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  • 185th host’s career day

    Sioux City area high school Juniors and Seniors were invited to visit the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) in Sioux City, Iowa as part of a "Career Day" hosted by the National Guard wing here, on September 25, 2014.Students from Bishop Heelan, Sioux City North, East and West along with Sergeant Bluff

  • Hunter Safety

    Senior Master Sgt. Rick Irwin, 185 Air Refueling Wing, instructed 13 local children during their Hunter Safety Field day at the base in Sioux City, Iowa on October 4, 2013.Irwin, the senior non-commissioned officer in the wing safety office and a certified hunter education instructor, led the class

  • Iowa Guard members build “Strong Bonds” during weekend retreat

    Twenty couples affiliated with the Iowa Air National Guard attended a marriage retreat held at the Marriott Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska over the weekend. Iowa Air National Guard Chaplains from the185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City and Fort Dodge along with their counterparts from the132nd Fighter

  • 185th Airmen Shoot Past the Competition At Marksmanship Match

    Two Airmen with the 185th Air Refueling Wing's Security Forces Squadron won top honors in the Novice category at the MAC-V Regional Marksmanship Match held in Hastings, Nebraska on August 21 to 23, 2014. Staff Sgt. Micah Larson won 1st place in the Novice Pistol and Rifle categories and Tech. Sgt.

  • Airman/Triathlete conquers more than Ironman

    Early on a particularly cool summer morning in Iowa, a few swimmers begin to emerge from West Lake Okoboji leaving hundreds of others in their wake. The competitors are making their way to the bicycle transition area for the second leg of the 2014 University of Okoboji Triathlon.  A small crowd of

  • Guard Kids "Hunt the Good Stuff" at Iowa Youth Symposium

    Forty-eight Iowa Air and Army National Guard youth came from all over the state for a week long Military Youth Symposium at Camp Foster in Spirit Lake, Iowa. The conference was held during the week of August 3 through 9, 2014. This is the first year the camp has been available for the Air National

  • Air Force cycling team celebrates 20th 'RAGBRAI'

    This week is the 20th summer the Air Force cycling team has been riding across Iowa as part of the Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa bicycling event held in the state each July.  The Air Force team has grown to more than 100 active-duty Air Force, Reserve, National Guard, and Air

  • 185th ARW and Home Base Iowa team up for Military Job Fair

    34 area businesses and staffing agencies came to the Military Job Fair at the Air National Guard base in Sioux City, IA this week with a mission of their own; to hire as many military veterans as they can. Air Refueling Wing family programs office and Iowa Works of Greater Siouxland organized the

  • Ascherl Earns Air Guard "Youth of the Year"

    The 2014 Air National Guard Youth of the Year representing the 185 Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard, was recognized by ANG Manpower, Personnel and Services Director at the Air National Guard Readiness Center.Caroline Ascherl, daughter of Lt. Col. Joe Ascherl and Donna Ascherl, was

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