PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SIGNED THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT INTO LAW THURSDAY..
THE BILL INCLUDES FUNDING AUTHORIZED TO CONSTRUCT A NEW RUNWAY AT THE SIOUX GATEWAY AIRPORT
FOR THE 185TH AIR NATIONAL GUARD REFUELING WING IN SIOUX CITY.
CONGRESSMAN RANDY FEENSTRA AND SENATOR JONI ERNST WORKED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CHAMBERS TO SECURE THAT AUTHORIZATION.
FEENSTRA ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING IN PART THAT THE BILL WOULD ALLOW THE 322,000-POUND KC-135 STRATOTANKERS HOUSED AT THE 185TH TO TAKE OFF AND LAND SAFELY FOR VARIOUS MISSIONS.
HE ADDED THAT TRUMP’S SIGNING OF THE DEFENSE BILL WILL BOLSTER OUR COMMUNITY AS IT PROTECTS ALMOST 1,000 JOBS, SPURS ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND KEEPS THE 185TH STRONG AND OPERATIONAL.
FEENSTRA SAYS AFTER YEARS OF ADVOCACY, HE IS GLAD THAT THE 185TH IS ON THE PATH TO GETTING A NEW RUNWAY THAT WILL STRENGTHEN OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND SUPPORT OUR TROOPS.
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