Risk Management Magazine

Flying in a multiship formation into inadvertent instrument meteorological conditions can be a wakeup call to revisit tactics, techniques and procedures for your unit. The following incident led my unit to update its procedures.

When I was in college, I had the opportunity to take a class on the Korean War. Not only did I learn a lot about an interesting part of American and world history, my school paid for a trip to Korea as well as visits to the actual battlefield sites.

It was a beautiful, sunny Hawaiian day with the thermometer comfortably resting in the high 80s — perfect weather for a motorcycle ride along Oahu’s North Shore.