Sioux City Army Air Base
| Sioux City Air National Guard Base Colonel Bud Day Field  Sioux City Army Air Base |
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| Part of Iowa Air National Guard (IA ANG) | |
| Located at: Sioux Gateway Airport Iowa | |
KC-135R, AF Ser. No. 58-0067, 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard
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 Sioux City ANGB
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| Coordinates | 42°23′54″N 096°22′19″W / 42.39833°N 96.37194°WCoordinates: 42°23′54″N 096°22′19″W / 42.39833°N 96.37194°W |
| Type | Air National Guard Base |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by |
 United States Air Force
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| Site history | |
| Built | 1942 |
| In use | 1942–1945; 1946 – present |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison |
 185th Air Refueling Wing |
Sioux City Air National Guard Base is a United States Air Force base, located at Sioux Gateway Airport It is located 7.2 miles (11.6 km) south-southeast of Sioux City, Iowa. On 25 May 2002, the airport was named "Colonel Bud Day Field" in honor of United States Air Force Colonel George Everette "Bud" Day, a Sioux City, Iowa native and is the only person ever awarded both the Medal of Honor and the Air Force Cross.
Sioux Gateway Regional Airport is home for the Iowa Air National Guard's 185th Air Refueling Wing. The wings main mission is to provide mid-air refueling and mobility sustainment in direct support of the global mission of the Air Force. As a community-based organization the wing and its subordinate units are also tasked to support the state of Iowa in the event of a state emergency.
The station was established in March 1942 as Sioux City Army Air Base (AAB) and was a major training center during World War II under II Bomber Command for crew members of B-24 Liberators and B-17 Flying Fortresses. During the 1950s, the airfield was an Air Defense Command fighter-interceptor base. Beginning in 1956, the ADC flying activity was reduced and Sioux City became an ADC command and control station for Ground Control Intercept (GCI) Radar Stations in the Midwest, later becoming a Direction Center (DC-22) for the ADC Sioux City Air Defense Sector and later the 30th Air Division. In 1968 ADC closed its facilities, with the Iowa Air National Guard becoming the host unit at the base.
The construction of Sioux City AAB began in March 1942, about three months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Opened on 5 July 1942, it became a major training center during World War II, initially for B-17 Flying Fortress, and later B-24 Liberator groups. The base performed primarily Phase III advanced group training, and once completed, the groups were deployed overseas to either the Eighth Air Force (ETO), or Fifteenth Air Force (MTO) for combat operations.
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