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  • The 185th Air Refueling Wing deploys to Germany

    Over 40 members of the 185 Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Sioux City, Iowa, and two KC-135 Strato-Tankers deployed to NATO Early Warning & Control Force, E-3A Component, in Geilenkirchen, Germany to provide air refueling training in July. "Our mission here is to provide a training platform for the NATO

  • 185th Continues to Provide Support in Flood Relief Efforts

    While the Missouri river, which runs along the borders of Iowa, South Dakota, and Nebraska, continues to rise, the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) in Sioux City, Iowa, continues to provide support to Iowans, South Dakotans, and Nebraskans.According to the Army Corps of Engineers, the Missouri River

  • 185th Air Base Serves as Air Operations Center for Flood Relief

    As river levels along the Missouri River continue to increase, a multi-state joint forces team of National Guard members are assisting in the flood relief efforts in the Siouxland area. Col. Bud Day Field, home of the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) in Sioux City, Iowa, is currently serving as the

  • Ambassador praises National Guard

    U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl W. Eikenberry, praised the accomplishments of National Guard Agribusiness Development Teams during a visit here Wednesday."In Afghanistan in general, and in Asadabad right here in particular, they're transforming Afghanistan's agriculture," Eikenberry

  • Guard part of Total Force 'calico' wing supporting worldwide operations

    Airmen serving in the 313th Air Expeditionary Wing at an air base here are from myriad places, but they are "one team."Those Airmen - and the planes they use for air refueling and airlift during Operation Unified Protector - are not only active duty, but also Air National Guard and Air Force

  • Air National Guard supports coalition operations over Libya

    The National Guard is contributing to Operation Odyssey Dawn with 11 air refueling wings supporting the international coalition enforcement of a United Nations authorized no-fly zone, National Guard officials said here today.Aircraft and crews from Alaska, Arizona, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan,

  • Building 250 to Be Demolished

    A few sections of the 185th Air Refueling Wing packed up their offices and moved across the street. The Communications Flight, Public Affairs, and Equal Opportunity moved from Building 250 to Building 235 as part of Siouxland's Harbor Drive Re-alignment project this weekend. The new re-alignment

  • Iowa Air National Guard Trains in Australia During "Sentry Down Under"

    Representatives from the Iowa Air National Guard's two flying wings are in Williamtown New South Wales, Australia for a month long exercise "Sentry Down Under". Over one hundred Airmen from the Des Moines's 132nd Fighter Wing (FW) and Sioux City's 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), as well as seven

  • Retired Fighter Pilot, Radio Host Featured at the 185th ARW Military Ball

    Local talk-radio host and retired Air Force Col. Sam Clovis spoke at the 185th Air Refueling Wing's (ARW) Military Ball Saturday evening at the Marina Inn in South Sioux City, Neb. "I am humbled and so proud by what you do for your country," Clovis said as he addressed the men and women in

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