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A mostly natural metal Boeing B-1B Lancer is shown moments after the main landing gear tires have touched the runway at the end of a post-maintenance check-flight with the 10th Flight Test Squadron, Air Force Reserve Command, June 20, 2017, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The large building behind the B-1B is building 3001, a former Douglas Aircraft manufacturing plant during World War II, now used by the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex and its parent organization the Air Force Sustainment Center. The B-1B is being flown by a highly-experienced crew from the 10th FLTS to ensure the aircraft and systems are fully functional following depot level maintenance conducted at the OC-ALC. Once the aircraft passes all checks it will be painted and then re-delivered for front-line service. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)

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Scott Kohn, 68, of Newport, Calif., has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for leading a Ponzi scheme that resulted in $310 million in losses for retirees and left thousands of military veterans saddled with exploitative loans, the Justice Department said.

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A California man who orchestrated a nationwide Ponzi scheme that targeted military veterans and other retirees was sentenced by a federal judge in South Carolina to 10 years in prison.

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Frankfurt, Germany, February 4, 1954: New York born Puerto Rican actress, dancer and comedienne Olga San Juan jokes around with guests as she tries to entice them to buy raffles to win autographed photographs of Ava Gardner at the March of Dimes benefit held in the main ballroom of the Casino in Frankfurt February 4th, 1954. The informal show - of which Errol Flynn was the Master of Ceremony - also featured Flynn’s wife actress Patrice Wymore. More than 900 jammed into the main ballroom of the Casino to watch the antics of the star-studded cast and listen to the music supplied by the Air Force’s Sky Tones band. Check out the story and additional photos of the charity event here https://www.stripes.com/news/bacall-package-sold-by-flynn-for-march-of-dimes-1.migrated META TAGS: Europe; Germany; entertainment; celebrity; March of Dimes; IG Farben building; EUCOM Headquarters

Olga San Juan in Germany, 1954

Frankfurt, Germany, Feb. 4, 1954: New York-born Puerto Rican actress, dancer and comedienne Olga San Juan jokes around with guests at the March of Dimes benefit held in the main ballroom of the casino in Frankfurt.