With the conclusion of American involvement in Vietnam, Wald returned to the U.S. He attended Squadron Officer School at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala., and, after graduation, he was promoted to captain. Wald was stationed at Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino, Calif., to serve as a project officer for the Operations Systems Engineering Branch.
In August 1978, Wald s next assignment was to be an F-15A aircraft instructor and flight commander for the 22nd Tactical Fighter Squadron at Bitburg Air Base in West Germany and, on Oct. 24, 1980, he was promoted to major. In 1981, he was inducted into the Bison Athletic Hall of Fame.
Israel stands alone on Iran It is now clear that Israel has been left on its own as the Americans strive for a diplomatic resolution of the conflict with Iran.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C-L), armed forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot (L) and air force commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin (2nd-R) attend a graduation ceremony at Hatzerim Israeli Air Force base in the Negev desert, near Beer Sheva, Israel, Dec. 26, 2018.
April 16, 2021
Lt. Gen. Gregory Guillot, head of the US Central Command’s Air Force, visited Israel at the end of February. His host, Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Amikam Norkin, took him up personally on an F-15 Eagle for a bird’s eye view of Israel’s borders. The three-star general was also treated to an unprecedented tour of the subterranean operations and control center of the Israeli air force. As Norkin was briefing his guest underground, things were heating up at street level. A rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip into Isr