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ACC experienced three Class A mishaps since 1 Aug. Fortunately, none involved injuries…
Category: Combat Edge
Driving under the influence of fatigue
Troy Faaborg
What can you do that is just as dangerous as driving under the influence of alc…
Wounded Warthog: an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot safely landed her “Warthog” after it sustained significant damage from enemy fire
Jason Haag…
Pit & go hell – pilot recalls sortie mission
Maj Jon Wilkinson
‘Tail 419, you are cleared onto hot pit number two,” called the hot …
Fightin’ tired: lengthy missions can change crewmembers’ sleep schedules by about 12 hours for each flight, and fatigue is becoming a huge facto…
Rockets red glare: amputation, 3rd degree burns, loss of sight, loss of hearing … sound like battlefield injuries, or maybe a car crash?
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Training in the dark
Rick Turner
The sortie was briefed as a night two ship to the local conventional bombing range with a high-tim…
FOD – foreign object debris/damage – safety tips
Jeffry B. SMSgt England
Most of us are familiar with the term Foreign Object Debri…
Are you fit for combat? – nausea during high-velocity flight
David A. Hagginbothom
For those of us who have endured a G-induced Los…
White-out Christmas – driving in the snow – Brief Article
James P. Raabe
Christmas of 1999 was a memorable one for a variety of rea…