IV 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1585 

Honoring and recognizing the exemplary service and sacrifice of the 60th 

Air Mobility Wing, the 349th Air Mobility Wing, the 15th Expeditionary 

Mobility Task Force, and the 615th Contingency Response Wing civilians 

and families serving at Travis Air Force Base, California. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2010 

Mr. GARAMENDI (for himself, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of 

California, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Ms. GIFFORDS, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. HERGER, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. BACA, Ms. HARMAN, 

and Mr. MCNERNEY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring and recognizing the exemplary service and sacrifice 

of the 60th Air Mobility Wing, the 349th Air Mobility 

Wing, the 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force, and 

the 615th Contingency Response Wing civilians and families serving at Travis Air Force Base, California. 

Whereas the base originally named Fairfield-Suisun Army Air 

Base, the ‘‘Gateway to the Pacific’’, was renamed Travis 

Air Force Base in 1951; 

Whereas Team Travis includes the 14,800 active duty, reservists, and civilians of the 60th Air Mobility Wing, the 

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•HRES 1585 IH 

ity Task Force, the 615th Contingency Response Wing, 

and their families; 

Whereas the 60th Air Mobility Wing, the Air Force’s largest 

air mobility organization, significantly contributed to the 

defense of our Nation during World War II, the Korean 

War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, the 

Persian Gulf War, and operations Enduring Freedom 

and Iraqi Freedom; 

Whereas, after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 

Team Travis played major roles in providing airlift, air 

refueling, and aero medical evacuation in support of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom, flying 99,692 

hours for Operation Iraqi Freedom and 62,158 hours for 

Operation Enduring Freedom; 

Whereas in January 2009, Travis aircrews from the 60th Air 

Mobility Wing and 349th Air Mobility Wing supported 

humanitarian aid operations in the Darfur region of 

Sudan; 

Whereas the 615th Contingency Response Wing, one of two 

Air Force Contingency Response Wings, facilitated airlift 

efforts from Rwanda in support of the Rwandan peacekeeping mission; 

Whereas, after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on 

January 12, 2010, Team Travis conducted the first humanitarian missions, providing search and rescue personnel, medical experts and supplies, and 82,600 pounds 

of cargo in support of the Haitian Relief Effort; and 

Whereas the 60th Air Mobility Wing and Team Travis valiantly fulfill its motto of being ‘‘America’s First Choice’’, 

for true global reach: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 


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•HRES 1585 IH 

1 (1) honors and recognizes the exemplary service 

2 and sacrifice of the 60th Air Mobility Wing, the 

3 349th Air Mobility Wing, the 15th Expeditionary 

4 Mobility Task Force, and the 615th Contingency 

5 Response Wing civilians and families serving at 

6 Travis Air Force Base, California; 

7 (2) offers condolences to the families of the 

8 brave men and women of Team Travis who have lost 

9 their lives in defense of the United States; and 

10 (3) commends the actions of private citizens 

11 and organizations in the Travis Air Force Base com12 munity for their steadfast support of members of the 

13 United States Armed Forces and their families. 

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