[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 23, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H4590]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   MODERNIZATION OF F-22 FIGHTER WING

  (Mr. DUNN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my amendment to the 
National Defense Authorization Act, which will accelerate the 
modernization of the F-22 fighter wing at Tyndall Air Force Base. This 
is one of only three F-22 training wings in the Air Force.
  We have the most highly trained and dedicated military in the world. 
But if we are not giving them the resources to maintain their planes 
and training them in the most realistic environments possible, we are 
doing them a disservice. Over the last year, we have begun to correct 
that problem and rebuild our military and invest in our servicemembers.
  Modernizing the training wing of F-22s at Tyndall Air Force Base is 
another step in that process and is essential to the safety and 
security of the airmen we ask to achieve air superiority over 
battlefields all around the globe.
  We are giving certainty to our warfighters with this NDAA, and I urge 
all of my colleagues to support this important legislation.

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