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U.S. Air Force Logo Torch Magazine

  • Torch 2013 Calendar (November photo) - C-17 Globemaster III (photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Bendet)

  • Sifting through the rubble, locals were devastated by the EF-4 tornado that ripped through the small town of Vilonia. The twister destroyed 50 of the 56 homes in the Wassom’s subdivision and took the lives of 16 people. Among the things recovered in the debris were the Wassom’s beloved cat and two dogs — one of which turned up a month later. All three pets miraculously survived. (Courtesy photo)

  • Tech. Sgt. Chananyah Stuart, a military training instructor, stands in front of his flight before beginning physical training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The flight is in its eighth and final week of Air Force basic military training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen/ Released)

 

 

Torch Talk

  • Torch Magazine Cover Fall 2014
    Jeers
  • Torch Magazine Cover Fall 2014
    Cheers
  • Airman 1st Class Madison Sylvester shares the story of how her first scar became her reason for never driving while under the influence of alcohol. Sylvester is a 319th Air Base Wing Public Affairs broadcaster. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Xavier Navarro)
    Tear-jerker
  • A tire blowout that caused a two-ton minivan to veer into her path on Highway 90 near Knippa, Texas, Jan. 2, nearly cost 1st Lt. Laura Jones her life. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jimmie D. Pike/ Released)
    Where Rubber Meets Road
  • Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh III; Pentagon; Washington; D.C.;
    From the Top
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Around The Command

  • A UH-1N "Huey" hoists a Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape Specialist Training student at a landing zone north of Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Darvis)
    AETC Helps Air Force Safety Post Record Year
  • Mishap Prevention's Top Advocates for 2014
  • Students with the 315th Training Squadron at Goodfellow AFB, Texas, 2nd Lts. Andrew Lim and Emily Bohnenkamp, rescued an 8-month-old baby girl from a vehicle accident Oct. 9.  (Courtesy photo by Airman 1st Class Devin Boyer/ Released)
    Officers Rescue Infant Mother Dies in Crash with Tractor-Trailer
  • Senior Airman Christopher Taylor, 802nd Security Forces Squadron rescued a man from a fire Nov. 3.  (Courtesy photo by Senior Airman Lynsie Nichols/ Released)
    Airman Saves Man from Burning Building
  • Airman 1st Class Madison Sylvester shares the story of how her first scar became her reason for never driving while under the influence of alcohol. Sylvester is a 319th Air Base Wing Public Affairs broadcaster. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Xavier Navarro)
    'MOMMY ISN'T COMING HOME'
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Tales Of The Strange

  • Not a Bright Idea
  • A Labrador retriever stepped on a shotgun, accidentally shooting his owner in the rear end and sending him to the emergency room to ask, “What’s up, Doc?” (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sarayuth Pinthong/ Released)
    'ELMER FUDDED' - Man 'goosed' by his dog and other crazy hunting stories
  • BAD LUCK FOR GOOD SAMARITAN
  • MOWING SAFETY TIPS
  • A 27-year-old senior airman mowed over his left foot while trying to avoid a snake slithering through his yard. The lawnmower blade sliced through his fourth toe, partially amputating it. The Airman had been wearing sandals at the time of the accident.  (photos by Tech. Sgt. Sarayuth Pinthong)
    SNAKEBIT BY LAWNMOWER
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The Alert Consumer

  • What Really Gives You Wings? Taking a Closer Look at Energy Drinks
  • Avoid Slumber Road
  • Public wants stiffer penalties for texting while driving ... what can you do? (photo illustration by David M. Stack)
    PUBLIC WANTS STIFFER PENALTIES FOR TEXTING WHILE DRIVING
  • Many fishing hooks have barbs that make them difficult to remove if they embed in an eye. If you or a buddy do catch a hook in the eye, do not try to remove it yourself, as you may cause more damage. Tape the lure to your brow to keep its weight from tugging on your eyeball and get to the nearest hospital immediately. (Courtesy photo)
    CATCH OF THE DAY - Ensure you don't snag eye during next fishing trip
  • Jason Rogers, an Air Force veteran, rides his bicycle May 2, 2011, through Hahira, Ga. Mr. Rogers rode his bicycle 2,500 miles across the U.S., to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jarrod Grammel)
    HOW $19.99 SAVED MY LIFE
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Hangar Flying

  • Capt. George Normandin, 56th Fighter Wing Command Post chief, received the Aviation Safety Well Done Award Sept. 2 during a ceremony at Luke for his outstanding airmanship during the in-flight emergency. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marcy Copeland/Released)
    Falcon in a Fix - Pilot Saves Aircraft, Student, Self
  • Heat rises from the flight line as Airman 1st Class Connor Sweeney, 340th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit hydraulic systems craftsman, moves equipment during a post flight inspection, Aug. 5, 2014, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. During post-flight inspections, the hydraulic systems craftsmen ensure the boom is functional and prepared for the next in-air refueling mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)
    HOT as HADES - To help defeat enemy, deployed maintenance crews first have to beat heat
  • U.S. Air Force Maj. Benjamin Schill, 149th Fighter Wing F-16 pilot, works out at his unit, 14 July, 2014, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sarayuth Pinthong/ Not released)
    G, Let Me Think - Proper fitness can help pilots avoid blackouts in cockpit
  • A B-52H Stratofortress takes off from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 23 during Northern Edge 2009. The exercise is one in a series of U.S. Pacific Command exercises that prepare joint forces to respond to crises in the region. The B-52 is assigned to Barksdale AFB, La. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz)
    FIRE! MAINTAINERS' TRAINING, INSTINCT SAVE B-52H BOMBER, AIRCREW
  • T-6 Texan II pilot Capt. Brandon Wolf earned the 2012 Daedalian Exceptional Pilot Award for Air Education and Training Command for his quick actions during an in-flight emergency. Wolf is a first assignment instructor pilot assigned to the 41st Flying Training Squadron, Columbus AFB, Miss. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Charles Dickens)
    OFF-THE-CUFF - T-6 pilot makes harrowing emergency landing
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Clear The Runway

  • After rescuers stabilized her fractured foot, they secured 36-year-old Ammi Midstokke to a Stokes litter Sept. 20 prior to hoisting her onto a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter from the 36th Rescue Flight, an AETC unit out of Fairchild AFB, Wash. Midstokke suffered her injuries during a hiking accident near Priest Lake, Idaho, Sept. 19. (Courtesy photo by Jason Luthy/ Released)
    Airmen Rescue Injured Hiker
  • After its tail snapped off and an in-flight explosion, A KC-135 Stratotanker, like the one pictured here from McConnell AFB, Kan., crashed in the Kyrgyz Republic while on a combat aerial refueling mission May 3, 2013, because of both mechanical and human failures, according to the recently released accident investigation board report. The crash killed all three crewmembers and destroyed the nearly $40 million aircraft. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Armando A. Schwier-Morales/ Released)
    Aircraft Malfunction, Insufficient Training Lead to KC-135 Crash, Three Fatalities
  • Navy divers from Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 2, Company 4, prepare to dive from the salvage vessel USNS Grapple (T-ARS 53), Feb 14, 2013. Navy divers are performing deep sea salvage operations from Grapple to help find wreckage from an F-16 Fighting Falcon which crashed in the Adriatic Sea, Jan. 28.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez/Released)
    SPATIAL DISORIENTION CAUSES F-16 CRASH, PILOT DEATH
  • An HH-60G Pave Hawk assigned to the 56th Rescue Squadron returns to Royal Air Force Leeming after electronic warfare training at RAF Spadeadam, England, April 29, 2014. The 56th RQS spent a week at RAFs Leeming and Spadeadam training to survive, deny and defeat radar threats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Emerson Nuñez/Released)
    FOUR AIRMEN KILLED - Helicopter crashes after colliding with geese
  • Bart Rayniak gets rescued by Airmen from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., when he was kayaking where Marble Creek flows into the St. Joe’s River, Wash., June 13, 2014. Rayniak was kayaking when his board flipped over, ejecting him into the cold water. (Courtesy photo)
    A WEEKEND'S WORK - Fairchild rescue flight saves two lives
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Features

  • Former Airman 1st Class Lane Wyatt recounts the night of June 30, 2013, when he killed Citari Townes-Sweatt in a drunken-driving accident. Wyatt was sentenced Dec. 19, 2014, to 18 years in prison. (U.S. Air Force photos/David Bedard)

    SECOND-DEGREE MURDER - Airman sentenced to 18 years in drunken-driving death

  • Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, Air Education and Training Command commander, discusses his philosophy on safety and mishap prevention during an interview at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Nov. 23,, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sarayuth Pinthong/ Released)

    'SHOW 'EM WHAT RIGHT LOOKS LIKE' - Commander talks about successfully bringing airpower to fight while reducing risk to life, limb

  • Distracted driving causes more than 420,000 injuries each year, according to disraction.gov, the U.S. Government’s official Web site for distracted driving prevention. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Tech. Sgt. Sarayuth Pinthong and Staff Sgt. Chad Warren/Released)

    ATTENTION DEFICIT: Airman had on ‘blinders’ before crash

  • A tractor-trailer jackknifed on the Dalton Highway at Atigun Pass, Alaska, Nov. 2, 2013. In the vehicle behind the truck, two Air Force master sergeants were going hunting. They stopped and extracted the driver, who was perilously close to a 600-foot drop.

    Airmen on Caribou Hunting Trip Save Ice Road Trucker

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