Holocaust survivor Jack Mandelbaum recounts the day he was liberated from a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. Mandelbaum spoke Tuesday at Vance Air Force Base about his experiences in labor and concentration camps run by the Nazis. It was the first time in 25 years of speaking about the Holocaust that Mandelbaum did so at a military base. (Staff Photo by BILLY HEFTON)
Hope kept Jack Mandelbaum alive during the dark days of World War II.
A Holocaust survivor, Mandelbaum spoke Tuesday at Vance Air Force Base about his experiences in labor and concentration camps run by the Nazis.
It was the first time in 25 years of speaking about the Holocaust that Mandelbaum did so at a military base.
He recalled the day his family was rounded up by the Nazis in his hometown of Gydnia, Poland.
“June 11, 1942, the Nazis surrounded the Jewish section and put the people, almost 900, they put them in the square and marched them to a local brewery,” he said. read more...
A Vance Air Force Base graduate and the man tabbed to be the next superintendent of U.S. Air Force Academy is the featured speaker at the graduation ceremony for Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 09-08 at 10 a.m. read more...
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The test pilot who flew the T-38 Talon on its maiden flight 50 years ago said April 10 during the historic sortie he felt he was on the safest mission of his career. read more...
April is nationally observed as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
This year, the theme of the Department of Defense awareness campaign is “Our strength is for defending.”
This theme highlights the fact our mission not only includes national defense but also the defense and safety of fellow service members who voluntarily risk their lives in battle every day. read more...
Maj. Christian Langfeldt (left) and Capt. Oeyvind Haaheim, Norwegian Air Force pilots, perform a pre-flight check before takeoff in a C-17 simulator at the C-17 Aircrew Training Center at Altus Air Force Base while enrolled in a pilot training course April 16. After they graduate from the course in June, Langfeldt and Haaheim will fly airlift missions at Strategic Airlift Capability Heavy Airlift Wing at Papa Air Base, Hungary. HAW is composed of a multi-national force involving 10 North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries and two partnership for peace nations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Clinton Atkins)
ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE — The Air Force C-17 Aircrew Training Center’s ability to project a global force stretches well beyond the United States. read more...
New family housing construction at Vance Air Force Base is more than half done despite recent bad weather, Ron Hanson, project manager for Hunt Construction, said last week at a Housing Privat-ization Partnering meeting. read more...
Vance Education Office is hosting a combined Community College of the Air Force and Embry Riddle Aeronautical University graduation ceremony at 3 p.m. read more...
You’ve probably heard the term AFSO21 a lot recently and wondered what it meant. Quite simply, it is Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st century, a culture shift dedicated to doing jobs safely and efficiently. read more...
FROST/NIXON — A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost (Frank Langella) and former president Richard Nixon (Michael Sheen). read more...
Graduates, JSUPT Class 09-08 1st Lt. Alexander G. Criss, C-21, Scott AFB, Ill.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 09-08 Lt. j.g. Thomas F. Schmitz, E-6, Tinker AFB
Graduates, JSUPT Class 09-08 2nd Lt. Kimberley A. Brady, C-17, McGuire AFB, N.J.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 09-08 2nd Lt. Cameron V. Brancucci, T-38, Vance AFB
Graduates, JSUPT Class 09-08 2nd Lt. William G. Cargill, KC-10, McGuire AFB, N.J.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 09-08 2nd Lt. Ryan P. Carolan, NSA, Cannon AFB, N.M.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 09-08 2nd Lt. Eryck J. Ferguson, C-130, Pope AFB, N.C. (Reserve)
Graduates, JSUPT Class 09-08 2nd Lt. Ryan E. Freaney, C-17, Travis AFB, Calif.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 09-08 2nd Lt. Jonathan G. Goeres, U-28, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 09-08 2nd Lt. Brandon C. Gould, C-17, Travis AFB, Calif.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 09-08 2nd Lt. Scott W. Grams, RC-135, Offutt AFB, Neb.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 09-08 2nd Lt. Jason S. Higgs, UAS, Creech AFB, Nev.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 09-08 2nd Lt. Nicholas J. Meyers, C-17, Charleston AFB, S.C.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 09-08 2nd Lt. Andrew J. Poe, UAS, Creech AFB, Neb.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 09-08 2nd Lt. Curtis E. Raaberg, KC-10, Travis AFB, Calif.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 09-08 2nd Lt. Reed H. Southard, C-17, McChord AFB, Wash.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 09-08 2nd Lt. Aaron T. Stevens, F-15C, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
Graduates, JSUPT Class 09-08 2nd Lt. Martin K. Williams, T-1, Vance AFB
Graduates, JSUPT Class 09-08 2nd Lt. Matthew D. Zenishek, T-6, Vance AFB
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