(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa National Guard has set this Sunday at 2 p-m as the date for the formal ceremony marking the shutdown of the 133rd Test Squadron in Fort Dodge.
Iowa Guard spokesperson Jackie Schmilllen says they learned in May of last year that the squadron was going to be shut down as part of a national restructuring. She says there are 38 traditional service members with the Iowa National Guard and three full-time in Fort Dodge. They are authorized to have 118 and had around 100 when the shutdown was announced.
All full-time members were offered other positions with the Iowa Air National Guard and a majority are going to the 132nd Air Wing in Des Moines or the 185th Refueling Wing in Sioux City. Schmilllen says the Sunday ceremony will celebrate the more than 75 years of the unit in Fort Dodge.
