“These experiences become engrained in your mind, and never go away.” March 29, 1973, marks the day when then-Capt. Robert Certain was released from a Hanoi prison during Operation Homecoming. “Every year between Christmas and Easter becomes an anxious time for me remembering those Prisoner of War days,” Certain said in an interview with Air Force Times. This year marks the 40th anniversary of his release. On Dec. 18, 1972, President Nixon ordered a campaign against military targets in the cities of Hanoi and Haiphong during the Vietnam War, known as Linebacker II. A part of the 340th Bombardment Squadron…
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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz recently was named one of the world’s most influential Jews. In a feature posted online Friday on the website of The Jerusalem Post, Schwartz is among the 50 chosen “chosen people.” Also on the list: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew, New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson and Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg. According to the Jewish Virtual Library, Schwartz is the service’s first Jewish top commander. He took the job in August 2008 and is due to retire later this year. Schwartz, coming in at…
