On May 17 and 18, The United States Air Force offered SILA’s Air Force Program (http://si-la.org/member-services/airforce/) a tour of March Air Force base AND a ride on a C-17.

SILA Air Force Chair Ben Bensen came in from Louisiana to lead several artists: SILA President Joe Cepeda, Keith Batcheller, Scott Gandell, Doug Castleman, Ginny Sherwood, Sonya Fe, Ray Harris, Shiho Nakaza, Guy and Debi Wolek on this great opportunity.

The Air Force gave a tour of the base on the 17th and a ride in a C-17 cargo plane which included maneuvers such as the “banana peel swoop”.

This is one of the many trips throughout the 2 years between Galas that give everyone who is planning on donating artwork(note: no computer generated art is allowed) to the Air Force and attending the Gala in October, 2012 at the National Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB.

If you have any questions about the program, just contact the SILA office 800-799-6368 or info@si-la.org.