[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 4432]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNITION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN AIR FORCE 
                                STATION

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                           HON. DOUG LAMBORN

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 15, 2016

  Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I submit the following:
  Whereas, since 1966, the United States Air Force at Cheyenne Mountain 
Air Force Station has been the synergistic hub to track foreign threats 
worldwide, providing an essential component of North American defense 
and global security; and
  Whereas, countless space and ground sensor data collections are 
assimilated, providing leadership the key threat assessments to ensure 
safety and security to millions of people around the world; and
  Whereas, the 21st Space Wing at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado 
Springs, Colorado provides operational support and infrastructure 
sustainability, and today celebrates the 50th anniversary of the full 
operational capability of Cheyenne Mountain; and
  Whereas, the 721st Mission Support Group at Cheyenne Mountain in 
Colorado Springs, Colorado provides the dedicated daily sustainment to 
more than 13 mission partners performing the national security mission 
inside of the Mountain Complex; and
  Whereas, every day over 1,000 U.S. and Canadian military and 
civilians, residing in Colorado and working in Cheyenne Mountain, are 
ever vigilant, round the clock, in our collective common defense; and
  Whereas, Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station is one of the greatest 
engineering marvels of its time, still relevant now and into the 
future, representing an Eighteen Billion Dollar ($18B) facility, 
unrivaled anywhere in the world; and
  Whereas, Colorado is proud to be a nexus in providing for the defense 
of North America, which has a far-reaching utility and whose multi-use 
services are critical to national and global security not only today 
but in the future; therefore, on the occasion of its 50th Anniversary, 
I do hereby proclaim, forever after, April 20, 2016, as Cheyenne 
Mountain Day.

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