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  • Iowa ADT discovers complexity of Kunar agriculture at demo farm

    The Iowa National Guard's 734th Agri-Business Development Team got some lessons in the complexity of Afghanistan's agriculture and governance when its members paid a visit to a demonstration and experimental farm near Asad Abad Sept. 21. The agricultural experts of the ADT found the Salar Bagh

  • Rain and Cold Does Not Stop the 185th ARW or the Race for Hope

    Despite the cold and the rain, over 200 members and family of the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) joined hundreds of racers to participate in the 14th Annual June E. Nylen Race for Hope this Saturday at Maude Adam's Nature Preserve in North Sioux City, S.D. While the trails on the Adam's Nature

  • Dedication to AbilityOne Program Makes 185th Airman a Champion

    There are some people who truly define the word "advocate". Senior Master Sgt. Vicky Williams is one of those people. Since 2007, when she first brought the AbilityOne Program on base at the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard, she has continually searched for other AbilityOne

  • 185th Air Refueling Wing Leads the Way in Race for Hope

    The cool fog from the Missouri River slowly dissipates into the warm summer air as Airmen from the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) in Sioux City, Iowa prepare for their physical fitness test. While the fitness test challenges the Airmen to push themselves harder, many of them are training for

  • 185th Air Refueling Wing Practices Operational Readiness in Wisconsin

    Over 500 men and women and four KC-135s from the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) in Sioux City, Iowa returned Saturday morning from an operational readiness exercise in Volk Field, Wis.This two-day exercise put Airmen through a variety of war-related scenarios to see how they might deploy quickly,

  • First Annual Guidon Relay Race Brings Out Wing Pride

    Part of learning how to fight as a team is learning how to play as a team. Members of the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) deployed to Volk Field, Wis. participated in a Guidon Relay Race that pitted squadron against squadron.Nine teams consisting of eight member s signed up for the race. Each member

  • Retired 185th Member Receives Prestigious "Extra Mile" Award

    Col. Larry Harrington, a retired member of the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) was presented the Extra Mile award at the Annual National Volunteer Workshop and Youth Symposium, Aug. 1, 2010, in New Orleans, La. The Extra Mile award is presented to retirees who distinguish themselves with exceptional

  • U.S. Air Force Cycling Team Rides Across Iowa

    Over 160 men and women of the United States Air Force joined thousands of bicyclists for the Des Moines (Iowa) Register's 38th Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, better known by the cyclists as RAGBRAI.The Air Force Cycling Team (AFCT), under the leadership of Air Force Lt. Col. Joseph "Mad Max"

  • Iowa National Guard Leaders Send-Off Agri-Business Development Team

    The Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard, Brig. Gen. Timothy Orr, traveled to Camp Atterbury, Ind., to send-off the 734th Agri-Business Development Team shortly before the ADT deploys to Afghanistan's Kunar Province. Orr didn't come alone. Joining him were Col. Mike Schlorholtz, Commander of

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