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  • Mission Support Flight

    The 185th Mission Support Flight (MSF) provides support for 185th members and their families. We also provide assistance to other Guard and Reserve forces and their family members throughout the tri-state area whether it be Air Force, Army or Navy. A friendly smile and very helpful attitude is what

  • VA's Suicide Hot Line Begins Operations

    WASHINGTON - To ensure veterans with emotional crises have round-the-clock access to trained professionals, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has begun operation of a national suicide prevention hot line for veterans. "Veterans need to know these VA professionals are literally a phone call

  • US military security defeated by copy & paste

    Experts are warning people to be careful with electronic documents that contain sensitive data after a breach in which classified U.S. military information thought to be hidden in a PDF document was uncovered. Portions of the document had been "blacked out" by electronic means. But apparently, it

  • No Airpower Without Ground Power

    Each time a military aircraft takes off from or touches down at Colonel Bud Day Field at the 185th, the flightline is abuzz with constant traffic dedicated to keeping those planes up in the air safely. Huddled in among the assorted groups of people is a shop of 14 personnel whose mission it is to

  • Spouses Take Flight

    185th spouses got the unique opportunity to fly on a refueling mission on a KC-135E Stratotanker on May 6. The orientation flights allow individuals to see up close and personal the refueling mission of the 185th, and give spouses a new perspective on the importance of their military member's job

  • Sixty Years and Counting...

    The National Guard has its roots in the farmers, fishermen, shopkeepers, and merchants that took up arms to defend the Massachusetts Bay Colony 370 years ago. It began a long, proud history of the concept of a citizen-soldier who, as an American fighting man (or woman) would become vital to the

  • Lt. Col. Mark Davis Honored

    Lt. Col. Mark Davis, a Physicians Assistant (PA) with the 185th Air Refueling Wing and resident of Algona, Iowa, was recently honored as Iowa Physician Assistant of the Year by the Iowa Physician Assistant Society (IPAS) at the annual Physician Assistant (PA) conference in Iowa City, Iowa. Davis is

  • Col. John Janson Retires as 185th Commander

    Colonel John P. Janson was born at Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE on March 18, 1952. He graduated in 1975 from the United States Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering. He is a graduate of Armed Forces Staff College and Air War College. After graduating from the

  • 185th Change of Command

    The 185th Air Refueling Wing held a Change-of-Command ceremony at the base on August 4, 2007. Colonel John Janson retired after 31 years of military service, and relinquished command of the 185th to Lt. Col. Brian Miller, a lifelong resident of Sioux City, Iowa who has been with the unit for over 27

  • New Scam Targets Military Spouses

    Washington D.C. -- The American Red Cross is warning military spouses about a new identity-theft scam that targets family members of deployed troops. The Red Cross was alerted of the scam earlier this month, said Devorah Goldburg of the Red Cross. The scam involves a person with an American accent

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