[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 51 (Monday, March 25, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H2786]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  74TH EXPEDITIONARY FIGHTER SQUADRON

  (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
74th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron for being awarded the Gallant Unit 
Citation on March 14.
  An extraordinarily high honor for these pilots based at Moody Air 
Force Base in the First Congressional District of Georgia, this is only 
the fifth time ever the Gallant Unit Citation has been awarded, and the 
first since 2001. It was created to honor remarkable acts of heroism 
while engaged with an opposing foreign force on or since 9/11.
  The 74th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron earned the award while they 
were deployed in Turkey, flying for over 10,000 hours in Syria, 
targeting objectives controlled by ISIS. Their efforts were critical to 
the elimination of ISIS from 99 percent of Iraq and Syria.
  I want to thank the 74th Fighter Squadron for their hard work and 
sacrifices to make the entire world a safer place to live. I am also 
very proud to see this work recognized.
  Congratulations.

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