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  • AS GOOD AS ADVERTISED

    It's good to know flight suits work as advertised ("Girl on Fire," Spring 2013 Torch, page 16). But maybe if they are so effective they should be issued to all Airmen. It's a proven uniform -- fire retardant and iconic for our service. Instead of changing utility uniforms every couple of years, the

  • IT CAN'T BE EASY ...

    Thank you to Senior Airman Caleb Zody for sharing his story ("I Killed My Best Friend's Sister," Spring 2013, page 8). He made a big mistake, but it appears he is doing his best to atone for it. It can't be easy for him to talk about, but he is doing a good thing by bringing more awareness to the

  • CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

    Wow! Just read the article "I Killed My Best Friend's Sister" (Spring 2013, page 8) and am shocked. I can't believe the Airman killed one of his passengers while texting and driving and did not go to jail. He is lucky the victim's twin sister helped get him off the hook. Good on him for sharing his

  • FINGER AMPUTATIONS

    I found your article "Four-finger Discount? Preventable Mishaps 'Stealing' Digits at Record Clip in FY 2013" (Spring 2013 issue, cover story) very interesting. But it got me to thinking about what I would do if one of my family members or I accidently severed a finger. I found some information

  • SPATIAL DISORIENTATION LEADS TO F-15E CRASH, DEATH OF PILOT

    An accident investigation board determined the March 28, 2012, crash of an F-15E Strike Eagle deployed to Southwest Asia happened because the pilot, who was fatally injured during the mishap, became spatially disoriented on the nighttime mission, according to a recently released report. The board

  • FOR THE BIRDS - Falcons run off smaller birds to protect bigger ones

    It seems counterintuitive to think a 2-pound feathered bird can protect a metal one weighing nearly 300,000 pounds fully loaded, but that's exactly what's happening here. The 22nd Air Refueling Wing bird aircraft strike hazard program is being overhauled with new contractors employing the use of a

  • WHAT'S UP DOC? - F-22 pilot-physician takes safety to new heights

    Powerful thrust, paired with unparalleled agility, propels the gray fighter jet through the sky in ways unfathomable to earlier generations of pilots. The complex system of technology that makes up the F-22 Raptor exposes the human body to altitudes and G-forces rarely experienced by other fighter

  • LIGHTNING JACKPOT? - Oklahoma man struck six times

    The odds of being struck by lightning more than once in your lifetime are one in 360 billion, according to Ken Mellendorf, a physics professor at Illinois Central College. Meet Carl Mize ... the guy who gives odds-makers headaches. He has been zapped by lightning six times! "Some people say I'm