WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the North Dakota Air National Guard 119th Wing, known as the Happy Hooligans, will be doing a flyover at the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. The Happy Hooligans, based in Fargo, will fly an MQ-9 Reaper, which Air Force Chief of Staff General Kenneth Wilsbach recently referred to as the MVP of Operation Epic Fury.
While the original flyover plan was scuttled by the military due to "real-life circumstances," and with very little time to authorize an alternative, Cramer, who chairs the Senate Armed Services (SASC) Airland Subcommittee, contacted Air Combat Command Commander General Adrian Spain and Secretary o...