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  • PHYSICS LESSON

    Reference the "Point, Counterpoint" letter in the Spring 2012 "Torch Talk" (page 2), Dave Soetanto is entirely correct that a car going 60 mph crashing into another car going 60 mph would have the same effect as one crashing into a wall at 60 mph. Here is another explanation I use without any math:

  • SHOP TALK

    Nice job on the Spring 2012 issue of Torch. Folks around the office (in Air Force Space Command) are talking about the aviation articles, and we don't even own any aircraft! I appreciate the effort ya'll put into this one.

  • CREATING CANDOR

    Wow! The Spring 2012 issue of Torch is fantastic! I was most impressed with the articles "No Clowning Around" (cover story) and "What Goes TDY, Stays TDY" (page 8). Rarely do you see a military publication use such candor. Excessive partying while TDY has long been an issue, but I can't recall

  • JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE

    There's a lot more bad stuff that goes on during TDYs than just binge drinking -- you just scratched the surface ("What Goes TDY, Stays TDY," Spring 2012 issue, page 8). But at least you're addressing it, and most of the bad stuff that happens probably starts with too much drinking in the first

  • 2012 TORCH CALENDAR

    First, great job on the 2012 Torch Calendar. However, there are more "flyers" than just pilots in the "Fight Club." One of several flyers is the combat systems officer. CSOs can "AETC track" to the B-1B, AC-130 or F-15E Strike Eagle (all of which you show pictures of in the calendar, but fail to

  • NOT BUYING IT

    I read the article about the scuba student almost blacking out ("Waiting to Inhale," July/August 2011 Torch, cover story), and I cannot believe this story took place as presented. First off, as a professional scuba instructor I have never left any student behind no matter what the situation (so if

  • POINT, COUNTERPOINT

    Point: Regarding the Ford Focus 120 mph crash test video on your Facebook page, I'd like to clarify one thing. A 120 mph impact into a stationary object is equivalent to a head-on collision of two vehicles both going 60 mph ... and that could happen any day.-- Geoffrey GibbsVia Torch on

  • HEARTBROKEN

    I'm just heartbroken that Nathaniel Britt has now lost his grandpa ("Child Orphaned by Drunk Driver Now Loses Grandpa," Winter 2011, page 4). I couldn't stop crying when I read the feature "Orphaned" in the March/April 2011 issue about his parents dying. But I was so thankful he had his loving

  • SPITTING COFFEE

    Great cover photo in the Winter 2011 issue. I saw those kids' expressions as they flew through the air on their sled and nearly spit out my coffee. Brought back a lot of good memories of some "snow days" in Montana. Very funny!

  • 2012 TORCH CALENDAR

    The 23rd Flying Training Squadron got the new 2012 calendars in today. For those who don't know, the 23rd FTS is the initial pipeline for all Air Force helicopter pilots flying the TH-1H. With that said, on the first page upon opening the calendar, it shows the different tracks from the T-6, then on