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  • Puerto Rico No Vacation For Medical Group

    Car accidents, gunshot wounds, broken bones, stab wounds... these are all things the members of the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) Medical Group don't generally experience on drill weekends. During a recent trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico, however, 32 members of the Medical Group saw it all. Centro

  • Forward Deployed Airman

    SSgt Kimberly Heberer was excited for her 120 day deployment to Bagram, Afghanistan. As an experienced medical laboratory technician, she was set to be part of an Air Force team working in the Medical Facility. On her second day of work, her deployment was drastically changed due to her experience

  • TMO, Ready to go!

    "TMO, Ready to go!" That's the motto of the 185th Traffic Management Office (TMO) according to Senior Airman Patricia Wise, a Packing and Crating Assistant with the 185th TMO. The TMO Flight, headed by Chief Master Sgt. Bob Edwards, is composed of outstanding individuals whose mission is to ensure

  • Winter Blast

    The Winter Blast has become a mainstay at the 185th giving unit members and their families a break from the cold weather and an opportunity to have some fun with other families and friends of 185th members. The event has been held at the Long Lines Center in downtown Sioux City during the month of

  • Diocesan priest becomes chaplain at 185th

    Raising his right hand and repeating an oath Father Will Vit was sworn in as a chaplain, Jan. 30, at the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City. "I, William James Vit, Jr. do solemnly swear," repeated Father Vit, "that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the

  • 185th Air Refueling Wing Security Forces Returns Home

    Six months, 186 days. That's the length of time 32 members of the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) Security Forces Squadron spent securing the base at Eskan Village, Saudi Arabia. Six months may not seem like a lot of time to some, but when you're away from family and friends and the comforts of home,

  • Ragbrai Riders Wanted

    Since 1972 the Des Moines Register has sponsored what has become the largest organized bicycle ride in the world. RAGBRAI (Registers annual great ride across Iowa). Bike Air National Guard, or "BANG", is a cycling club that has participated in Ragbrai since 1987. The club has members from the 185th

  • Air Guard Goes Green

    President Theodore Roosevelt once said, "To exist as a nation, to prosper as a state, and to live as a people, we must have trees." Lieutenant Cornel Neil Stockfleth with the 185th Air Refueling Wing civil engineering must have taken him at his word because he was happy to have the chance to plant

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