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.

4 Jan 2018

185th earns 9th Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

In December 2017 the 185th Air Refueling Wing from Sioux City, Iowa was informed that it was awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for exceptionally meritorious service. The evaluation period for this award was from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2016. This is the 9th time in the unit’s history it has earned the award.

15 Dec 2017

Care packages plus cash add up to Christmas miracle for deployed Airmen

Care packages at the 185th Air Refueling Wing are mailed to deployed members of Sioux City, Iowa based Air National Guard unit. Care packages were packed by the Le Mars, Iowa High School Student Council and employees of the Premiere Bank Card Agency located in Dakota Dunes, S.D. Money for shipping was donated by Northwest Area Education Agency in Sioux City, Iowa.

21 Nov 2017

Guardsmen return

Members of the Iowa Air Guard’s 132nd Wing from Des Moines, Iowa returned to the Sioux City on Tuesday November 21, 2017. The guardsmen have been in Puerto Rico where they were providing support for the Hurricane Maria security mission.

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.

14 Nov 2017

Iowa Air Guard announces ground breaking for new composite support facility

The Iowa Air National Guard will have a ground breaking in Sioux City on Wednesday November 15, 2017 at 1:00PM.

27 Oct 2017

Iowa Air Guard’s 185th deployments continue

185th unit members continue to deploy as part of their Reserve Component deployment Period.

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.