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  • Dynamic and Versatile

    With their distinctive berets, they are they first people you encounter coming onto base. They are the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) Security Forces Squadron (SFS). Tasked with protecting the personnel and resources of the 185th ARW, Security Forces also prepare for every contingency. "We mainly do

  • 185th Volunteers Help with the Santa House

    The Santa House in downtown Sioux City is in its 21st season as part of the Downtown Sioux City Holiday Lighting Ceremony, and members of the 185th Air Refueling Wing and their family once again volunteered their hours for the worthy cause. Over the past few years, members of the 185th volunteered

  • KC-135R to Receive Upgrades to Communication and Navigation Systems

    Pilots and maintainers from the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) in Sioux City, Iowa are preparing for an upgrade to the KC-135R Stratotanker. The unit expects to accept their first upgraded refueler on January 19, 2010.According to Operations Officer Lt. Col. James Walker, this upgrade will improve

  • New Recruits get a "Taste of Basic"

    As new recruits enter the Air National Guard (ANG), many experience anxiety and uncertainty about what to expect during Basic Military Training and Tech School. To deal with these anxieties, Master Sgt. Thomas Fennel, Tech. Sgt. Carl Laws and the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) in Sioux City, IA have

  • 185th Air Refueling Wing Has a Ball

    On November 7, 2009, approximately 400 members of the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) and guests attended the Military Ball held at the Marina Inn Conference Center in Sioux Sioux City, NE. Col. John Mansfield (ret.) was the guest speaker for this year's Military Ball. Mansfield graduated from Sioux

  • New Facility Available For Critical Fire Training

    Using axes and pry bars, members of the 185th ARW Fire Department forced open the door to find a darkened room full of smoke. Water rained down from a sprinkler head covering everything and everyone with water. Firefighters from the 185th pushed their way into the room and with every member working

  • 185th ARW Members Run in the 7th Annual Siouxland Lewis and Clark Marathon

    Fifty Airmen laced up their running shoes and raced in the Seventh Annual Siouxland Lewis and Clark Marathon in Sioux City, Iowa. Airmen from the 185th Air Refueling Wing, sporting custom designed "Team 185th" t-shirts, participated in a full-marathon, half-marathon and five-person relay marathon

  • Teens Wild About 2009 ANG Summit

    Jekyll Island, Georgia is a long way from the rolling plains of Mid-West. For several Siouxland teens it seems a world away. Jessica Mars an eleventh grader at Maurice Orange City-Floyd Valley School in Orange City, Iowa, said, "I have never been to the ocean before, when I first saw it I ran

  • 185th Helping to Save Lives With Marrow Donor Program

    Members of the 185th ARW participated in a Bone Marrow Registry Drive during the September Unit Training Assembley (UTA). After completing some brief paper work, members swabbed the inside of their check to provide a sample to be tested and typed. The samples will be added to a national registry of

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