Jagello 2000 members visit 917 Wing
Lt. Cols. Dave Webb, 917th Operations Support Flight commander, and Bruce Gootee, 917th OSF director of operations, look on as Lt. Col. Joseph Jones, 93rd Bomb Squadron commander, talks about the capabilities of the M117 700 pound general purpose bomb with Dr. Petr Zlatohlavek, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Information Center executive chairman, and Zbynek Pavlacik, Jagello 2000 Association chairman, during their visit to the 917th Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Oct. 26, 2010. The Jagello 2000 Association is a top Czech Republic nonprofit, nongovernmental organization in the field of public and defense diplomacies, focusing on the presentation of NATO and security politics for the general public. It is also the main sponsor of the NATO Days in Ostrava air show, which was held Sept. 18-19, 2010, in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The 917th Wing supplied a B-52H Stratofortress and personnel in support of the air show, which marked the first-time a B-52 visited the Czech Republic. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Greg Steele)