[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 20, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H5846]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 WELCOME HOME TO NEVADA AIR NATIONAL GUARD, 152ND INTELLIGENCE SQUADRON

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise on a special occasion as the 
members of the Nevada International Guard 152nd Intelligence Squadron, 
activated to support Operation Allied Force, will be returning home 
today.
  While activated, the unit members provided their years of experience 
in intelligence-gathering, assisting with the analysis of 
reconnaissance imagery and battle damage assessment. The analysts' 
primary focus was analyzing all the images acquired by the ``Predator'' 
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and some imagery from the U-2.
  The unit was called on because of the reputation and experience it 
acquired from over 30 years in the reconnaissance and intelligence 
arena. Flying various aircraft, the images it gathered on its missions 
were processed, interpreted and then fed back to the theater for 
mission planning and battle damage assessment.
  The Intelligence unit was previously deployed during the Persian Gulf 
War where its products were used throughout the war for evaluating the 
effectiveness of the missions and planning.
  On behalf of myself and the State of Nevada, I would like to welcome 
our troops home. Job well done.

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