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  • PERUSING THE ARCHIVES

    I work in the base library at Kunsan Air Base, Korea. One of our patrons wants to get the article "Pilot Speak: You Can Learn a Lot from How 'Fighter Jocks' Communicate" from your September 2001 issue.How can I receive this article in a week? Can I receive it by fax? Is it free? Would you please let

  • THE FREAK OUT

    Whoa! I freaked out when I saw the article "Pole Position" in your March/April 2008 issue of Torch (page 16). I'll be going to basic training soon, and I'm deathly afraid of heights. There is no way I could do what the guy in the opening photo was doing on a ladder 40-feet in the air without holding

  • BUSINESS IS GOOD

    Funny article and artwork ("Snake Got Your Tongue," March/April 2008 issue, page 6). I guess Torch safety magazine won't be going out of business anytime soon with people like this guy pulling these crazy stunts. Who puts a live rattlesnake in their mouth? Oh well, at least it's entertaining for the

  • SERVING OHIO

    A couple of our folks (from the 121st Air Refueling Wing, Ohio Air National Guard) read Torch while going through training (in Air Education and Training Command). They really liked your magazine. So we (ordered) copies for others to read so everyone could enjoy them!

  • TORNADO STORIES - BRING BACK SOME 'BAD MEMORIES'

    Your cover story "Nowhere to Run" (March/April 2008 issue, page 8) brought back a lot of bad memories. When I was 4, I was at my grandparents' house in Illinois when a tornado demolished it. My grandparents had a cellar, so we were fine. But for the longest time I thought tornadoes were giant, scary

  • 2008 TORCH CALENDAR

    I noticed that Feb. 18 is listed as "Presidents Day" on your 2008 Torch Calendar. Shouldn't it be Washington's Birthday? Presidents Day is a marketing term made common by business. In addition, it has been so successful that people no longer remember that the date is actually Washington's Birthday

  • SEEING THE LIGHT WITH 'WIDOW-MAKERS'

    Regarding your article in the November/December 2007 Torch titled "Glow-in-the-Dark Widow-Makers" (The Alert Consumer, page 7) that claims optical brighteners in laundry detergents could make Airmen Battle Uniforms glow in the dark, the picture you use was taken with ultraviolet lighting. This is

  • ON THE RIGHT 'TRACK'

    Reference the article "Cell Phones Blamed in Train Deaths, Injuries" in your January/February 2008 issue ("Tales of the Strange," page 6), it turns out that reading Torch is a good thing. It brought to mind an accident that occurred in Greshim, Ore., involving a train and an 18-wheeler.In the

  • THE MISSING LINK?

    When I visited your Torch E-zine Web site and clicked on the link labeled "Download the Current Issue in PDF Format," I received the November/December 2007 issue. However, I got the January/February 2008 issue when I clicked on the image of the front cover located immediately to the right of that

  • 'ANGELS' STILL AT WORK

    We want to sincerely thank you for the cover story titled "Avalanche Angels" in your January/February 2008 issue of Torch. The article provided a great depiction of what we do as independent-duty medical technicians during rescues. IDMTs are the first people tossed out of the helicopter and usually