Sioux City’s 185th Iowa Air National Guard Refueling Wing has received a special honor. Base Commander Colonel Larry Christensen announced at the 185th Headquarters that they’d won the “Outstanding Unit Award.”
Christensen says this is the 9th time the unit has earned the award, and this one is for the 2015 to 2016 time period.
The 185th’s main mission is mid-air refueling, flying and maintaining eight K-C-135R Stratotanker aircraft. They have personnel stationed all over the world on a constant rotational basis and some will soon go on a new mission
The 185th Air Guard unit is comprised of over 900 full and part time
