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  • Lorenzen to be installed as newest 185th Command Chief

    Members of the media are invited to attend a formal change of responsibility ceremony for Chief Master Sgt. Ron Lorenzen. The event will take place on Sunday, October 24, 2021 at 2:00 PM in the Fuel Cell hangar at the 185th Air Refueling Wing.

  • 185th crash recovery team dethrones F-100 for cleaning and painting

    Airmen from the 185th Air Refueling Wing removed a U.S. Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from its pedestal at the Iowa Air National Guard unit. After being cleaned and painted the aircraft will be placed back on display. The Iowa Air Guard unit flew the F-100 from 1961 to 1977

  • 185th ARW commemorates 9/11 and 75th anniversaries

    Airmen of the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing took part in a 9/11 20th anniversary ceremony in Sioux City Iowa, September 11, 2021. The Ceremony, which was held on a regular training weekend, also commemorated the 75th anniversary of the formation of the 185th.

  • 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

  • U.S. Air National Guard units support 2021 Formidable Shield exercise

    U.S. Air National Guard units from Iowa, Maine and Ohio are in the United Kingdom this week participating in multinational missile defense exercise Formidable Shield 2021.“Formidable Shield” is a biennial, live-fire exercise designed to test participating nations integrated air and missile defense

  • Finch selected to replace Samenus as 185th Vice Wing commander

    The Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling in Sioux City, Iowa announces selection of Colonel Sonya Finch as next Vice Wing Commander replacing Colonel Stephanie Samenus. Samenus has been selected for a new position with the National Guard Bureau Space Operations.

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