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  • Air National Guard is in their blood

    Keeping military planes in the air has become something of a tradition for the Mader family. Last summer, that tradition put all three of the family's Iowa Air National Guard members in the Middle East, near the frontlines of the war against terrorism. Tech. Sgt. William Mader, of Fort Dodge, was in

  • Unit Background

    The 133rd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was formed on June 1st 1948 and saw its first action during the Korean War in 1951. Since then the 133rd spent the half century watching the skies, serving all around the globe in missions such as air battle management, refueling, early warning,

  • Guard unit says goodbye to Father McCoy, welcome to Father Vit

    On Oct. 4 Father Al McCoy celebrated his last Mass before retiring as auxiliary chaplain at the 185th Air National Guard in Sioux City. While his decade of chaplain service to the unit didn't include "safaris or stuff like that," Father McCoy said he still enjoyed celebrating Mass for the service

  • Family Fun Day

    On October 4 2008, the 185th Air Refueling Wing hosted a Family Fun Day. Several hundred family members participated in the events, which included a Wingman Day activity, carnival, confined space trailer, case lot sale and seminars designed for military families. Wingman Day started with

  • 185th Fire Department Participates in Live Fire Exercise

    In August, the 185th Air Refueling Wing Fire Department got to take part in a three day intensive training opportunity when the University of Missouri brought the Mobile Aircraft Rescue Firefighter Trainer, or MARFT, to Sioux City, Iowa. According to Dan Williams, Assistant Chief of Training, the

  • Unit Compliance Inspection Wrap-Up

    Over the past year, Airmen of the185th Air Refueling Wing, Sioux City, Iowa spent countless hours accomplishing reams paperwork, reviewing checklists, and ensuring unit members performed and documented tasks according to guidelines of Air Force Instructions. The months of preparation, attention to

  • Civil Engineering Airman Train in Norway

    Members of the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Iowa Air National Guard, Civil Engineering Squadron (CE), deployed for a training mission to the 137th Royal Air Force, at Rygge Air Force Base, Norway. Forty-two members were attached with Army Engineering Officers from the Norwegian Military Academy

  • Salvia Should Worry Parents, Military Members

    You can buy it, legally, in South Sioux City, NE. and its active ingredient is a powerful psychoactive substance originally used by Mayan shamans to induce visions. It is powerfully mood altering, producing intense hallucinations, a near total loss of motor control and in some cases,

  • Vietnam War Hero Not Forgotten

    Forty years ago to the day, First Lieutenant Warren Brown made the ultimate sacrifice over the skies of Southeast Asia. Appropriately, members of his unit, his family, and the local community gathered a year later to pay their respects by dedicating a memorial to Lieutenant Brown. But with time, the

  • Those Pesky RATs

    The July RATS meeting was held at the Pizza Ranch in Sergeant Bluff and 60 RATS and their spouses or guests were in attendance. We were honored to have Col. Brian Miller at the meeting. He told the group that several members of the unit would be returning soon after a deployment in the War on

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