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  • Le Mars Gehlen Catholic students tour 185th

    Students from the Le Mars, Iowa Gehlen Catholic 4th Grade class toured the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing during a field trip to the Air Guard unit. The group got an up-close look at a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Statotanker.

  • Air Force veteran reunited with old friend after 60 years

    Air Force Veteran Richard Devine recently toured a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker that he once crewed over 60 years ago and is still in service. The mid-air refueling aircraft, tail number 58-0057 is still in service at the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing in nearby Sioux City,

  • Sundog at sunrise

    A north wind whips up snow on an icy ramp in Sioux City, Iowa as the sunrise, punctuated by a sundog and single digit temperatures surround U.S. Air Force KC-135 Statotanker aircraft assigned to the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing. The aircraft are moved to the back of the ramp,

  • Whiteman AF Reserve A-10 gets gas

    A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 442nd Fighter Wing, U.S. Air Force Reserve, Whiteman Air Force Base, grins for a photo outside the boom pod of a KC-135 while receiving fuel near the border of Iowa and Missouri on July 7, 2020.U.S. Air National Guard photo: Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De

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