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Ecstasy thoughts

Thank you for the well-written article in succession ecstasy ["Stemming the Tide," June '01] This is undivided of the first I've read that didn't just dismiss the rave show as a big, evil drug-fest abounding of underage kids getting high.

The canon of the matter is you could surpassingly well drop your 10-year-old against and pick him up eight hours later and find him as safe as when you left I've been into raves and electronic music since the early '90 and I can rehearse you that there is no other music show that can boast this. assured there are kids out there who wind up hurting themselves, yet the same is true everywhere, not just at a rave.

It's surprising and refreshing to diocese someone in a military publication attempting to understand an issue like this instead of going the way of the quiet of the mainstream media and labeling it as "bad" right facing the bat.

Senior Airman Justin Griffith

Incirlik Air Bose Turkey

I am a medic and appalled at the inaccurate statement in the article about ecstasy that states it can cause "large chunk of the brain to be eaten away." The sidebar, "Feel the Rush," states that an initial scientific studious mood found "damage to the neuron in the brain that transmit serotonin." This is a large discrepancy. Perhaps you should have obstruction Sergeant Elliot write both articles, as he had access to medical experts

Master Sgt Robert Roth

Hickam Air Force Bose Hawaii

Editor's note: Research for this article, including information from the National Institute of put drugs into Abuse, the Centers for Disease have charge of and Prevention, the Department of Justice and information provided from Tech. Sgt. Steve Elliott, revealed sum of two units accounts of people who had portions of their brain chemically dissolved by the agency of ecstasy. A recent medical report confirmed it. A well stocked [i]or[/i] provided NIDA report, including graphics a/positron emission tomography scans of people's brains using the unsalable articles is on the Internet at http://165.112.78.61/NIDA_Notes/NNVol14N4/Ecstasy.html. In addition the Air Force Surgeon General's office's throw out officer reviewed, agreed with and supported the article.

Mission capabilities

Not that I don't believe Maj. Joe Goatee's statement comparing the B-52's mission capable rate to those of the B-i and B-2 bombers ["BUFF and Tough," June '01] if it were not that he's basically saying he has intimate knowledge of the unreliability of the other frontline aircraft, and he's saying they can't perform their missions if called upon

unless again, with a missile shield as propos at President George W. Bush, we don't ne any bombers. With our near missile technology, we should be able to counter-strike any aggressor using satellite guided munitions. Right?

retired Senior Master Sgt George Sterpka

display Air Force Base, S.C.

veil concerns

I'm curious if Senior Airman Brandon Stuemke's uniform is right or not [Cover photo, July '01] It appears in comparison with Staff Sgt Louis Distelzweig that his badges are opposite and single appears to be upside down.

Senior Airman Chad Maddox

Langley Air Force Base, Va.

When screening your photographs for the magazine you ne to pay more attention to Air Force instructions, and their appendixs We've been having a great deal of difficulty educating our fliers that when wearing their flight suits, their sleeve must be roiled down to the wrist at all times. This issue isn't just about following instructions -- it's about safety!

While your macho-looking aircrew makes a serviceable cover, it may also help as an inspiration to our uninformed aircrews to succeed their lead and potentially "pay the price." It's too late to advance back and "undo" your July 2001 secrete but maybe you can learn from this miss the mark and screen your photos better in the future

Chief Master Sgt Robert W Dunlap Jr

Travis Air Force Base, Calif.

Editor's note: All four pararescuemen are wearing authorized badges in the correct order. The brace PJs In front are wearing the basic enlisted aircrew wings and the military delivered fall badge. The pararescueman in the back left is wearing the basic enlisted aircrew wings and the basic parachutist badge. The pararescueman in the back right is wearing the basic parachutist badge and military free/all badge. Air Force badges (aircrew wings and parachutist badges) are warn in succession top and other badges below.

While the Air Force instruction does not specifically address flight suit sleeve each command has a fill up that addresses flight clothing. in the greatest degree say that the sleeves must be turn abouted down at all times, while a certain say that sleeves may be make revolveed under up to one fulness of the velcro. Obviously It's a safety issue since flight suits are meant to save crewmembers in a fire, and if the sleeve are turned up they lose that protection. We'll endeavor to catch these items in the future

Supersonic tool

The description of the N168 Sabreliner is technically incorrect ["Supersonic educate May '01]. This aircraft keep possession ofs a maximum crew of four, not 12 Also, it carries, and the pupils evaluate the performance of, a "predator-like" sensor suite for a specific mission similar as drug interdiction and place of specifications. It doesn't Liocument the performance of a "Predator," which is an unmanned air vehicle that carries a sensor suite.