House Resolution 30 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2       BY  ALONS, BAUDLER, BOAL, CHAMBERS, DEYOE,
  1  3       DOLECHECK, GIPP, GRASSLEY, HEATON, JACOBS,
  1  4        KAUFMANN, LUKAN, MAY, PAULSEN, RASMUSSEN,
  1  5      RAYHONS, ROBERTS, SANDS, SODERBERG, UPMEYER,
  1  6          VAN ENGELENHOVEN, WATTS, and WORTHAN
  1  7 A Resolution honoring the 132nd Fighter Wing of the
  1  8    Iowa Air National Guard.
  1  9    WHEREAS, the 132nd Fighter Wing of the Iowa Air
  1 10 National Guard, stationed in Des Moines, Iowa,
  1 11 distinguished itself by exceptionally meritorious
  1 12 service during the period from September 1, 2004, to
  1 13 August 31, 2006; and
  1 14    WHEREAS, during this period the 132nd Fighter Wing
  1 15 earned superlative ratings on its operational
  1 16 readiness inspection from the Air Combat Command
  1 17 Inspector General Team, with seventy=three percent of
  1 18 the graded areas rated either outstanding or
  1 19 excellent, resulting in an overall rating of
  1 20 excellent, the best of any Air National Guard or Air
  1 21 Force Reserve fighter unit during the past six years;
  1 22 and
  1 23    WHEREAS, 378 members of the Wing voluntarily
  1 24 deployed for both aviation and expeditionary combat
  1 25 support duties, and all of the tasked missions were
  1 26 flown, providing invaluable support to coalition
  1 27 ground forces; and
  1 28    WHEREAS, members of all of the Wing's mission
  1 29 support organizations have continued to supply
  1 30 critical expertise in diverse disciplines in support
  2  1 of the Global War on Terrorism; and
  2  2    WHEREAS, the Wing accomplished an Air National
  2  3 Guard first when it was selected as the 2006 Red Flag
  2  4 core unit == its superior performance was heralded by
  2  5 the Red Flag staff as "setting a new standard" for
  2  6 future units; and
  2  7    WHEREAS, in recognition of its ongoing dedication
  2  8 to duty and its service to America, the 132nd Fighter
  2  9 Wing has been awarded the United States Air Force
  2 10 Outstanding Unit Award; and
  2 11    WHEREAS, this award, created in 1954, is a
  2 12 decoration of the United States Air Force awarded to
  2 13 any command of the United States Air Force, including
  2 14 a Reserve and Air National Guard command, which
  2 15 performs exceptionally meritorious service,
  2 16 accomplishes specific acts of outstanding achievement,
  2 17 excels in combat operations against an armed enemy of
  2 18 the United States, or conducts with distinction
  2 19 military operations involving conflict with, or
  2 20 exposure to, a hostile action by any opposing foreign
  2 21 force; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 22    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2 23 That the House of Representatives honors the men and
  2 24 women of the 132nd Fighter Wing of the Iowa Air
  2 25 National Guard on receiving the Outstanding Unit Award
  2 26 for their dedicated service to Iowa and the nation.
  2 27 LSB 2330HH 82
  2 28 jr:nh/je/5