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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to honor Captain Ken Madsen, a 
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native of Bloomingdale, on being named Top Flight Lead of the 
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494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron on their deployment to 
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southwest Asia and on being named Wingman of the Year for the 
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squadron; and

 
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    WHEREAS, As a young man Ken Madsen knew he wanted to be in 
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the sky; after graduation from St. Walter School in Roselle and 
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Driscoll Catholic High School in Addison, he began a training 
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program to become a United States Air Force F15E fighter jet 
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pilot; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Ken Madsen graduated from the ROTC program at the 
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University of Illinois-Urbana in 2002 and immediately entered 
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the Air Force officer training program; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He first learned to pilot T37 transport jets, then 
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he graduated to a T38 jet; because he did so well he was again 
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advanced to fly the F15 Strike Eagle at Moody Air Force Base in 
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Valdosta, Georgia; and

 

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    WHEREAS, The 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron has 
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flown 970 combat sorties and approximately 6,500 total flying 
 


 






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hours; they have flown 890 missions in support of Operation 
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Iraqi Freedom, 82 missions supporting Operation Enduring 
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Freedom, 62 total weapons expenditures, and dropped 
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approximately 34,000 pounds of munitions; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Captain Ken Madsen on being named Top Flight Lead 
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of the 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron on their deployment 
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to southwest Asia and on being named Wingman of the Year for 
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the squadron; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Captain Ken Madsen as a symbol of our respect and 
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esteem.