An F-16J Fighting Falcon fighter with the185th Fighter Wing (FW), from...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Sce... More
US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Bobbi Doorenbos, a pilot as...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Sce... More
Iowa National Guard soldier, Tech Sgt. Dave Henson,
Iowa National Guard soldier, Tech Sgt. Dave Henson, from central Iowa guides a UH-60, Black hawk helicopter onto the airfield in Siouc City, Iowa. Tech Sgt. Henson was placed on state active duty to assist loca... More
A U.S. Air Force KC-135R dubbed “Raider Nation” tail
A U.S. Air Force KC-135R dubbed “Raider Nation” tail number 60-0316 assigned to the 185th Air Refueling Wing; Iowa Air National Guard is on the ramp at the Iowa Air National Guard facility in Sioux City, Iowa. ... More
Disney awards - A woman in a military uniform is preparing food
Airman 1st Class Danielle Hejhal, 185 Air Refueling Wing, Services Flight, Sioux City, Iowa, prepares to calibrate a thermometer during an inspection on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. The 185th Services Flight is compet... More
Honored Flag, US Air Force Photo
The white gloved hands of a member of the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard hold a folded United States flag. The triangular shaped folded flag and accompanying ceremony is an inspiring way to honor the flag and what ... More
Open House - Air National Guard photo
Members of the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Sioux City, Iowa, run along with members of the community at the 5K Run on the Runway as part of an Open House event held at the Air National Guard base in Sioux City, I... More
Tanker with April fools snow
Security forces pickup on the flight line overlooks a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa blanketed with snow following an A... More
Resilience tactical pause
United States Air Force Chief of Staff General David Goldfein ordered a “Resilience Tactical Pause” to be completed by every unit in the Air Force prior to the end of 2019. Psychological health professionals sa... More
Maintenance Group Awards - Public domain photogrpaph
Members of the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing Maintenance Group pose for a photo in front of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft in Sioux City Iowa, November 3, 2019. The maintenance group recent... More
An MQ-1 Predator Drone sits in front of a hanger at
An MQ-1 Predator Drone sits in front of a hanger at the 185th Air Refueling Wing after getting a new coat of paint in Sioux City on July 2, 2020. The 185th paint facility recieved the MQ-1 to prepare and apply ... More
Aircraft maintainers from the Iowa Air National Guard’s
Aircraft maintainers from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa move a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker on the flight line amid early morning sub zero temperatures on Febr... More
Staff Sgt. Jerad Keegan, 185th Air Refueling Wing Civil
Staff Sgt. Jerad Keegan, 185th Air Refueling Wing Civil Engineering Squadron, Iowa Air National Guard, uses a chainsaw to clear downed trees in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on August 18, 2020. Extremely high winds uproot... More
A construction worker with Gil Haugan inspects a
A construction worker with Gil Haugan inspects a pre-fabricated wall before installation at the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa, May 25, 2018. The wall is being installed on a new composite support... More
Dave Twohig from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th
Dave Twohig from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing civil engineering heavy equipment shop, clears snow near the operations building in Sioux City, Iowa on January 28, 2020. Twohig is cleari... More
Members of the Iowa National Guard’s “Joint Task Force
Members of the Iowa National Guard’s “Joint Task Force West” work at the JTF West operations center at the Iowa Air National Guard facility in Sioux City, Iowa on April 2, 2020. JTF West has been set up this we... More
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Falcon from the South Dakota
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Falcon from the South Dakota Air National Guard’s 114th Fighter Wing based in Sioux Falls receives fuel while in flight from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 assigned to the Iowa Air National Guard... More
Several members of the Air Force Cycling team “fly”
Several members of the Air Force Cycling team “fly” down the road in Iowa during the Registers Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa on July 20, 2014. The team is in Iowa for the week long cycling event that will ... More
Maj. Gen. Ben Corell, the Adjutant General of the Iowa
Maj. Gen. Ben Corell, the Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard talks with members of the 185th Air Refueling Wing in the unit’s dining facility in Sioux City, Iowa on October 23, 2019. This is Corell’s f... More
A Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 attached to the
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 Oct... More
This 1950s era Republic RF-84 photo reconnaissance
This 1950s era Republic RF-84 photo reconnaissance aircraft recently went through a significant makeover and received a new coat of paint at the Air National Guard paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa, before bei... More
An F-16J Fighting Falcon fighter assigned to the 185th Fighter Wing (F...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Sce... More
In freezing weather, US Air Force (USAF) Crew Chiefs Technical Sergean...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sioux City State: Iowa (IA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Oscar Sanchez-Alvarez, USAF Release Status: Relea... More
LT. COL. Robin Hosch (center), Commander of the 133rd Test Squadron, I...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: 185th Air Refueling Wing State: Iowa (IA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Vincent De Groot, USAF Release Sta... More
Staff Sgt. Alisha Sandage 185th Air Refueling Wing
Staff Sgt. Alisha Sandage 185th Air Refueling Wing Medical Squadron Iowa Air National Guard checks water collected from a portable water tank at the point of distribution at Fort Allen near Ponce, Puerto Rico o... More
Pregame! - Air National Guard photo
A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Sioux City, Iowa, does a fly over Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, NE prior to the Nebraska/Northwestern football game on Saturday October 5th, 2019. Both o... More
A well weathered F-16 from the Royal Netherlands Air
A well weathered F-16 from the Royal Netherlands Air Force arrives at the185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa on October 8, 2019. Over the course of the next few weeks the aircraft will receive a new co... More
Staff Sgt. Ryan Baker with the 185th Air Refueling
Staff Sgt. Ryan Baker with the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard, Sioux City, Iowa, points out the levee built along the Missouri River, near the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, checking fo... More
A deflated wind sock under a frost covered U.S. Air
A deflated wind sock under a frost covered U.S. Air Force KC-135 during the early morning hours of March 22, 2019 at the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa offers the first i... More
KC-135 Pilot Capt. Scott Marsh of the 185th Air Refueling
KC-135 Pilot Capt. Scott Marsh of the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa, looks on as fellow pilot, 1st Lt. Andrew Ter Haar, passes the fuel load paperwork to Boom Operator Master Sgt. Jason Stoos on June 3, 2019 i... More
Emerging from the bicycle transition area wearing the
Emerging from the bicycle transition area wearing the black and gold of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes’, Senior Airman Michael Considine begins the third and final leg of the University of Okoboji Triathlon in... More
Following a three day government shut down, occurring
Following a three day government shut down, occurring simultaneously with a January blizzard that dumped more than a foot of snow in Sioux City; airport snow removal crews work to clear the flight line of the I... More
This Fall, the Operational Camouflage Pattern uniform
This Fall, the Operational Camouflage Pattern uniform will be the standard issue uniform of the U.S. Air Force and will feature Air Force specific “Spice Brown” name tapes . The OCP has been issued to U.S. troo... More
Hundreds of Vietnam Veterans file by a half-scale replica
Hundreds of Vietnam Veterans file by a half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial that is now on permanent display at the Siouxland Freedom Park in South Sioux City, Nebraska on May 28, 2014 during a f... More
Staff Sgt. Jerad Keegan, 185th Air Refueling Wing Civil
Staff Sgt. Jerad Keegan, 185th Air Refueling Wing Civil Engineering Squadron, Iowa Air National Guard uses a chainsaw to clear away downed trees in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on August 18, 2020. Extremely high winds up... More
Iowa Air National Guard Master Sgt. Dayrl Newman and
Iowa Air National Guard Master Sgt. Dayrl Newman and Airman 1st Class Mark Van Voorst, 185th Air Refueling Wing Repair and Reclamation shop remove the straps that were used to hoist the tail fin of a U.S. Air F... More
A U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator outside the Air National
A U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator outside the Air National Guard Paint Facility at the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa on April 21, 2020. The remotely piloted aircraft has been painted at the western ... More
Members the 185th Air Refueling Wing snow removal team
Members the 185th Air Refueling Wing snow removal team use an Oshkosh H-Series XF Front Mounted Broom and H-Series plow on the ramp area to clear snow at the Sioux City, Iowa base Air Guard unit on November 27,... More
Making a map - Air National Guard photo
Air National Guard Technical Sgt. Obie Bolton, 219 Engineering Installation Squadron, Tulsa, Okla., sets up the GPS mapping equipment at the 185 Air Refueling Wing, Sioux City, Iowa. Bolton and his engineering... More
German officer visits 185 ARW
U.S. Air National Guard 1st Lt. Joshua Thomas, the Sustainment Services Flight Commander assigned to the 185th Air Refueling Wing, poses for a photo with German Luftwaffe (air force) Lt. Julia Renke, a personn... More
Thunderstorm Approaches, Air National Guard
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 assigned to the 185th Air Refueling Wing is parked on the ramp as a thunderstorm approaches in Sioux City, Iowa July 13, 2018. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Daniel Ter Haar
Master Sgt. Lynn Koger, Unit Training Manager 133rd
Master Sgt. Lynn Koger, Unit Training Manager 133rd Test Squadron of the Iowa Air National Guard in Fort Dodge, Iowa stands in front of a pair of patriotic quilts on display at a quilt show in Fort Dodge, Iowa ... More
An air stair pulls away from a U.S. Air Force KC-135
An air stair pulls away from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 assigned to the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing on October 3, 2019 at the Sioux City, Iowa Air Guard base. U.S. Air National Guard photo b... More
Technical Sgt. Chad Huntly, 185th Air Refueling Wing
Technical Sgt. Chad Huntly, 185th Air Refueling Wing Equipment Maintenance, checks the structural strength at the production break on the wing of a KC-135 Strato-Tanker using an ultrasonic test unit in Sioux Ci... More
Staff Sgt. Alisha Sandage 185th Air Refueling Wing
Staff Sgt. Alisha Sandage 185th Air Refueling Wing Medical Squadron Iowa Air National Guard checks water collected from a portable water tank at the point of distribution at Fort Allen near Ponce, Puerto Rico o... More
Daily snow events combined with sub zero temperatures
Daily snow events combined with sub zero temperatures keep a group of U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers, from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing plastered with snow and ice on the flight l... More
Senior Master Sgt. William Swanberg a musician with
Senior Master Sgt. William Swanberg a musician with the Air National Guard Band of the Midwest based in Peoria, Ill., lays down the bass line during a performance of Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk" at an outdoor perf... More
The swept wing photo reconnaissance version of the
The swept wing photo reconnaissance version of the RF-84 Thunderflash dubbed “Sioux City Sue” is on the ramp in Sioux City, Iowa on October 11, 2013. The newly refurbished RF-84 was painted to depict the paint ... More
A World War II era B-29 bomber nick named “FIFI” is
A World War II era B-29 bomber nick named “FIFI” is on display at the Sioux City, Iowa airport. The Boeing Aircraft designed “Superfortress” was flown by the United States Air Force beginning in the 1940’s thro... More
Aircrew piloting a U.S. Army UH-72 Lakota helicopter
Aircrew piloting a U.S. Army UH-72 Lakota helicopter assigned to the Iowa Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 376th Aviation Support Facility based in Waterloo prepare to depart from a soccer field at the West... More
A member of the 185th Air Refueling Wing snow removal
A member of the 185th Air Refueling Wing snow removal team uses a large Oshkosh H-Series Plow to clear snow from the ramp area at the Sioux City, Iowa based Air Guard unit on November 27, 2019. The equipment is... More
Security Forces members of the Iowa Air National Guard’s
Security Forces members of the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing qualify on a cold November day in Sioux City on Nov. 5. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Jeremy J. McClure
Members of Task Force West tour a F-16 Fighting Falcon
Members of Task Force West tour a F-16 Fighting Falcon at the Air National Guard paint facility in Sioux City on June 17, 2020. Task Force West has served throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by providing manpower,... More
A tail section on a US Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft a...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sioux City State: Iowa (IA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Oscar Sanchez-Alvarez, USAF Release Status: Relea... More
Airmen Shines at Marksmanship Competition
Staff Sgt. Micah Larson with the 185th Air Refueling Wing's Security Forces Squadron demonstrates his skills with the pistol at the Air Base in Sioux City, Iowa. Larson placed 1st in Novice Pistol and Rifle cat... More
The Chaplains office of the 185th Air Refueling Wing
The Chaplains office of the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City Iowa, provided an outdoor protestant worship service Sunday, June 7, 2020. The Chaplains provided the worship service outdoors as an extra prot... More
185th Aerial port loads 182nd C-130
Airmen from the 185th Air Refueling Wing Aerial Port load a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules from the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing at the Sioux City, Iowa Air National Guard on September 13, 20... More
185th ARW aerial port loads commercial airliner in Sioux City
Airmen from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing Aerial Port Squadron, along with Soldiers from the Iowa Army National Guard’s 1/113th Cavalry, Headquarters Company in Sioux City, Iowa use a b... More
Stacks of care packages in the hallway outside the
Stacks of care packages in the hallway outside the family programs office at the 185th Air Refueling Wing, ready to be mailed to deployed members of Sioux City, Iowa based Air National Guard unit on December 13... More
Following a three day government shut down, occurring
Following a three day government shut down, occurring simultaneously with a January blizzard that dumped more than a foot of snow in Sioux City; airport snow removal crews work to clear the flight line of the I... More
Members of the Medical Group, 185th Air Refueling Wing,
Members of the Medical Group, 185th Air Refueling Wing, Sioux City, Ia., participate in the Savannah Storm Exercise at the Savannah Air National Guard Base in Georgia. Medical team members Maj. Lance Focht and ... More
A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle from the Oregon Air National
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, ... More
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 assigned to the Iowa Air National
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 assigned to the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa is painted with a 75th anniversary paint scheme. The design is a facsimile of the unit’s F-16 tail ... More
An A-10 Thunderbolt II attached to the 442nd Fighter
An A-10 Thunderbolt II attached to the 442nd Fighter Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo, prepares to receive fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over Kansas March 6, 2019. The KC-135 is attached to the Air Nationa... More
Brig. Gen. Larry Christensen, Chief of Staff, Iowa
Brig. Gen. Larry Christensen, Chief of Staff, Iowa Air National Guard, speaks to members of Task Force West after presenting coins of excellence to Service Members. Task Force West has served throughout the COV... More
An MQ-1 Predator Drone gets pushed back to the 185th
An MQ-1 Predator Drone gets pushed back to the 185th Air Refueling Wing's Paint Facility after taking a photo in front of a hanger in Sioux City on July 2, 2020. The 185th paint facility recieved the MQ-1 to pr... More
Technical Sgt. Perla Solis 185th Air Refueling Wing
Technical Sgt. Perla Solis 185th Air Refueling Wing Medical Technician administers the first of two COVID-19 vaccines to an Airmen from the Iowa Air National Guard at the Sioux City, Iowa based clinic on Januar... More
Aerial photo of the Gavin Point Dam near Yankton, S.D.,
Aerial photo of the Gavin Point Dam near Yankton, S.D., June 8. Water is being released at 140,000 cubic feet per second.
A member of the 185th Air Refueling Wing snow removal
A member of the 185th Air Refueling Wing snow removal team uses an Oshkosh H-Series XF Front Mounted Broom on the ramp area to clear snow at the Sioux City, Iowa base Air Guard unit on November 27, 2019. The eq... More
US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Bobbi Doorenbos, a pilot as...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Sce... More
Moon Over Chilly Sioux City, Air National Guard
A full moon serves as a picturesque back drop on a bitterly cold January morning. With temperatures in the single digits crew members from the 185th Air Refueling Wing prepare a KC-135 for a day of flying. The ... More
A U.S. Air Force F-16 from the 149th Fighter Wing,
A U.S. Air Force F-16 from the 149th Fighter Wing, Texas Air National Guard with a new, darker single color paint scheme is on the ramp at the Iowa Air National Guard in Sioux City, Iowa on December 17, 2019. ... More
Technical Sgt. Kiel Hamann of the Iowa Air National
Technical Sgt. Kiel Hamann of the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing hydraulics shop works on a KC-135 air refueling boom assembly in the unit's main hangar in Sioux City, Iowa on October 23, 20... More
Aircrew piloting a U.S. Army UH-72 Lakota helicopter
Aircrew piloting a U.S. Army UH-72 Lakota helicopter assigned to the Iowa Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 376th Aviation Support Facility based in Waterloo prepare to depart from a soccer field at the West... More
A CH-47 Chinook from the Illinois Army National Guard
A CH-47 Chinook from the Illinois Army National Guard delivers two large sandbags o residents living along the flooded Missouri River. Four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the Minnesota and Iowa National Guar... More
Second Lt. William Dahna 185 Air Refueling Wing, Sioux
Second Lt. William Dahna 185 Air Refueling Wing, Sioux City, Iowa, administers the oath of enlistment during the first intermission of a hockey game on Military Appreciation night at the Sioux City Musketeers, ... More
Chief Master Sgt. Al Mast, KC-135 Boom Operator with
Chief Master Sgt. Al Mast, KC-135 Boom Operator with Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing flew his final flight on October 18, 2019 at the Sioux City, Iowa based Air Guard unit. Mast is retiring f... More
A Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 attached to the
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 Oct... More
Four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the Minnesota
Four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the Minnesota and Iowa National Guard and a CH-47 Chinook from the Illinois Army National Guard provde support by delivering sandbags to many of the critical areas along t... More
A huge white cloud is raised while crew chiefs from
A huge white cloud is raised while crew chiefs from the Iowa Air National Guard clear snow from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 on February 10, 2018. Ground crews are working to prepare the aircraft for flight at the 1... More
2nd Lt. John Wells, Iowa National Guard Medical Detachment
2nd Lt. John Wells, Iowa National Guard Medical Detachment based at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa hands the first shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Airman Basic Enya Martinez, 185th Air Refueling Wing ... More
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Falcon from the South Dakota
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Falcon from the South Dakota Air National Guard’s 114th Fighter Wing based in Sioux Falls receives fuel while in flight from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 assigned to the Iowa Air National Guard... More
COVID-19 test kits from a Test Iowa site in Sioux City,
COVID-19 test kits from a Test Iowa site in Sioux City, Iowa, being transported by an Iowa Army National Guard flight crew in a UH-72 Lakota helicopter on May 4, 2020. The test kits were transported to Iowa Cit... More
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Falcon from the District of Columbia
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Falcon from the District of Columbia Air National Guard finished with Major League Baseball’s 2019 World Series Champion, Washington Nationals logo painted as the tail flash is outside the... More
An F-16J Fighting Falcon fighter with the185th Fighter Wing (FW), from...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Sce... More
Several F-16J Fighting Falcon fighters assigned to the 185th Fighter W...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Sce... More
The swept wing photo reconnaissance version of the
The swept wing photo reconnaissance version of the RF-84 Thunderflash dubbed “Sioux City Sue” is on the ramp in Sioux City, Iowa on October 08, 2013. The newly refurbished RF-84 was painted to depict the paint ... More
An F-16 Falcon from the 114th Fighter Wing, Sioux Falls,
An F-16 Falcon from the 114th Fighter Wing, Sioux Falls, SD sits on the ramp at the Air National Guard base in Sioux City, Iowa as a B-52 Stratofortress from the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, ND, taxis t... More
Connecting power - A couple of men standing next to an airplane
Crew chiefs from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing connect a generator to a U.S. Air Force KC-135 on the ramp at the Sioux City, Iowa based Air Guard unit on March 22, 2018 following a loca... More
Grass has been cut and made into round bales in a field
Grass has been cut and made into round bales in a field near the Sioux City, Iowa air traffic control tower on September 13, 2019. The open filed was once part of an U.S. Air Force bomber training base during W... More
Senior Master Sgt. Greg Patten, Security Forces Operations
Senior Master Sgt. Greg Patten, Security Forces Operations Superintendent, 185th Air Refueling Wing sits next to his wife Capt. Ashley Patten, KC-135 Pilot, 185th ARW during a surprise promotion ceremony in Sio... More
An MQ-1 Predator Drone sits in front of a hanger at
An MQ-1 Predator Drone sits in front of a hanger at the 185th Air Refueling Wing after getting a new coat of paint in Sioux City on July 2, 2020. The 185th paint facility recieved the MQ-1 to prepare and apply ... More
Lincoln, an English Cream Golden Retriever puppy is
Lincoln, an English Cream Golden Retriever puppy is in training to become a full time therapy dog at the Iowa Air Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa. The newest addition to the 185th care team... More
Looking over Pegasus, US Air Force Photo
An Airmen from the 185th Air Refueling Wing looks over a U.S. Air Force KC-46 Pegasus from the New Hampshire Air National Guard’s 157th Air Refueling while on the ramp at the Sioux City, Iowa Air National Guard... More
A new consolidated support facility at the Iowa Air
A new consolidated support facility at the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa on May 30, 2019. The 37,000-square-foot, $12.4 million dollar building is the new home for the u... More
Airman 1st Class Alexis Gigaroa and Airman Marcela
Airman 1st Class Alexis Gigaroa and Airman Marcela Granillo from the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Aircrew Flight Equipment pick up their initial issue of the new Air Force Operational Camouflage Uniform at the 185... More
Pilots from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air
Pilots from the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa turn to park a U.S. Air Force KC-135 on the ramp at the Sioux City, Iowa airport on March 13, 2020. U.S. Air National Guard... More
185th Tactical Fighter Group Commander, Col. Dennis
185th Tactical Fighter Group Commander, Col. Dennis Swanstrom presents U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle with a 185th baseball cap during a visit to Sioux City, Iowa in 1993.
Rock musician Bret Michaels at a performance in Sioux
Rock musician Bret Michaels at a performance in Sioux City, Iowa on November 8, 2019. The concert is part of his five city Hometown Heroes tour. At each of the performances Michaels has been paying tribute to m... More
The tail fin of a U.S. Air Force KC-135 laying on the
The tail fin of a U.S. Air Force KC-135 laying on the hangar floor at the unit’s main hangar in Sioux City, Iowa on March 21, 2019. Because of structural damage to the Stratotankers rudder the entire 25 foot st... More