Iowa Guard Airmen perform flyover at Jack Trice Stadium

Photo By Maj. Jeremy McClure | The boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker is lowered as the aircraft passes over Jack Trice Stadium on Ames, Iowa on Saturday Oct. 26 before the start of the Iowa State University and Oklahoma State University football game. The aircraft is assigned to the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing based in Sioux City, Iowa. (Air National Guard Photo by Maj. Jeremy McClure)  

AMES, IA, UNITED STATES

10.26.2019

Story by Maj. Jeremy McClure 

185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard

Airman from the Iowa Air National Guard took part in the pre-game activities performing a flyover at the Iowa State University and Oklahoma State University football game in Ames, Iowa on Saturday.

Air Guard members from the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa crewed a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Statotanker aircraft as part of the flyover at Jack Trice Stadium prior to the National Football league match-up. The units KC-135’s are used primarily for mid-air refueling.

Event flyovers at large public events are part of the U.S. Air Force aerial events program that demonstrate U.S. military preparedness, promote community relations, support Air Force recruiting and retention efforts and render military honors.

Prior to the end of the game pilots and crew members from Sioux City were honored on the field for their military service.

For questions concerning the activities of the Air National Guard’s 185th ARW, please contact

Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot [phone] (office), [phone] (cell), or by e-mail at [e-mail] ; also see our website: http://www.185arw.ang.af.mil/

• Date Taken: 10.26.2019
• Date Posted: 10.26.2019 12:29
• Story ID: 349165
• Location: AMES, IA, US