Bill Text: OH SCR6 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: To urge the Secretary and the Chief of Staff of the
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 65-30)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-15 - Concurrence [SCR6 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-SCR6-Enrolled.html
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Senator Bacon
Cosponsors:
Senators Balderson, Beagle, Brown, Burke, Eklund, Hite, Hughes, Jones, LaRose, Manning, Obhof, Peterson, Sawyer, Schaffer, Tavares, Uecker, Widener, Patton, Jordan, Seitz, Coley, Faber, Kearney, Oelslager, Schiavoni, Turner
Representatives Johnson, Landis, Pillich, Anielski, Barborak, Bishoff, Dovilla, Milkovich, Perales, Retherford, Adams, J., Amstutz, Antonio, Ashford, Baker, Beck, Blair, Boyce, Brenner, Brown, Buchy, Burkley, Butler, Carney, Celebrezze, Conditt, Damschroder, Fedor, Gerberry, Green, Grossman, Hackett, Hagan, C., Hall, Hayes, Henne, Hill, Hood, Hottinger, Letson, Lundy, Maag, Mallory, McClain, McGregor, Patterson, Phillips, Ramos, Reece, Roegner, Rogers, Romanchuk, Rosenberger, Ruhl, Scherer, Sears, Slaby, Slesnick, Smith, Sprague, Stautberg, Stebelton, Stinziano, Strahorn, Terhar, Winburn, Young Speaker Batchelder
| To urge the Secretary and the Chief of Staff of the | 1 |
| United States Air Force to give full consideration | 2 |
| to Rickenbacker Air Guard Station in Columbus, | 3 |
| Ohio as the location for the KC-46A Main Operating | 4 |
| Base. | 5 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):
| WHEREAS, The United States Air Force currently is examining | 6 |
| candidate bases for the initial fielding of twelve KC-46A | 7 |
| aircraft; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, The proven performance of the Ohio Air National | 9 |
| Guard's 121st Air Refueling Wing, based at Rickenbacker Air Guard | 10 |
| Station in Columbus, Ohio, in combination with the location, | 11 |
| infrastructure, and community associated with the site, would be | 12 |
| of unique benefit to the Air Force; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, The men and women of the 121st Air Refueling Wing | 14 |
| continue a lineage of proud service to our national defense that | 15 |
| spans over seventy years; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, These Guardsmen stand ready to fulfill any mission | 17 |
| assigned to them, and have a proven track record of exemplary | 18 |
| performance in the air refueling mission; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, The 121st Air Refueling Wing has provided superior | 20 |
| support to operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere around | 21 |
| the world, and following the United Nations resolution concerning | 22 |
| the Libya no-fly zone, was among the first units to respond within | 23 |
| hours to rapidly developing tanker requirements; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, The KC-135 crews at Rickenbacker Air Guard Station | 25 |
| consistently demonstrate their superior performance as the only | 26 |
| Air National Guard unit to compete in the biannual Air Mobility | 27 |
| Command Rodeo, winning multiple awards over the past five years | 28 |
| for Best KC-135 Aircrew, Air Refueling, and Cargo Loading across | 29 |
| the Air Force; and | 30 |
| WHEREAS, Geographically, Rickenbacker Air Guard Station is | 31 |
| well located to provide responsive support to the significant | 32 |
| demand for aerial refueling in the eastern United States, | 33 |
| particularly the heavy concentration of fighter and cargo aircraft | 34 |
| in the southeastern states; and | 35 |
| WHEREAS, With Rickenbacker Air Guard Station's infrastructure | 36 |
| currently supporting eighteen KC-135R aircraft, the base is well | 37 |
| positioned to accept twelve KC-46A aircraft; and | 38 |
| WHEREAS, The local community is a strong supporter of the | 39 |
| base and its resident Airmen, and low local area costs and the | 40 |
| availability of community amenities make Rickenbacker Air Guard | 41 |
| Station well suited to host an active association unit; and | 42 |
| WHEREAS, The proven performance and wealth of experience of | 43 |
| the 121st Air Refueling Wing, Rickenbacker Air Guard Station's | 44 |
| outstanding facilities, and the strong local and statewide support | 45 |
| the unit enjoys make Rickenbacker Air Guard Station an ideal | 46 |
| location for a KC-46A Main Operating Base; and | 47 |
| WHEREAS, Engineering, manufacturing, and development for the | 48 |
| KC-46A Aircrew Training System will be done at Wright-Patterson | 49 |
| Air Force Base, and locating the operating base in the same region | 50 |
| as the training system will produce significant cost savings; now | 51 |
| therefore be it | 52 |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly | 53 |
| of the State of Ohio, urge the Honorable Michael B. Donley, the | 54 |
| Secretary of the United States Air Force, and General Mark A. | 55 |
| Welsh, the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, to give | 56 |
| Rickenbacker Air Guard Station every consideration in selecting a | 57 |
| location for the KC-46A Main Operating Base; and be it further | 58 |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly | 59 |
| authenticated copies of this resolution to the Secretary of the | 60 |
| United States Air Force, to the Chief of Staff of the United | 61 |
| States Air Force, and to the news media of Ohio. | 62 |
