EMBASSY EVENTS 2009
Brigadier General William Bender Visits Ambassador Ashe
3 February 2009
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| Brigadier General William Bender Visits Ambassador Ashe |
Brigadier General William Bender, commander of the 86th Air Wing at Ramstein Air Base Germany, visited U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Victor Ashe, as part of a larger European Command and U.S. Air Forces in Europe visit to Poland. The 86th Air Wing flies the C-130E aircraft, similar to the model to be received by Poland in 2009. The opening activity of this visit was a delivery of toys and other gifts collected by the Kaiserslautern Military Community 5/6 Organization to the “My Home - My Future” orphanage in SÅ‚upsk. The second part of the trip was a press event, where members of the Polish media were flown to the Powidz Air Base, future home of the Polish C-130Es, where they participated in a question and answer session by Brigadier General Tadeusz Mikutel, 3rd Wing Commander. The U.S. C-130 crew members demonstrated numerous aspects of C-130 operations to Polish maintenance personnel in anticipation of the arrival of their own C-130s. The initial bridges of friendship built between Ramstein and Powidz will surely develop into a strong, cooperative relationship in the future.



