Iowa Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, 11APR2023.
On 11APR2023, the Iowa Army National Guard was called in to move an Iowa Air National Guard ‘gate guard’, using their Viet Nam era CH-47 Chinook.
Iowa Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, 11APR2023.
The Korean ‘UN police action’ era F-80 Shooting Star had just gotten some new clothes, in order to proudly continue its guard duties on Camp Dodge.
Iowa Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, 11APR2023.
Iowa Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, 11APR2023.
Iowa Air National Guard video by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, 11APR2023:
The painting process began on 15SEP2022, when the F-80 was sling loaded to the paint shop in Sioux City.
Iowa Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, 15SEP2022.
Iowa Air National Guard video by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, 15SEP2022:
It wasn’t the first time the Iowa Air Guard F-80 got new clothes.
Iowa Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, April 2011.
In April 2011, the Shooting Star was stripped naked and fitted for the uniform of the 174th Fighter Bomber Squadron, for its new job as a gate guard on Camp Dodge.
Iowa Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, April 2011.
Iowa Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, 2011.
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