Iowa's Bats Stratotanker gains heritage tail flash
At the end of December 2020, a USAF Boeing KC-135R Statotanker assigned to the Iowa Air National Guard’s 174th Air Refueling Squadron/185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux Gateway/Brigade General Bud Day Field (IA) was painted with a 75th anniversary paint scheme.
The design, painted on Stratotanker 57-2606, is an exact copy of the unit’s F-16 tail flash flown by the Sioux City, Iowa based Air Guard 174th Fighter Squadron during the 1990s.
The Air Refueling Squadron, nicknamed "Bats" has a total of eight Stratotankers assigned to the unit.
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