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  • Yes it’s gold! Iowa ANG gold F-16 remake celebrates ANG history

    A gold U.S. Air Force F-16A Falcon from the Iowa Air National Guard has been painted with commemorative anniversary paint scheme that replicates the unit’s 50th anniversary gold jet as it appeared in 1996. The 2022 redesign of the 185th Air Refueling Wing static display was unveiled as the Air Force

  • Colonel Dennis B. Swanstrom December 29, 1942 – January 30, 2021

    Dennis Swanstrom (Swany) joined the 185th Tactical Fighter Group in April of 1966 during a time when many of his contemporaries were looking for ways to avoid military service. The farm kid from Waverly Neb. had graduated from the University of Nebraska the previous spring, then found his way to the