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    Financial Counselor ready to aid 185th ARW

    Gary Swalve has hopes of helping eliminating debt for service members and will enjoy doing so as the new Personal Financial Counselor for the Iowa National Guard in Northwest Iowa.
  • Iowa

    Goodin stops at 185th from recent deployment

    (SB) – Returning to his roots after a two year absence was U.S. Air Force Captain Justin Goodin, the son of Jim and Julie Goodin of Dakota Dunes, SD. The 2006 graduate of Westwood High School, and 2010 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Justin completed his flight training at Vance AFB, OK.Flying an AC-130W aircraft with the 16th Special
  • Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David L. Goldfein presents Mrs. Doris Day the brigadier general rank of her deceased husband, retired Col. George E. "Bud" Day, during the 2018 Heritage to Horizons summer concert in Arlington, Va., June 8, 2018. The stars were originally Goldfein's when he was a brigadier general. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wayne A. Clark)

    Col George Day advanced to the rank of brigadier general

    Medal of Honor recipient Col. George “Bud” Day was posthumously advanced to the rank of brigadier general during a Heritage to Horizons summer concert series at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, June 8, 2018.
  • German transfer

    German officer visits 185th ARW

    A German officer is visiting the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa this week as a participant of a military exchange program.
  • Construction

    Consolidated support building makes progress

    Construction crews are making progress on the consolidated support building at the 185th Air Refueling Wing The building will house the unit’s clinic, food services, communications and public affairs.
  • Chief Rex Mueller was awarded the Patriotic Award from ESGR for his support of his officers who are in the Iowa Air National Guard.

    Sioux City police chief awarded Patriotic Award

    Members of the 185th ARW who also are officers with the Sioux City Police Department recognized the police department's support of Guard members.
  • Members of the Iowa air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing were welcomed home by family and friends on April 25, 2018 at the Sioux City Air National Guard Base. Most of the returning members are assigned to the 133rd Test Squadron which is based in Fort Dodge, Iowa. While deployed, the 133rd Test Squadron were assigned to command and control duties in Central Command. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Capt. Jeremy J. McClure/Released)

    Iowa ANG 133rd Test Squadron Airman return home

    Members of the Iowa National Guard’s 133rd Test Squadron from Fort Dodge, Iowa returned home on Wednesday April 25, 2018 following a six month deployment to the Middle East. The Airman returned to Sioux City on a commercial flight late in the evening on the 25th where they were met by family members and well-wishers in the unit’s main aircraft hangar.
  • Lt. Jeremy Swier presented a Patriotic Employer award to Mr. Gary Schaap

    Patriot Award given to Ameriprise Financial

    Lt. Jeremy Swier, present a “Patriotic Employer” award to Mr. Gary Schaap of Ameriprise Financial in Beresford, S.D. on March 15, 2018.
  • AB Eric Jeronimo and SSgt. Jessie Motley, 185 Air Refueling Wing, Force Support Squadron, Sioux City, Iowa, sport bunny costumes while helping the younger children color Easter eggs at the Spring Fling, at the Sergeant Bluff middle school on Saturday, 3 March, 2018. The Spring Fling is a morale building event hosted by the 185th ARW Bats Family Club. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Bill Wiseman/Released)

    Spring Fling

    --Sioux City, Iowa The 185th Bats Family Club, a support group for the 185 Air Refueling Wing, Sioux City, Iowa, sponsored its first annual Spring Fling event at the Sergeant Bluff middle school on Saturday, 3 March 2018. At the event, open to the families of unit members, each child was given a gift bag filled with treats upon entering the event along with free hotdogs, chips and a drink. The children had fun playing board games, watching movies, and playing basketball in the gym. With all of these options to enjoy the Easter egg decorating seemed to top the list followed closely by having hopping races with the “Easter Bunny”.
  • Exercise Sentry Aloha 18-1 held at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, ended Jan 24. 2018. The exercise which takes place several times a year is hosted by the Hawaii Air National Guard which is the Air Force’s largest ANG wing.

    Sentry Aloha 18-1 comes to an end

    Exercise Sentry Aloha 18-1 held at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, ended Jan 24. 2018. The exercise which takes place several times a year is hosted by the Hawaii Air National Guard which is the Air Force’s largest ANG wing.
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