[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 142 (Thursday, September 12, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E891]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF MAJOR RANDELL VOAS

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                            HON. ANGIE CRAIG

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 12, 2024

  Ms. CRAIG. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and legacy of 
Major Randell Voas of Lakeville, Minnesota. Maj. Voas tragically lost 
his life on April 9, 2010, in an aircraft crash during a combat mission 
in Afghanistan. Though he lost his life that day, his heroic actions 
and flying skills helped save the lives of sixteen other passengers on 
board the aircraft.
  Maj. Voas was a man of honor and integrity, serving our country in 
the United States Army and Air Force for nearly twenty years before his 
death. During that time, he served in Germany, Korea, England, Iraq, 
and Afghanistan. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Voas 
participated in the largest airdrop operation since Vietnam, earning a 
Cheney Award for his exemplary conduct during the mission.
  Maj. Voas' military career was one of remarkable service and immense 
sacrifice. In May of this year, the Air Force Special Operations 
Command honored that sacrifice by presenting his family with a 
Distinguished Flying Cross in honor of his extraordinary aerial skill 
in saving the lives of sixteen other souls on board his aircraft.
  I want to both congratulate, and offer my deepest condolences to Maj. 
Voas's wife, Jill, his children Maddeline and Mitchell, and the rest of 
his family on this posthumous recognition of Maj. Voas's service to our 
country. May his memory be a blessing to them all.

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