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Sunrise during the morning hours of January 7, 2020 illuminates the air traffic control tower at the Sioux City, Iowa regional airport behind a group of U.S. Air Force KC-135 Statotankers as crew chiefs from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing prepare some of the unit’s frost covered aircraft for flying missions on a brisk January morning. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot

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The yellow tail flash’s on a group of U.S. Air Force KC-135 Statotankers are illuminated by the sunrise during the morning hours of January 7, 2020 at the Sioux City, Iowa Air National Guard based 185th Air Refueling Wing as crew chiefs prepare some of the unit’s frost covered aircraft for flying missions on a brisk January morning. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot

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Airmen from the Iowa Air National Guard connect and run a portable heater to a U.S. Air Force KC-135 assigned to the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa on January 7, 2020. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot

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Airman 1st Class Alexis Gigora with the 185th Air Refueling Wing aircrew flight equipment of the Iowa Air National Guard uses the crew ladder to climb into a U.S. Air Force KC-135 while on the ramp at the Sioux City, Iowa based 185th Air Refueling Wing on January 7, 2020. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot

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Airmen from the 185th Air Refueling wing walk past a long row of U.S. Air Force KC-135 aircraft on the ramp area at the Sioux City, Iowa based Air Guard unit. The group is looking for items that could cause foreign object damage as part of a routine “FOD” walk as the aircraft are being prepared for flight on the morning of January 7, 2020. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot

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Airmen from the 185th Air Refueling wing walk past a long row of U.S. Air Force KC-135 aircraft on the ramp area at the Sioux City, Iowa based Air Guard unit. The group is looking for items that could cause foreign object damage as part of a routine “FOD” walk as the aircraft are being prepared for flight on the morning of January 7, 2020. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot

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KC-135s on the ramp

Published Jan. 7, 2020
By Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot
185th ARW

Sioux City, Iowa -- Sunrise during the morning hours of January 7, 2020 illuminates the air traffic control tower at the Sioux City, Iowa regional airport behind a group of U.S. Air Force KC-135 Statotankers as crew chiefs from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing prepare some of the unit’s frost covered aircraft for flying missions on a brisk January morning. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot

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