to the 26th at Camp Rilea, Oregon. The event had 180 participants from the Air and Army Guard units from the region as well as civilian volunteers with experience in medicine and search and rescue.

16 Jun 2017

Nebraska Civil Air Patrol visits 185th ARW

Members of the Nebraska Wing of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) got to witness an in-flight refueling up close during a visit to the Iowa Air National Guard’s, 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa, Thursday to learn more about the Air Force, Air National Guard and the 185th ARW mission.

15 Jun 2017

Real-life Wonder Women of the 185th

Real-life Wonder Women are easy to find serving with the Iowa National Guard's 185th Air Refueling Wing.

13 Jun 2017

Community welcomed during 185th ARW open house

The Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing held an open house event for the community in Sioux City Iowa, June 10, 2017. Members of the community viewed static displays of U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army aircraft, enjoyed food and drinks from vendors and had a chance to participate in a 5k run on the runway.According to Lt. Col. Eric