PRINTER'S NO. 734

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF HOUSE RESOLUTION Session of No. 112 2019

INTRODUCED BY RYAN, BARRAR, ROTHMAN, READSHAW, GABLER, STAATS, DiGIROLAMO, EVERETT, JOZWIAK, MURT, O'NEAL, POLINCHOCK, STEPHENS, BERNSTINE, BIZZARRO, BOROWICZ, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE, CIRESI, COX, DIAMOND, FEE, FREEMAN, HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, HILL-EVANS, IRVIN, KAUFFMAN, KINSEY, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MARKOSEK, MASSER, MENTZER, MILLARD, MULLINS, NEILSON, OBERLANDER, PYLE, RAPP, SAINATO, SAYLOR, SONNEY AND MACKENZIE, MARCH 6, 2019

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MARCH 6, 2019

A RESOLUTION

1 Commending the 111th Attack Wing, 171st Air Refueling Wing and 2 193rd Special Operations Wing of the Pennsylvania Air 3 National Guard on their selection as 2018 Air 4 Force Outstanding Unit Award recipients. 5 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania wings execute a 6 range of tasks and missions in support of military operations 7 during wartime and peacetime; and 8 WHEREAS, All numbered Active Guard Reserve Air Force units 9 are eligible for the Outstanding Unit Award, a performance-based 10 award recognizing service over a two-year period; and 11 WHEREAS, Air Force personnel and the personnel of other 12 military branches assigned or attached to an Air Force unit are 13 authorized to wear a corresponding Air Force Outstanding Unit 14 Award ribbon; and 15 WHEREAS, The Air Force has cited the 111th Attack Wing, based 1 at Horsham Air National Guard Station, Montgomery County, for 2 its role in cyber operations and its deployments for Global War 3 on Terrorism operations; and 4 WHEREAS, The Air Force has cited the 171st Air Refueling 5 Wing, based at International Airport, Allegheny 6 County, for its readiness for nuclear operations and its 7 refueling and cargo missions; and 8 WHEREAS, The Air Force has cited the 193rd Special Operations 9 Wing, based at Harrisburg International Airport, Dauphin County, 10 for its combat missions and broadcast hours and its deployments 11 across 27 nations; and 12 WHEREAS, For the first time, all three Pennsylvania National 13 Guard wings are receiving Outstanding Unit Awards during the 14 same awards cycle; therefore be it 15 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commend the 111th 16 Attack Wing, 171st Air Refueling Wing and 193rd Special 17 Operations Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard on their 18 selection as 2018 Outstanding Unit Award 19 recipients.

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