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Members of the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing depart Sioux City, Iowa, for Andersen Air Force base on Jan. 24, 2024.
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Col Tom Considine

Colonel Tom Considine, 185th Fighter Wing Commander, on the ladder of an Iowa Air National Guard F-16 fighter jet in 1999. After Considine became the 185th FW commander in December 1998 he asked for a new organizational ball cap to be developed that became known as “the NASCAR hat.” U.S. Air National Guard photo
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ANG F84 members at Nellis Fighter Weapons meet 1956

Dressed in all white including unique white ball caps, aircraft maintainers Staff Sgt. Earl Norman, 174th Fighter Squadron Sioux City, Iowa, Staff Sgt. Will Birdsdall 124th Fighter Squadron Des Moines, Iowa and Technical Sgt. A.E. Mashek 173rd Fighter Squadron Lincoln, Neb. pose for a photo at the 1956 USAF Fighter Weapons Meet at Nellis Air Force Base. Members of the group are part of the Air National Guard F-84 team from the 132nd Fighter Group headquarted in Des Moines. U.S. Air National Guard photo
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Avionics Integrated Systems grey hats

Members of the 185th Tactical Fighter Group, Avionics Integrated Systems shop, Staff Sgt. Brian Davis, Senior Airmen Chuck Hammock and Technical Sgt. Keith Tjeerdsma pose for a photo in September of 1990, all wearing grey 185th TFG organizational ball caps with their well pressed battle dress uniforms. Organizational ball caps could be worn in the Air Force with the uniform until the BDU was phased out in 2010. U.S. Air National Guard photo
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185th FW organizational hats with a mini F-16

A group of Airmen from the 185th Fighter Wing sheetmetal, fabrication and parachute shops pose with a homemade F-16 go-cart wearing 185th FW organizational hats in 1998. Airmen in the U.S. Air Force were allowed to wear organizational ball caps, like the one shown, with the Battle Dress Uniform until the changeover to the Airmen Battle Uniform around 2011. U.S. Air National Guard photo
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185th FW 1998 organizational hat

Master Sgt. Paul Dunn 185th Fighter Wing Civil Engineering, wearing a 185th Fighter Wing organizational hat in 1998. Airmen in the U.S. Air Force were allowed to wear organizational ball caps, like the one shown, with the Battle Dress Uniform during the 1980s and 90s. U.S. Air National Guard photo
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Blue 185th ball cap

Airmen from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Fighter Group wearing the OD green utility uniform and blue 185th organizational hats take a break in the main hangar in Sioux City, Iowa in the 1980s. U.S. Air National Guard photo
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1970s Sioux City bat hat

Airmen from the 185th Tactical Fighter Group softball team pose for a photo wearing one of the unit’s organizational hats from the 1970s. The ball cap that doubled as an actual ball cap was also authorized to wear with the military uniform during the 1970s. The team photo was taken at a National Guard Softball tournament in August 1976. U.S. Air National Guard photo
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1976 dark 185th ball cap

Airmen from the Iowa Air National Guar’s 185th Tactical Fighter Group wearing one of the unit’s organizational ball caps from the 1970s. The dark 185th organizational ball cap that shows only the unit nomenclature was authorized for wear by members of the Iowa ANG unit in 1976. Air National Guard photo
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Forney’s 1970s 185 ball cap

Colonel Don Forney, Iowa Air National Guard 185th Fighter Group Commander stands on the ladder of an F-100 Super Saber wearing a 185th organizational ball cap during the 1970s. The World War II veteran pilot was most often photographed wearing organizational ball caps in preference to wearing the more common Air Force flight cap. U.S. Air National Guard photo
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Iowa's 1962 174th FS F-100 hat

In a photo simply labeled “Fight” aircraft maintainers from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 174th Fighter Squadron clown around in the main hangar while working on an F-100 Super Sabre on January 12, 1962 in Sioux City, Iowa. The Airman in the cockpit is shown wearing a 174th FS organizational ball cap. The 174th FS was the predecessor to today’s 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City. The 174th is still the flying squadron that is part of the 185th ARW. U.S. Air National Guard photo
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1956 Gunnery competition ANG F-84 team

Pilots dressed in unique dark flight suits and black hats along with maintainers wearing all white, from the Iowa and Nebraska Air National Guard’s 132nd Fighter Group, pose for a photo with a 124th Fighter Squadron F-84 Thunderjet at the U.S. Air Force Fighter Weapons Meet at Nellis Air Force Base in Ocober 1956. Members of the Air National Guard F-84 team are from the 124th Fighter Squadron in Des Moines, Iowa the 174th Fighter Squadron in Sioux City, Iowa and the 173rd Fighter Squadron from Lincoln, Neb. U.S. Air National Guard photo
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Iowa’s 174th FS 1956 ball cap

An Airmen from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 174th Fighter Squadron wearing a first generation 174th FS organizational ball cap waits to receive mail during a mail call while at summer camp on July 31, 1956. U.S. Air National Guard photo
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185th organizational ball caps

Some of the 185th Air Refueling Wing unit organizational ball caps worn during the 1950s through 2011. The first hats worn were from the 174th Fighter Squadron that was the forerunner to the 185th Fighter Group and 185th Air Refueling Wing. The last organizational hat authorized for wear while in uniform was the black 185th Air Refueling Wing hat. Ball caps were no longer allowed for wear when the Air Force changed from the Battle Dress Uniform to the Airmen Battle Uniform around 2011. U.S. Air National Guard graphic Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot
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Last 185th ARW organizational hat

The 185th Air Refueling Wing black ball cap was the last organizational hat authorized for wear while in uniform by members of the Iowa Air National Guard unit. The black ball cap was allowed to be worn following the unit's conversion from a fighter wing to air refueling in the early 2000s until 2011. Organizational ball caps were no longer authorized in the Air Force following the changeover from the Battle Dress Uniform to the Airmen Battle Uniform around 2011. U.S. Air National Guard photo Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot
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The 185th FW NASCAR hat

The 185th Fighter Wing “NASCAR” organization hat worn by members of the Iowa Air National Guard unit during the early 2000s. The unconventional organizational ball cap was dubbed the “NASCAR” hat because it was designed to look like a NASCAR hat from that time. The 185th FW wore the NASCAR hat from 2000 until the unit’s conversion to air refueling in 2002. U.S. Air National Guard photo Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot
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The 185th NASCAR hat

The 185th Fighter Wing “NASCAR” organization hat worn by members of the Iowa Air National Guard unit during the early 2000s. The unconventional organizational ball cap was dubbed the “NASCAR” hat because it was designed to look like a NASCAR hat from that time. The 185th FW wore the NASCAR hat from 2000 until the unit’s conversion to air refueling in 2002. U.S. Air National Guard photo Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot
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The NASCAR hat

The 185th Fighter Wing “NASCAR” organization hat worn by members of the Iowa Air National Guard unit during the early 2000s. The unconventional organizational ball cap was dubbed the “NASCAR” hat because it was designed to look like a NASCAR hat from that time. The 185th FW wore the NASCAR hat from 2000 until the unit’s conversion to air refueling in 2002. U.S. Air National Guard photo Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot
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185th ARW 2000s organizational hat

Lt. Colonel Larry Christensen wearing a 185th Air Refueling Wing ball cap in 2007. The black ball cap was the last organizational hat authorized to be worn by members of the Iowa Air National Guard unit while in uniform. The black ball cap was worn from 2003 until 2011 when organizational ball caps were no longer authorized following the changeover from the Battle Dress Uniform to the Airmen Battle Uniform. U.S. Air National Guard photo Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot
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Baker Family with NASCAR hat

Master Sgt. Tom Baker standing with his family at a family day event on June 20, 2001 wearing the 185th Fighter Wing “NASCAR” organizational ball cap with his battle dress uniform. Organizational ball caps like the NASCAR hat could be worn in the Air Force with the uniform until the BDU was phased out in 2010. U.S. Air National Guard photo
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