Left to right: Polish air force Col. Krzysztof Szymaniec, commander of the 33rd Transport Aviation Base; Lt. Gen. Jan Sliwka, Deputy Commander of Polish Armed Forces; Gen. Rajmund Andrzejczak, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces; Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Basham, Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa deputy commander, and Polish air force Brig. Gen. Wojciech Pikula, commander of the 3rd Airlift Wing, pose for a photo in front of a USAF B-1B Lancer aircraft at Powidz Air Base, Poland, March 12, 2021. The group of military leaders observed a Bomber Task Force Europ
Left to right: Polish air force Col. Krzysztof Szymaniec, commander of the 33rd Transport Aviation Base; Lt. Gen. Jan Sliwka, Deputy Commander of Polish Armed Forces; Gen. Rajmund Andrzejczak, Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces; Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Basham, Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa deputy commander, and Polish air force Brig. Gen. Wojciech Pikula, commander of the 3rd Airlift Wing, pose for a photo in front of a USAF B-1B Lancer aircraft at Powidz Air Base, Poland, March 12, 2021. The group of military leaders observed a Bomber Task Force Europe hot-pit refuel of the B-1B, an operation demonstrating the Agile Combat Employment concept. Hot-pit refueling allows for rapid refueling while aircraft engines are still running, keeping bombers in the air near continuously.
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