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A full moon serves as a picturesque back drop on a bitterly cold January morning. With temperatures in the single digits crew members from the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) prepare a KC-135 for a day of flying. The aircraft is on the ramp at the Iowa National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa. USAF Photo: MSgt Vincent De Groot 185ARW PA


Moon Over Chilly Sioux City

A full moon serves as a picturesque back drop on a bitterly cold January morning. With temperatures in the single digits crew members from the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) prepare a KC-135 for a day of flying. The aircraft is on the ramp at the Iowa National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa. USAF Photo: MSgt Vincent De Groot 185ARW PA

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185th Air Refueling Wing Commander Col Larry Christensen pilots an Air Force KC-135R during a local training mission on Thursday June 4, 2015. The flight originated from the Iowa Air National Guard unit's home base in Sioux City, Iowa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot/Released)
Photographer, Leah Schwartz from Sioux City, Iowa television station KTIV, photographs a mid-air refueling from the boom operator’s window alongside Chief Master Sgt. Al Mast in the back of an Air Force KC-135. Mast is the “Chief Boom” with the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard based in Sioux City, Iowa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot/Released)
Senior Airman Jordan Dorpinghaus a Crew Chief from the 185th Air Refueling Wing prepares to launch a KC-135 at its home base in Sioux City, Iowa on April 12, 2015. The Iowa Air National Guard refueling wing, which operates daily with its 390 full-time and 956 part-time jobs, is one of the Sioux City’s largest employers. U.S. Air National Guard Photo by: Tech Sgt Oscar Sanchez 185th ARW Wing Public Affairs/Released
A Crew Chief from the 185th Air Refueling Wing prepares to launch a KC-135 in Sioux City, Iowa on April 23, 2014. The National Guard refueling wing which operates daily from its home base in Sioux City, IA has nearly 1400 full and part time jobs. The Sioux City, Iowa base guard unit is one of the area’s largest employers. (U. S. Air National Guard Photo By: MSgt Vincent De Groot/Released)
One week before Christmas and maintainers are stirring; as one KC-135 is being moved to the fuel cell hanger, maintainers from the Iowa National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing inspect an engine on another KC-135 while on the flight line in Sioux City, Iowa on December 18, 2013. Maintenance on both aircraft is being performed as part of regular maintenance schedule. U.S. Air National Guard Photo by: Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot/ Released
On December 18, 2013; 185th Air Refueling Wing maintainers move a KC-135 to the fuel cell hanger on the flight line in Sioux City, Iowa, in order to perform periodic maintenance. U.S. Air National Guard Photo by: Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot/ Released
An RF-84 on the ramp in Sioux City, Iowa dubbed “Sioux City Sue” belongs to the 174th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron of the Iowa Air National Guard. The moniker “Sioux City Sue” was adopted from the 1945 song by country artist Dick Thomas. Iowa Air Guard Photo
A pilot from the 174th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron at the controls of an Iowa National Guard RF-84 in Sioux City, Iowa in 1960.
Inside the cockpit of the RF-84 shows a myriad of instruments. Unique items in the Thunderflash are the view finder (top center) a large optic that allowed the pilot see what was being photographed through the lens of the camera and four camera control units in the lower center portion of the photograph. Iowa Air Guard Photo
Airman from the 174th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron performing general operational maintenance on a RF-84 while on the flight line in Sioux City, Iowa during the summer of 1959. The door on the front of the aircraft allowed airman to access a large compartment where photo equipment was installed and used as part of the reconnaissance mission. Iowa Air Guard Photo
This newly refurbished RF-84 Thunderflash dubbed “Sioux City Sue” is on the ramp in Sioux City, Iowa. It was painted to depict the paint scheme from the late 1950’s when the 174th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Iowa Air National Guard flew the photo reconnaissance mission with the RF-84. The moniker “Sioux City Sue” was adopted from the 1945 song of the same name. The aircraft is now ready to be put back on static display in Sioux City, Iowa. U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot
The business end of the RF-84 Thunderflash is at the nose of the aircraft where a variety of cameras could be loaded. Cameras could face almost any direction to accommodate the needs of the mission. The RF-84 was flown by the 174th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Iowa Air Guard in Sioux City, Iowa from 1958-1961. U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot