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  • Iowa Airmen make holiday care packages for family members

    Sioux City, Iowa -- It was sort of a holiday care package project in reverse. This week members of the 185th Air Refueling Wing took a short time-out in order to put holiday care packages together with a twist.The difference with this project is that the packages are intended for 185th family

  • Iowa Air Guard performs flyover at Iowa vs Purdue football matchup

    Iowa City, Iowa -- A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft and crew from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing, took to the skies over the University of Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium this weekend.The Iowa Air Guard unit from Sioux City was helping fuel pregame excitement as they

  • ANG facility completes Blacksnake livery on Indiana A-10

    SIOUX CITY, Iowa – A black and gray U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the Indiana Air National Guard's 122nd Fighter Wing was recently turned out at the Air National Guard Paint Facility in Iowa.In a departure from standard tactical two-tone grey, the Blacksnakes of the 122nd Fighter

  • ANG facility completes Blacksnake livery on Indiana A-10

    SIOUX CITY, Iowa – A black and gray U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the Indiana Air National Guard's 122nd Fighter Wing was recently turned out at the Air National Guard Paint Facility in Iowa.In a departure from standard tactical two-tone grey, the Blacksnakes of the 122nd Fighter

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

    Prestwick, Scotland, United Kingdom -- 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

  • Air National Guard units support Formidable Shield exercise

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

  • 185th Air Refueling Wing earns Outstanding Unit Award

    SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The Iowa Air National Guard's 185th Air Refueling Wing has been awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for its efforts during 2019.The award is earned for exceptionally meritorious service to the United States Air Force.Col. Mark Muckey, commander of the unit, said every

  • Lincoln the dog joins 185th care team

    SIOUX CITY, Iowa – It is a familiar scene. The pressure is on and expectations are high, then the new guy walks into the room for the first time. First observations are that this newbie seems a bit young and a little fat for the Air Force. He’s about 1 foot tall and has a fuzzy snowflake-white coat.

  • 132d Wing Airmen provide COVID-19 screening

    DENISON, Iowa – Members of the Iowa National Guard screened hundreds of residents in Crawford County for COVID-19 by nasal swab or antibody testing May 11-22.A team of Airmen from the 132d Medical Group, 132d Force Support Squadron and 132d Security Forces Squadron set up and operated a Joint Mobile

  • 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