Description of document: Listing of US Air Force (USAF) Congressional Delegations (CODELS) (apparently) 2013-2015
Requested date: 17-December-2015
Released date: 24-February-2016
Posted date: 04-April-2016
Source of document: FOIA Request SAF/AAII 1000 Air Force Pentagon Washington, DC 20330-1000 Efax: [email protected] Online FOIA Request Portal
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 24 February 2016
SAF/AAII (FOIA) I 000 Air Force Pentagon Washington DC 20330-0100
This is in response to your 17 December 2015, Freedom of Information Act request documents relating to "an electronic copy of the database listing of Congressional Delegations (CODELS) during the last several years."
HAF/ES provided responsive documents however, specific information such as locati on has been withheld. Per your discussion with Mr. Jim Hogan, DoD FOIA Office in January 2016, you agreed to the redaction of location information.
Please direct your questions to Janet Beasley at (703) 61 4-3025 or [email protected] and reference case number #2016-0 I 045-F.
Sincerely Digitally signed by • BEASLEY JANET.F.111 0584853 BEASLEY JAN ET DN: c=US, o= U.S. Government, ou=DoD, ~~=:~;L~~~!~Eu .1 1 1 0584853 • F• 1110584853 Date: 2016.02.24 07: 16:23 -05'00' JANET F. BEASLEY Government Info rmation Specialist TRANS DATE NAME WCATION PURPOSE AUTH MODE Hawaii, S. Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Myanmar, Thailand, Foreign Relations and Armed Reserve 5-14 Jan CODEL lnhofe 31 use Ethiopia, S. Sudan, Rwanda, Services business C-40 Burkina Faso Meetings focused on political, economic, military Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Guard 8-17 Jan CODEL Shelby and security issues affecting 31 USC Brazil C-40 bilateral and regional relations
IO.Jan Rep Lamborn OF F.E. Warren AFB Orientation Flight SEC AF UH-I
Visits and briefings at space 23-25 Jan CODELSmith Colorado Springs organizations, industry, 31 USC Comair NORAD and NORTHCOM
Discuss cross-Strait security. 24 Jan-2 Japan, S. Korea, Taiwan, Reserve CODELRoyce maritime territorial disputes 31 USC Feb Philippines, China, Hawaii C-40 and trade
Visits and briefings at Air 31 USC/ 28-30Jan CODEL Rogers Huntsville (AL) Force and Strategic Forces Comair OSD organizations and industry TRANS DA.TE NAME LOCATION PURPOSE AUTH MODE Build sustainable coalitions S. Korea, Vietnam, 16-23 Feb CODEL Landrieu to strengthen child welfare 31 USC Comair Cambodia systems in SE Asia Discussions regarding Comair/ 17-23 Feb CODEL Durbin Uganda, Djibouti, Bahrain foreign policy priorities in 31 use ITC-20 Africa CODEL Visit Creech AFB for SSCI 18-19 Feb Las Vegas SEC AF Comair Chambliss business
Discuss political, economic Reserve 18-21 Feb CODELLeahy Cuba, Haiti 31 USC and humanitarian issues C-40 22-Feb Rep Daines OF Malmstrom AFB Orientation Flight SECAF UH-JN
Reserve 22-25 Feb CODEL Turner Belgium Attend NATO-PA session 31 use C-40 TRANS DATE NAME LOCATION PURPOSE AUTH MODE QF-4or I-Mar Rep Graves OF Davis Monthan AFB Orientation Right SECAF F-16 Visit Lockheed Martin F-35 31 USC/ 7-8 Mar CODELTumer Ft Worth, TX Comair plant SecAF CODELSmith 17-20Mar Italy Papal Ceremony attendance 31 USC Comair (Chris - NJ) DATE SA.Ml! UK:ATION ru:RPUSE A\,'Tlf TRANS MODE Ov Higbligbl Ille c:ldlural and ccunomi.i: lia. within the bemisphett; heir lmderscoo 27 Apr-Hlay CODEL Salmon Afplina. Brazil. Columbil Jl USC COIDl.ir Ille •'8luc of polilklll a tradehnl-fitl11i:'lll relatioos throujhou•--'fh=· DATE NAME LOCA110N PURPOSE Al:nl TRANS MODE 17-20 May CODEL Turner Luxemburg Attend NATO PA Meetings 31 USC Com air Survey tornad<; damage to 21-May CODEL lnhofe Oklahoma City 31 use C-38/Helo ba5c and communitv To inspect ongoing security impro•ements at Embassies Romania. Turkey. 23 May- 2Jun CODELTumer in lhe visited countries in 31 USC Comair Azetbaijan. Ireland light of lhe recent Benghazi anack. Attend the Spring Sessioo of CODELDiaz- U.S. Delegation IO the 29May- 2 Jun Ireland 31 USC Com air Balart Transallantic LcgMaior·s Dialogue in Jrcla11d. TRANS DATE NAME LOCATlON PURPOSE Atrm MODE Lead a dclegolioo of members (•ith spouses). Offu:en of thc ll-18 Jon CODEL Shelby FlllllCC Senate {with spt111..,.1 and senior 31 USC Comair Senate Staff to the Pai Re<:eh1' an update on Iran's nuclear prognun from the IAEA. Ao•tria, Italy. visit three US military 30Juo - 7 Jul Bilirokis 31 use Comair cooa Spain installation." Lo review operations.. training. military cORJilructiun and other activities., and lo visit ill critical F-3~ program pmtner oation' s nnuluction facility Twl 11-13 Jul CODEL Turner F1 Worth Visit the F-35 production line 31 USC Com air withe NATO PA dele2ation Travel in connection with Kuwait, Afghanistan (24-25 22-26 Jul GO VD EL OSD requested OOVDEL OSD Mi lair Jul), Germany trio to CENTCOM 25-26Jul AF Caucus Offun AFB Visit to STRATCOM OSD Milair/Comair TRANS DATE NAME LOCATION PURPOSE AUfH ESCORT MOD! (lfilGsl Meet with privute and government officials to review Ayon 3-12 Aug CODEL Shcllly South Africa. Argentina issues of U.S. national interests including health. 31 USC C40 Nicholas defense, trade. finance and economics. Wildman To meet with pri\•atc and government offices to 10-17 Aug CODELWyden South Africa review issues of U.S. national interests including 31 use Con1air Maldonado fcncrgy and intcllirence To view NRO launch, visit launch and processing, Bowen facilities. MDA siteS. at VAFB. Visit LM Sunnyvale 25-30Aug CODELRogers Vandenberg AFB, Los Angeles 31 USC Comllir Grover campus for SBIRS. THAAD. TRIDENT. MUOS, Alexander GEOEYE, and classified programs TRANS DATE NAME LOCATION PURPOSE AL'TH MODE Participate in the British-American Parliamentary 3. 8 Sep CODELLcahy London, UK 31 USC Comair Group meetings 15-17 Sep CODEL Rogers Amarillo Visit PAl'ITEX (NNSA) 31 USC Comair 22-25 Sep CODEL Sanchez Nellis AFB Oversight of clas~ified sites at/around Nellis AFB 31 USC Comair TRANS DATE NAME LOCATION PURPOSE AUTH MODE NO CODELS THIS MONTH TRANS DATE NAME LOCATION PURPOSE AUTH MODE To meet with Government and military leaden; to discuss U.S. presence in Europe to include an upda1e on operations in Afghanistan and the region. 1lie ComairlIT 4-IO Nov CODEL Turner Germany. Poland. England 31 USC delegation will also meet with US personnel who arc Mi lair stationed in Europe and attend NA TO' s Steadfast Jw:z exercise in Poland. TRANS DATE NAME LOCATION PURPOSE AUTH MODE CODEL Mandela 9-12Dcc South Afrii:a Attend Nelson Mandela Memorial Servke 31 USC C-32 Memorial Speak to the Wing CCs SAPR Conference at request II-Dec CODEL Turner Andrews AFB SecAF Ground ofCSAF CODEL Mandela Ground trans support lo National Cathedral Memorial II-Dec Washington. DC OSD Ground Ground Service Review the ICBM and nuclear bomber force and 13-15 Dec CODEL Rogers MinoiAFB ensure Congressional support is adequate to meet the 31 USC Comair critical mission. Focus on U.S.-lndia economic relations, counterterrorism i:ooperation, issues important to 14-22 Dcc CODEL Holding India U.S. national interest~. Includes visits to the USAID 31 use Comair site, Strategk Foresight Group. National Security Advi.'IOr and HCL technologies caJJll>Us. TRANS DATE NAME LOCATION PURPOSE AUTH MODE Travel in connection with defense-related issues at all Germany. Turkey. Georgia. Jordan, stops. to include current update on EUCOM. Large 16-26 Jan CODEL lnhofc UAE, AFG (21 fan), Ethiopia. AFRICOM. Syria. C-ITF HOA, & other efforts in 31 USC Mil air Uganda. Rwanda. Niger. Cape Verde Europe. the Middle East, & Africa. There will be a stop at Kabul. AFG. for an update. TRANS DATE NAME LOCATION PURPOSE AUTH MODE Attend NATO·PA visit to Nellis AFB lo observe 6-SFeb CODEL Turner Nellis AFB 31 USC Com air RedAa2 Review ongoing operations in support of Pakistan, Afghanistan (15-J71. Operation Enduring Freedom in Pakistan Comair/ 12-23 Feb CODEL Frelinghuysen .HUSC Qatar, Ionian Afghanistan, and cla.~sified missions supporting ITMilair US Central Command 14-18 Feb CODELTumer Belgium Attend NATO.PA Winter Meeting 31 use Comair Japan. Korea. Taiwan, Hong Kong. Mil air/ 15-23 Feb CODELRoyce Foreign Affairs Committee Business 31 USC Phil Iipines IT Milair 21-Feb CODEL Fischer • OF Offutt AFB Orientation flight on E-48 or RC· 135 Sec AF Mil air TRANS DATE NAME LOCATION PURPOSE AUTH MODE Meet with private and government officials to 15-22 Mar CODEL Harkin Colombia. Chile. Argentina. Bolivia review issues of U.S. national interests including 31 use Milair health, defense. trade. finance and economics. 19-23 Mar COPEL Crenshaw London, UK US-UK Parliamentary Conference JI use Comair 20-23 Mar CODELTumer Brussels Anend Brussels Forum 31 use Comair Visit the Sikorsky plant and receive CRH briefs 27-2!! Mar COPEL Heck Hartford, CT and receive cla.~sified briefings with Uni1ed 31 use Comair Technologies TRANS DATE NAME WCATION PURPOSE AUTH MODE Visit SOCOM and CENTCOM nnd receive 10-12 Apr STAFDEL Dolbow Tampa OSD Comair urvlate briefin2s Receive briers and tours of Boeing Guidance II-Apr STAFDEL Epltein Columbus. OH 31 USC Comair R"""'ir Facilitv To receive budget briefs and tours of NNSA 13-15 Apr STAFDEL Epstein Knoxville 31 Comair Labs (Y-12. Sandia) use 12-23 Apr CODELLeahy Hawaii, Vietnam. Hong Kong, China Visit with Vietnamese/Chinese foreign officials 31 USC Mi lair Visit National Nuclear Labs & Nuclear Wrufare Center 10 receive lours of operations on the 861 LEP. Visit STRATCOM. meet with senior leadership & receive classified briefings on 13-18 Apr STAFDEL Schwartz New Mexico, Nebraska, Nonb Dakota OSD Comair nuclear war planning/execution and New START compliance. Visit Minot AFB to observe B-52/ICBM operations/nuclear weapons employment operation.~ Anend Geo-spatial Intelligence Examine US military and counter terrorism 12-16Jun CODEL Stockman Abuja. Nigeria 31 USC Comair cooperation efforts to counter Bako Haram 14-18 Jun BOV Washington. DC Annual BoV meeting OSD To receive budget briefs and tours of the AP 25 • 28 Jun STAFDEL Epstein Albuquerque. NM Nuclear Weapons Center, Sandia.. and Los 31 USC Corn air Alamos National Labomtories. 25-28 Jun Sta!Del Lerner Albuquerque. NM Review Cyber programs 31 USC Comair 30Jun-2 Jul CODEL Fr.mks London. UK Attend ElSS-Black Skv Dav 31 USC CornaiT TRANS DATE NAME LOCATION PURPOSE AUTH MODE 10-15 Jul CODEL Shelby Famsbomugh UK Attend the Farnsborough Airshow 31 USC ComaiT Dicuss national interest to include heallh. defense. I l-16Jul CODEL Granger Guatemala, Mexico 31 USC C-40 trade economics and finance 17-19 Jul CODEL Hirono San Antonio, TX Base tours and boarder control discussion SECAF Comair 17-19 Jul CODEL Simpson Omaha, NE HAC Committee Business 31 USC Comair 21-22 Jul CODEL Mcintyre Las Vegas, NV Attend Red Flag 14-3 SECAF Comair 31 Jul-I Visit Custom and Boarder Con1rol and CODEL Collins Kelly Field. TX 31 use C-40 Aul! Unaecimanied Minors dorms TRANS DATE NAME LOCATION PURPOSE AUfH MODE Visit with government officials regarind issues of 2-IOAug CODEL Shelby Berlin, Dresden, Prague, Vienna 31 use Comair health, degense, trade. finance. and economics Soulh Korea, Vietnam. Thailand. Visit contn:tor sites in Vietnam and Cambodia 2-14 Aug STAFDEL Epstein 31 USC Comair Carnboida. Austr.ilia and AF space/cvber assets in Austrlia Visit Space and missile system cen1er. F..dwards 3-6Aug StatDel Lee Los Angeles, CA 31 USC Comair AFB, Northrup Grumman and Lockheed Martin Visit Life Cycle Management Command, AFMC 3-5 Aug CODEL Sanchez Dayton, OH and Santa Ana. CA Big Safari, NASIC. and 4 defense contraclors in 31 USC Comair CA Visit Space and missile system center, Edwards 3-9 Aug StalDel Tufts Los Angeles, CA SECAF Comair AFB. Northrup Grumman and Lockheed Martin Demonstrate to congressional staffers the tenets o Minot, Denver, Colorado Springs, 4-SAug STAFDELACSC Air, Space and Cyberspace doctrine as learned SECAF Comair Ft. Walton Beach through the ACSC Capitol Hill Seminar UK, Belgium, Hungary. Croatia, 9-16 Aug CODELRogel'li RAC Committee Business 31 USC C-40 France Discuss strategic security, economic. and 12-21 Aug CODEL Shuster Korea. China. Hong Kong 31 use C-40 transponation initiatives in the PACOM AOR 24-26Aug Rep Thornberry Colorado Springs Visit AFSPCE SECAF Comair Visit AFRICOM and an audience with Pope 25-31 Germany, Italy. Djibouti, Rwanda, Francis. The focus oflhe trip will be national CODEL Stabenow 31 use C-40 Aug Ethiopia, Cape Verde security and development issues, particularly for women's empowennent and agriculture. 28-29 Aug CODELRoc McAllen. TX Visit Customs and Border patrol facilities 31 USC Milair 29Aug-1 CODEL Lankford El Salvador. Honduras, Guatemala SOUTHCOM and Security issues 31 USC Milair &n TRANS DATE NAME LOCATION PURPOSE AlrfH MODE 1-5 Sep CODEL Turner Alaska NATO PA and ba.~e visit to JBER and Eielson SECAF Comair Corn air 23-26Sep CODEL Kinzinger Turkey, Syria Meet with Government officials 31 use Mil air Cannon, Kinland, and Holloman 24-27 Sep CODEL Thornberry New Mexico base touf5 SECAF Corn air AFBs.NM 28-29 Sep CODEL McKeon Wright PattCJ"son AFB. OH Space and Intel briefings SECAF Comair 28 Sep-2 CODEL Rogers New Mexico Base Visits 31 USC Comair Oct TRANS DATE NAME LOCATION PURPOSE AUTH MODE 6-80ct CODELKim!: California and New Mexico Visit Nation~ Labs 31 use Cumair 6-120ct CODEL Biliralds Greece, Cyprus, Albania OiS(."llSS Defense, Eneergy and ecooomic reco\lel) 31 USC Comair 31 USC 13-J50ct CODELTumer Las Vegas. NV Visit RPA facilities Comair SECAF 24-0ct RepBWT Pope AFB, NC C-1300F SEC AF C-130 27-300ct CODEL Womack Orlanoo, PL ULA Rocket Launch 31 USC Comair TRANS DATE NAME LOCATION PURPOSE AUTH MODE C-40In 5-12 Nov COOEL Royce Mexico. Peru, Colombia Hoose Foreign Affairs Committee Bll$iness 31 USC theater 10-Nov COOEL Coates Han.'iCom AFB. NH KC 135 Orientation Flight SECAF KC 135 20-25 Nov CODEL Turner Netherlands NATO PA 31 USC Comair TRANS DATE NAME LOCATION PURPOSE AlrfH MODE 11-17 Dec CODEL Rogers Romania, Poland. Ukraine European Pha!;ed Adaptive Approach 31 use C-37 13-21 Dec CODELSmith Antartica Science Exploration briefings 31 use Milair 18-Dec CODEL McCain Arizona Ba.~ Visits OSD C-40 TRANS DATE NAME LOCATION PURPOSE AlTTII MODE 17-19 Jan CODELLeahy CUba Intel updates 31 USC Res C-4-0 29 Jan -1 Feb CODEL Shuster G™O; Panama City. Panama Discu.~s strategic interests in 1he region 31 USC C-4-0 TRANS DATE NAME LOCATION PURPOSE AUTH MODE 13-17 Feb CODEL Turner Belgium NATO PA 31 USC Comair 13-18 Feb CODEL Blackbum United Kingdom Energy and security is.~ues 31 USC Comair 13-21 Feb CODELRyan Hawaii. Japan, Singapore. Malaysia 31 USC C-40 Discuss US defense and securitv issues Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, 17-22 Feb CODEL Pelosi 31 USC GuardC-40 Jamaica Forei 1!11 trade oolicv TRANS DATE SAME LOCATION PURPOSE Al"TH MODE 5-15 Mar CODEL Frelinghuysen Egypt. Cypru.~. Ukraine. UK Bilateral discusioos 31 USC Milait 6-15 Mar CODEL Roy(.>e Germany. India. Olina. Japan, Taiwan, Alaska Discuss US trade issues 31 USC Mi lair 26-27Mar CODE!Tumer Eglin AFB. FL F-35 Briefings SEC AF KC-135 26 Mar-4 CODEL lnhofe GE, RO, JO. SA. Dj. ET. TZ. SP SASCCB Am 31 use C-40 26 Mar-4 CODEL Pelosi Asia 31USC Anr Leadershin Businen C-40 TRANS NAME LOCATION PURPOSE AUTH DATE MODE 1-12 Apr CODEL Shelbv I Gemiany, United Kingdom Discuss US and Host Nation issues 31 USC Comair 5-8 Apr Netherlands. Belgium. Germany SASCCB 31 USC Comair Hawaii Contracting Com air 4-lOApr StafDel jl USC 6-9 Apr StafDcl Lerner Montgomery. AL curse 1 USC Comair 6-11 Apr CODEL Westmoreland Texas. Mexico. Florida DoD misliion and Intel 31 USC Comair 8-11 Apr CODEL ~elson Honduras Defense issues 31 USC Milair 9-12 Apr CODE! Duncan Panama f the Americas 31 USC Comair 9-!4Apr CODEL Brideni1tein Colorado AF S"""e Mission briefs SECAF Comair 10-Apr CODELBrown Ohio C-1300F SECAF C-130 Tandem 15-Apr CODEL Lambourne USAFA AF TandemJumn Jumn 23-27 Apr CODEL Wicker Fmace, Denmark ocsc 31 USC C-37 26-27 Apr CODEL Bordallo USAFA.CO Meetim1s SEC AF Comair TRANS DATE NAME LOCATION PURPOSE AUTH MODE 3-11 May CODEI... Upton Portugal, Belgium, Ukraine. Poland Meet with Foreign Officials 31 USC C-40 Hawuii, Guam, Japan. Korea. 21-30 May CODEL Rogers Examine missile defense 31 use C-40 Ala~ka Comair 23-27 May CODEL Durbin Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland Meet w/Govt Officials 31 USC Milair 23-28 May CODEL Udall Cuba CB 31 use C-37 Gennany. Estonia. Poland. 23-30May CODEL Fischer SASCCB 31 USC C-40 Romania ltalv TRANS DATE NAME LOCATION PURl'Q.\"E AUTH !l.10Di: 11-16Jun CODEL. Cochran Paris. FR Alrshow 31USC C-40 26-28Jun COOEI.. Nelson Haiti Govt l'dations 31 USC Comair 26-28Jun CODE!. Leahy Cuba Meetirurs 31 USC c.37 l6-29Jun CODEI Diu-Balan Latvia Anendn.D 31USC Comair 28Jun-1 CODEL Srewan HPSCJCB 31 USC Cmnair Jul I I TRANS DATE NAME WCATION PURPOSE AUTH MODE NO CODELS THIS MONTH -11 ... TRANS NAl'tlE LOCATION PURPOSE ITIN DATE AUTH MOOE 4-8 Sep CODELBlunt Estonia NATO 31 use RCVD Comair C-40 18-23 Sep CODEL Scalise Greece, Egypt, Germany Jnt1 Relations 31 use RCVD 932nd Iceland. Norway, Greenland. 24-211 Sep CODE! Murkowski GOVT Meetings 31 USC RCVD Milair Alaska TRANS DATE NAME LOCATION PURPOSE ltla AllTH MODE 9-17 Oct CODEI Hensarling Germany, Swit7.erland, UK Govt HFSC Business RCVD 31 use C-40 13-15 Oct CODELNunes Los Angeles, CA Visit SpaceX RCVD SECAF Com air TRANS DATE NAME LOCATION PURPOSE AlrrH MODE S-14 Nov CODEL Pelosi Ala.~ka. Japan. China. Germany Economic and trade 31 USC C-40 9-IONov Rep Stewart Hill AFB, UT F-16 OF with the 388th SEC AF F-16 13-Nov Rep Hardy Nellis AFB, NV UH600F SEC AF UH-60 13-Nov Rep Hartlzer Whiteman AFB, MO B-2 Orientation Flight SEC AF NIA 22-24Nov CODEL Donnelly ABQ.NM LabVi~ils SEC AF Comair _,,, TBANS ESCORT Cl.ASSA! ACC'fm ACC'l'IN DATE NAME LOCATION PUIU'O!Qi: At'.111 TA/ITO ITL"' Uilil0.1 Ail'O..,.. LI.MO AA.RA NO DECEMBER COOEl.!l I i=i I = i:= ~ ==t= E .I I I I ~ a= I ==F