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Fall 2013 Air Education and Training Command's Maintainers’ training, instinct save B-52H bomber, aircrew Air Education and Training Command’s FIRE! PAGE 22 Fall 2013 VS Twenty million tiny bats living 11 miles from Randolph pose a giant risk to base aircraft PAGE 12 OF BIKES AND BRAINS Drunken motorcyclist shatters skull, career PAGE 8 SLIDING INTO HYPOTHERMIA Officer saves teenager from cold death at remote waterfall PAGE 10 THE ITSY BITSY SPIDER Man suffers deadly bite from black widow PAGE 18 SEVEN! Update ... Group of Airmen conquer seven summits PAGE 20 C-17 GLOBEMASTER III “To rectify past blunders is impossible, but we might profit by the experience of them.” —— George Washington, July 6, 1780 www.torch.aetc.af.mil | www.facebook.com/aetc.torch Features Departments 8 Of Bikes TORCH TALK 2 Readers discuss hauling a jet ski, cold water drowning, and Brains T-6 Texan II canopy fracturing When a technical sergeant from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., drove his system handle, flight suits, motorcycle while drunk, the bad choice shattered his skull and wrecked his career. salt and ice challenge, the art of landing an aircraft and more. AROUND THE COMMAND 4 10 Sliding into Drunk Driving Conviction: Sheppard Airman found guilty Hypothermia of involuntary manslaughter in An Air Force major from Beale Air Force Base, Calif., saves a teenager’s life at a death of base civilian employee remote California waterhole and finds some teachable moments at University Falls. … Sobering facts. TALES OF THE STRANGE 6 COVER STORY Home run saves drowning man … Toy helicopter 12 Night Flying Missions vs. scalps, kills man. Mexican Free-tailed Bats A cave near Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, houses the largest bat colony on earth and poses problems for aircraft at the base that fly at night. THE ALERT CONSUMER 7 How $19.95 saved my life … A good fit. HANGAR FLYING 22 Fire! Maintainers’ training, instinct save B-52H bomber, aircrew. 18 The Itsy Bitsy Spider A 35-year-old man has a deadly allergic reaction to a black widow spider bite. How can you avoid the sting of arachnids? CLEAR THE RUNWAY 24 Brain Lesions in Spy Plane Pilots? Upgrades in U-2 target decompression sickness … Mountain Rescue! Fairchild helicopter crew saves injured 20 Seven! horseback rider in Idaho. Update … Featured in Torch two years ago, the group of Airmen who set out to conquer the tallest peaks on Cover photo illustration by David M. Stack seven continents finally achieved their goal. Back cover photo by Staff Sgt. Jon Polka TORCH — the official safety magazine of Air Education and Training Command Fall 2013 Volume 20, Number 3 TORCH is published quarterly to FROM THE help promote safety awareness in Air Education and Training Command, the Air Force and Department of Defense. DIRECTOR By Col. JAMES L. FISHER This funded Air Force magazine is an AETC director of safety authorized publication for members of the U.S. military services. Contents of TORCH are not necessarily the official view of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Gov- CHANGING ernment, the Department of Defense or the Department of the Air Force. The WITH THE LEAVES editorial content is edited, prepared and s this issue of Torch comes to you, schools have begun for another new year, fall provided by the Directorate of Safety, Air Education and Training Command, Asports like football and soccer have kicked off, and a new fiscal year has started for our Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, follow- Air Force. Along with this new season, your Air Education and Training Command Safety staff ing public affairs publication guidelines has also seen some changes. outlined in DOD Instruction 5120.4 With Col. Tal Metzgar’s recent retirement, I have taken the reins as the new AETC director and Air Force Instruction 35-101. All photographs are Air Force photographs of safety. I come to you having completed a year deployment to Afghanistan, serving on a unless otherwise indicated. joint and coalition multi-national staff in Kabul. I have served as an aviator and commander in AETC and am excited to serve again alongside all of you in the First Command. All these changes remind me that every new season brings added stress and new chal- Gen. Robin Rand lenges. We recently completed the Critical Days of Summer campaign, and tragically, 21 of Commander our fellow Airmen lost their lives to accidents during this period across our Air Force. One of Col. James L. Fisher those fallen Airmen came from AETC. Across the service, familiar foes reared their heads: Director of Safety Nine people died in motorcycle-related mishaps and seven in four-wheel automobile mishaps. The Critical Days Timothy P. Barela of Summer each year “We are learning to adapt to these Editor asks us to be vigilant [email protected] during summer vaca- realities to accomplish our mission in David M. Stack tion time as children a resource-limited environment, but Designer are out of school, and [email protected] outdoor activities safety of your personnel shouldn’t be peak with the rising compromised with these changes.” Tech. Sgt. Sarayuth Pinthong temperatures. Photojournalist [email protected] However, as the leaves start to turn and the crisp fall air begins, please continue to use all your risk management principles while participating in fall activities. Whether participating in riding sports or out in your personal vehicle, the changing weather and temperature patterns Subscriptions and Contributions: introduced by the fall months present new challenges and a need to refocus on risk manage- To request unit subscriptions or address changes, or to submit articles, photo- ment and safe operations. graphs or artwork, e-mail information While road accidents comprised the majority of our mishaps, sports and recreation- to [email protected]. Or you related accidents continue to occur. While the temperatures might not lend themselves to can write to: Editor, TORCH, HQ the summer water sports during the cooler months, a whole new set of winter sports are just AETC/SEM, 244 F Street East, Suite 1, Randolph AFB, TX 78150-4328. around the corner. Please be sure to address these changes in temperature and to prepare You also can fax to: (210) 652-6982 or and have contingency plans for your winter sports activity. DSN: 487-6982. For customer service, In addition to changes in the weather this time of year, we have entered into a new fiscal call (210) 652-5818 or DSN 487-5818. operating year for the Air Force. As in every other year, this one will bring new challenges, Include your name, full unit address, phone number, fax number and e-mail new guidance and new expectations. This past year in the Air Force presented all of us with address on all submissions. Unit distri- some unique challenges, including reductions in manning throughout and the furloughs of our bution is based on a ratio of one copy civilian workforce to meet fiscal goals. per seven persons assigned. For personal These uncertain constraints are likely to continue this year and will undoubtedly present subscriptions, call toll free 1-866-512-1800 or write to New Orders, challenges in your individual work centers. Please don’t allow these limitations to affect your Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box decision making and solid risk management principles. We are learning to adapt to these 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954. realities to accomplish our mission in a resource-limited environment, but safety of your personnel shouldn’t be compromised with these changes. Visit Our Web Site: Again, I am humbled to serve with you and look forward to continuing the outstanding www.torch.aetc.af.mil culture of safety within the First Command. Check Us Out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aetc.torch TORCH TALK THE GREAT DEBATE Would you help me settle a debate? My co-worker hypothermia, depending on the temperature of the and I read the article “Memorial Day Miracle” in the water. The extra effort might have resulted in the Summer 2013 issue of Torch (cover story). Afterward, mishap individual not being able to make it to shore, we were arguing about whether or not the man who or being stuck in the water during that lightning storm was stranded in the middle of the lake should have or at night. That said, our risk assessment concluded just abandoned his jet ski, instead of taking the extra that staying with the jet ski was the best option. The time and energy to tow it while swimming through the jet ski makes you more visible, which could help water. What’s your take? facilitate a rescue and help you to better avoid being Steve Wynne struck by other water vessels. It also provides you Via e-mail with a way to get out of the water to help prevent T-6 pilotOFF-THE-CUFF makes harrowing landing This is a great question that actually sparked hypothermia or to simply take a rest. Of course, in PAGE 22 debate within the Air Education and Training the end, the best answer is not to put yourself in that Air Education and Training Command’s Command Safety Directorate. Towing the jet situation in the first place. Ensure your machine is in ski certainly would have taken longer and proper working order before you head out, and never Summer 2013 contributed to exhaustion and possibly go out on the lake alone — use the buddy system. ANCHOR’S AWAY! PAGE 8 The tide took his boat, then it tried to take his life BRIDGE UNDER TROUBLED WATERSPAGE 16 Boaters crash into submerged structure HANGING IN THE BALANCEPAGE 18 UH-1 crew must extract injured Airman from wilderness COLD, HARD FACTS Memorial Day Reference your article “Anchor’s Away! wasn’t too great, but it surprised and scared me just The Tide Took His Boat; Then It Tried the same.
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