Bill Text: TX SCR43 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the C-130 Hercules aircraft at Dyess Air Force Base.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-09 - Signed by the Governor [SCR43 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SCR43-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the C-130 Hercules aircraft at Dyess Air Force Base.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-09 - Signed by the Governor [SCR43 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SCR43-Engrossed.html
By: Fraser | S.C.R. No. 43 |
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WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
join the airmen, the United States Department of Defense employees, | ||
and the families of Dyess Air Force Base, along with the Abilene | ||
community, in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the C-130 | ||
Hercules aircraft in the Big Country; and | ||
WHEREAS, On February 8, 1961, the 64th Troop Carrier Wing | ||
began a distinguished era of service with the arrival of the first | ||
C-130 on the base; the early missions of the C-130s included | ||
responding to the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 and delivering | ||
support to the Distant Early Warning radar sites along the Arctic | ||
Circle with ski-equipped transport models; longer-range models | ||
were developed over the years, and the latest version of the | ||
aircraft, the C-130J Super Hercules, began arriving in 2010; and | ||
WHEREAS, The 64th Troop Carrier Wing passed the leadership | ||
torch to the 516th Tactical Airlift Wing in 1963, followed by the | ||
463rd Airlift Wing in 1972 and the 7th Wing in 1993; the 317th | ||
Airlift Group of today was activated in 1997; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the past 50 years, more than 17,000 maintenance | ||
workers and aircrew members have kept the C-130 Hercules ready to | ||
respond to the next crisis; the Dyess C-130s have delivered | ||
critical cargo under enemy fire and have been used to carry out | ||
numerous humanitarian missions, such as airlifting refugees to | ||
safety, fighting forest fires, and responding to Gulf Coast | ||
hurricanes; the steadfast support of the Abilene community has been | ||
an intregal part of the outstanding success of the C-130 mission at | ||
Dyess Air Force Base; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby pay tribute to all who have participated in the missions and | ||
the maintenance of the Dyess Air Force Base C-130 Hercules aircraft | ||
over the last 50 years; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be prepared in honor | ||
of the 50th anniversary of the C-130 Hercules aircraft at Dyess Air | ||
Force Base. |