[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[HOUS]
[Page 15858]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  MOMENT OF SILENCE HONORING VICTIMS OF THE C-130J CRASH AT JALALABAD 
                         AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN

  (Mr. NEUGEBAUER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a heavy heart. Six 
airmen assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing perished on Friday, 
October 2, 2015, when their C-130J aircraft crashed shortly after 
takeoff at Jalalabad Airfield in Afghanistan. Five civilians also died 
in that crash.
  Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of those 
who lost loved ones in this tragedy.
  Today we honor the sacrifice of these airmen who served at Dyess Air 
Force Base in Abilene, Texas, and Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, 
Massachusetts. They are:
  Captain Jordan Pierson, 28, of Abilene, Texas. I had the honor of 
nominating Jordan to the Air Force Academy;
  Captain Jonathan Golden of Camarillo, California;
  Staff Sergeant Ryan Hammond of Moundsville, West Virginia;
  Senior Airman Quinn Johnson-Harris of Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
  Senior Airman Nathan Sartain of Pensacola, Florida;
  Airman 1st Class Kcey Ruiz of McDonough, Georgia.
  I ask all my colleagues to stand and join me in a moment of silence.

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