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  • That's Entertainment

    Great job on the story "At the U.S. Air Force Academy's parachuting course, there's only one season ... Fall!" (September/October 2006 issue, page 12). I especially enjoyed the photographer's firsthand account of his skydiving experience on page 18 ("A Leap of Faith"). The pictures were great; the

  • Photo Stirs Bad Memories

    As I opened the September/October 2006 issue of Torch Magazine, I was saddened by seeing the article entitled "Traffic Fatalities Rise" on page 8. Articles such as these always rip open the wound of losing my best friend to a motorcycle accident three years ago.To my chagrin, there is a photo of an

  • Could He Have Been Saved?

    I read with interest the article titled "Air Force Releases Report on Major's Death" in the July/August 2006 issue of Torch ("Around the Command," page 5). The investigation cited the cause of death as a pre-existing heart condition known as Long Q-T Syndrome, along with five other factors. The