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  • LIPOSUCTION CAN BE DEADLY

    I read with interest your article on "Liposuction" in the Summer 2012 issue of Torch ("The Alert Consumer," page 7). Your message is right on. Several years ago, the wife of an Army lieutenant colonel, who was attending Air War College at the time, had liposuction performed and died from an

  • A REAL EYE OPENER

    Thank you for the eye-opening article "A Text to Die For ..." (Summer 2012 Torch, page 12). I'm embarrassed to say, I have texted my guy similar "love notes" while driving. The story sent chills up my spine ... could've been me!

  • MISSED THE MARK

    Boy was I excited to read about my friend in the Summer 2012 issue of Torch when I read the headline "Everything I Know about Flying: Air Force's Oldest Instructor Pilot Gives His Perspective." Then I flipped back to page 20 only to think to myself, "Who is this guy?" The Air Force's actual oldest

  • REST IN PEACE

    Reference the story "Troubled Waters" in the Summer 2012 Torch, absolutely heartbreaking. Thanks, Dave and Loida Stack, for summoning the strength to share the pain of your worst nightmare come true. This story will surely help others avoid tragedy. May your grandson rest in peace!

  • HONORING JERRY

    I read your cover story "Troubled Waters" in the Summer 2012 edition of Torch, and I could feel the deep hurt in Dave and Loida Stack's words. To the Stack family, there are no words that I can share with you to help ease your pain from the loss of your beautiful grandson, Jerry Madrigal. After

  • INTERNATIONAL RELEVANCE

    We came across your article "Three-legged Race in the T-6 Texan II" in the Winter 2011 copy of Torch (page 18) and found many relevant learning points we plan to share with our airmen here in Singapore. We are reprinting the article for our airmen. Thank you!

  • ACCIDENTAL POISONING

    Great article on poison control! Sad to read about the 2-year-old girl who died from accidental poisoning and her twin brother who almost died as well ("Tears for Chloe," Torch on Facebook). You don't think it could happen to you until it does. Last month, my son got into my father-in-law's blood

  • 'TREADMILL FAILS'

    I found Torch on Facebook and saw the interesting "Treadmill Fails" video clips. Funny clips, but, sadly, people just don't understand how dangerous treadmills can be. One of my daughter's squadron members, a female pilot, was very seriously injured after slipping on a treadmill and hitting her head

  • 'JUST SAYIN' ...'

    How does one F-16 fighter rear-end another when they are just taxiing out to the runway ("F-16 'Rear-ends' Another Fighter," Spring 2012 issue, page 24)? ... Just sayin'. ... With over $2.5 million in damages, I hope this inattentive pilot doesn't get off scot-free. There has to be some

  • WOUNDED 'MANIMAL'

    "Deer Fights Back" (Spring 2012 issue, "Tales of the Strange," page 6) is an entertaining story, but I'm surprised the author and his friends even put themselves in that position. You know what they say about wounded animals backed into a corner ... that's when they become most dangerous. Trying to