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  • Paint Facility completes Dutch F-16

    A Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 attached to the 162nd Fighter Wing of the Arizona Air National Guard with a fresh coat of paint on the ramp at the Air National Guard paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa on October 25, 2019. The paint scheme has some subtle differences from the American version of

  • Paint facility turns out Oregon F-15

    A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle from the Oregon Air National Guard’s 173rd Fighter Wing, based in Klamath Falls, Oregon is parked outside the Air National Guard paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa on September 26, 2019. The aircraft was recently painted at the Iowa based ANG paint facility. The facility

  • Team Iowa Guard tackles Relay Iowa, the world’s longest relay

    The Iowa National Guard is one of 40 teams from around the nation participating in Relay Iowa, this weekend. The world’s longest non-stop relay is a 336 mile running event that begins on the banks of the Missouri River in Sioux City on Iowa’s western border and ends in Dubuque on the Mississippi

  • A tall tale of tail tipping

    Maintainers from the Iowa Air Guard removed, repaired and replaced a tail fin on a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker this week at the 185th maintenance facility in Sioux City.

  • Iowa Guard officer, Faiferlick pens book on bullying

    Iowa Air National Guard Lt. Col. Justin Faiferlick recently published a book titled “Battle Tested, how to awaken your inner confidence and stand up to bullying,” Faiferlick, works as the director of test at the Iowa Air Guard unit in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He is a 6th degree Master in Taekwondo as well

  • Improving the process

    185th Air Refueling Wing Military Pay Specialist Shellie Nelson is becoming certified “Green Belt” in continuous process improvement. Nelson is being mentored by Blake Enneking who works as a Manpower Specialist at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.

  • German officer visits 185th ARW

    A German officer is visiting the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa this week as a participant of a military exchange program.

  • 185th TAC FTR GP is MOBILIZED

    Colonel Donald Forney briefs his men at mustering-in ceremonies as the men report for active duty with the United States Air Force.

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