[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1250 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1250

 Honoring the Texas Air National Guard 147th Fighter Wing at Ellington 
  Field for protecting the ports, industries, and people of Southeast 
  Texas upon the retirement of its F-16s and its redesignation as the 
                       147th Reconnaissance Wing.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 5, 2008

  Mr. Lampson (for himself, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. 
Edwards, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, 
  Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Doggett, Mr. 
Rodriguez, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Carter, Ms. Jackson-Lee 
of Texas, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. McCaul of 
Texas, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Poe, Mr. Conaway, 
 Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Paul, Mr. Brady of Texas, Ms. Granger, Mr. Barton 
    of Texas, Mr. Gohmert, and Mr. Burgess) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Honoring the Texas Air National Guard 147th Fighter Wing at Ellington 
  Field for protecting the ports, industries, and people of Southeast 
  Texas upon the retirement of its F-16s and its redesignation as the 
                       147th Reconnaissance Wing.

Whereas throughout the history of the 147th Fighter Wing, the unit has flown 
        over 15 different types of aircraft in assorted reconnaissance, support, 
        and combat missions from France to Korea to Iraq;
Whereas the 147th Fighter Wing was responsible for escorting the President 
        following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001;
Whereas the 147th Fighter Wing won the United States Air Force Air-to-Air 
        Weapons Meet in 1978 and 1980, and has successively shown its 
        effectiveness as a unit by receiving outstanding ratings on its Alert 
        Force Evaluations each year, proving that it is one of the finest units 
        in the United States Armed Forces;
Whereas the men and women of the 147th Fighter Wing distinguished themselves and 
        are worthy of recognition for service above and beyond the call of duty 
        during deployment to Southwest Asia as part of the Air and Space 
        Expeditionary Force in 2007;
Whereas the 147th Fighter Wing's Alert mission defended the Gulf of Mexico for 
        54 years and is scheduled to take a ``Fini Flight'' on June 7, 2008, 
        before retiring its F-16s; and
Whereas the 147th Fighter Wing will be redesignated as the 147th Reconnaissance 
        Wing and will dedicate a new Predator Operations Center as it 
        transitions to a new mission during the summer of 2008: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the Texas Air National Guard 147th Fighter 
        Wing for its remarkable achievements; and
            (2) commends the members of the 147th Fighter Wing for 
        their longstanding service to the Nation.
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