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  • 185th Names 2019 Airman of the Year

    185th Air Refueling Wing announced the recipients of Airman of the year for 2019. Airman 1st Class Hannah Christensen, Technical Sgt. Kiel Hamann, Master Sgt. Christine Groves, Master Sgt. Lori Noltze and Airman Jeremiah Jager all received honors.

  • 185th Air Refueling Wing Maintenance Group Awards

    Members of the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing maintenance group recently returned from deployments to Andersen Air Force base, Guam and Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, with 54 total earned Air Force Achievement and Commendation medals.

  • Have you checked on your Wingman today?

    United States Air Force Chief of Staff General David Goldfein ordered a “Resilience Tactical Pause” to be completed by every unit in the Air Force prior to the end of 2019. The 185th ARW will be conducting their Resilience Tactical Pause during the November training weekend. 185th ARW Wing

  • Samenus selected as 185th Vice Commander

    The 185th Air Refueling Wing announced today that Colonel Stephanie Samenus has been selected as the new Vice Wing Commander of the Sioux City, Iowa based Air Guard unit.

  • 185th kicks off ISU football game with flyover

    The Iowa Air National Guard's 185th Air Refueling Wing conducted a flyover of Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa before the start of the Iowa State University vs. Oklahoma State University football game on Oct. 26.

  • Paint Facility completes Dutch F-16

    A Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 attached to the 162nd Fighter Wing of the Arizona Air National Guard with a fresh coat of paint on the ramp at the Air National Guard paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa on October 25, 2019. The paint scheme has some subtle differences from the American version of

  • Chili cook off decides best of

    Technical Sgt. Chase Gill, 185th Air Refueling Wing supply, clowns for the camera with a bowl of “Team Supply” chili at the base dining facility on October 23, 2019. Each year the Iowa Air National Guard unit holds an annual chili cook off where teams compete for honors as part of the annual fund

  • Iowa Adjutant General makes inaugural visit to Sioux City’s 185th

    Maj. Gen. Ben Corell, the Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard talks with members of the 185th Air Refueling Wing in the unit’s dining facility in Sioux City, Iowa on October 23, 2019. This is Corell’s first visit to the Sioux City, Iowa based Air National Guard unit as the adjutant general

  • Mast retires 30 years to the day of enlistment

    Chief Master Sgt. Al Mast, KC-135 Boom Operator with Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing flew his final flight on October 18, 2019 at the Sioux City, Iowa based Air Guard unit. Mast is retiring from the Air Guard after serving 30 years. Mast said he originally enlisted on October 18,

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