On Thursday 25 September 2014, the Commander in Chief of the IV Air Brigade, General Aviation Brigade Manuel Sainz Salas, did visit the Antarctic Air Base President Eduardo Frei Montalva and attended, with the Commander of the Air Base GroupCommander (DA) Gonzalo Opazo, to the reopening ceremony of the Chapel of Santa Maria Reina de la Paz located at Villa Las Estrellas, the largest Chilean town in Antarctica. The Chaplain of the Unity Group Commander (SR) Juan Fuentes, blessed the new premises.
The Chapel restored by the Repair Squadron, using existing materials in the unit, gave a new facade to the Institutional Chapel. Among the works undertaken is the construction of a new bell tower and strengthening the foundations of the entrance. Source: https://prensaantartica.wordpress.com/2014/10/02/reinauguran-capilla-de-villa-las-estrellas-en-la-antartica/ TNX Prensaantartica, Credit to FACH
On Thursday 25 September 2014, the Commander in Chief of the IV Air Brigade, General Aviation Brigade Manuel Sainz Salas, did visit the Antarctic Air Base President Eduardo Frei Montalva and attended, with the Commander of the Air Base Group Commander (DA) Gonzalo Opazo, t
o the reopening ceremony of the Chapel of Santa Maria Reina de la Paz located at Villa Las Estrellas, the largest Chilean town in Antarctica. The Chaplain of the Unity Group Commander (SR) Juan Fuentes, blessed the new premises.