Mark Benda

321 Evian Way

Peachtree City, GA  30269

1-770-486-0208

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Email: MBenda at bellsouth.net

   

Then

Now

Maureen and I got married during the break between T-37s & T-38s.  We enjoyed 22 yrs. in the AF, and now 8 yrs. of Delta Air Lines.  We have three children--Leslie, 25, an LCSW (counselor) in Pensacola; Greg, 23, who will graduate with a finance and accounting degree in July from State Univ. of West GA., and Steve, 21, who is a Jr. in engineering at GA Tech.  We enjoy hobbies of snow skiing, golf, racquetball, gardening, reading, and lace making.  Maureen has worked as an RN for 25 yrs.  We were stationed at RAF Alconbury, UK; Kadena AB, Japan, Indiana, California, Wash. D.C. and yes we did manage to come back to Oklahoma for two more assignments!  Although we lost track of a few of the gang, we enjoyed running into Wayne Harris and Hal Davis in Okinawa, Dave Lambert in Beale, CA., and Dale Higbee at the Lockheed Skunk Works at Palmdale, CA.  And now I occasionally see Gary Adkisson in the Atlanta area.  I flew KC-135s, B-707s, E-3A (AWACS), U-2/TR-1s, was an AWACS squadron CC, the chief of USAF Counterdrug Operations in the Pentagon, and went to National War College in Wash. D.C. before throwing in the towel.  I now fly as a high paid (wait we just took a huge pay cut!!) copilot for Delta on International routes to Europe and South America.  We live in Peachtree City, GA (ATL 196/031) just 40 minutes south of Atlanta. 

AFretirementday...22yrs!.jpg (154100 bytes) Left: USAF Retirement after 22 Years of service

Right: The Fenda Benda Family

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Right: 30th Anniversary in Costa Rica

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Right : Vacationing in Colorado

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