Bill Text: TX HR2281 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Major General (Ret.) Paul E. Landers, Jr., for his service to the United States.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-01 - Reported enrolled [HR2281 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR2281-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2281 | ||
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| WHEREAS, U.S. Air Force Major General (Ret.) Paul E. Landers, | ||
| Jr., served his country with distinction during his exceptional | ||
| 31-year career in the military; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born near Seminole, Oklahoma, in 1939, Paul Landers | ||
| graduated from Hobbs High School in Hobbs, New Mexico, in 1957; he | ||
| attended the University of New Mexico before enrolling at the U.S. | ||
| Air Force Academy, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in | ||
| 1962; he later completed a master's degree in public administration | ||
| at Auburn University; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After being commissioned as a second lieutenant in | ||
| 1962, Paul Landers trained as a pilot at Moody Air Force Base, | ||
| Georgia, and he remained at Moody as a flight instructor and | ||
| examiner until 1967, when he was sent to South Vietnam; while | ||
| serving in the Vietnam War, he flew 375 combat missions as a forward | ||
| air controller supporting the 9th Infantry Division of the U.S. | ||
| Army; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Following his service in Vietnam, General Landers | ||
| was assigned as an exchange instructor with the 2nd Flying Training | ||
| School, Moose Jaw, Canada; he returned to the United States in 1970 | ||
| and continued to advance within the ranks of the air force; his | ||
| assignments included service as a plans officer with the 438th | ||
| Military Airlift Wing at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, and | ||
| work with the Coordinated Actions Plans Division of the Office of | ||
| the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations, Headquarters | ||
| U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.; in addition, he served as deputy | ||
| chief of the Policy Analysis Group with the Office of the Secretary | ||
| of the Air Force, as deputy commander for operations of the 438th | ||
| Military Airlift Wing, as deputy chief of staff for operations, | ||
| 21st Air Force, at McGuire Air Force Base, and as vice commander of | ||
| the 437th Military Airlift Wing at Charleston Air Force Base, South | ||
| Carolina; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In July 1983, General Landers took command of the | ||
| 437th Military Airlift Wing; he later held appointments as the | ||
| commandant of Squadron Officer School at Maxwell Air Force Base, | ||
| Alabama, as assistant deputy chief of staff for plans, Headquarters | ||
| Military Airlift Command, Scott Air Force Base, and as director of | ||
| manpower and organization at air force headquarters; on August 1, | ||
| 1989, he received promotion to the rank of major general; during | ||
| Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, he served as commander | ||
| of the 21st Air Force, Military Airlift Command, at McGuire Air | ||
| Force Base, and in this capacity he was responsible for airlift | ||
| operations to the Persian Gulf; he retired from the air force on | ||
| June 1, 1993, as deputy chief of staff, operations and | ||
| transportation, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, at Scott Air | ||
| Force Base, Illinois; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This esteemed officer received extensive leadership | ||
| training through the Squadron Officer College, the Air Command and | ||
| Staff College, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces; | ||
| moreover, he completed the Program for Senior Executives in | ||
| National and International Security at the John F. Kennedy School | ||
| of Government at Harvard University; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Among the many decorations conferred on General | ||
| Landers by the air force are the Distinguished Service Medal, the | ||
| Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, the Distinguished Flying | ||
| Cross with oak leaf cluster, the Meritorious Service Medal with oak | ||
| leaf cluster, the Air Medal with 15 oak leaf clusters, the Air Force | ||
| Commendation Medal, and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross | ||
| with two silver stars; he is also the recipient of the Order of the | ||
| Sword, which is the highest award that can be bestowed by the air | ||
| force enlisted force; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Throughout his three decades in the United States | ||
| Air Force, Major General Landers demonstrated exceptional | ||
| leadership, valor, and devotion to duty, and he is indeed worthy of | ||
| special recognition; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commend Major General (Ret.) Paul E. Landers, | ||
| Jr., for his outstanding military service and extend to him sincere | ||
| best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Major General Landers as an expression of high regard | ||
| by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Gooden | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2281 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 30, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
