Warnings unheeded : twin tragedies at Fairchild Air Force Base

Book 2016

"A revealing look at the events that led to a mass murder and a fatal plane crash at Fairchild Air Force Base. Those who recognized a mentally ill airman's potential for violence and tried to help him were frustrated by politics and bureaucracy. When the troubled airman opened fire in Fairchild's hospital, an Air Force security policeman was prepared for the gunfight and hospital personnel were prepared to save lives. But no one was prepared for...

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ISBN:

9780997863406

Description:

xiv, 360 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-341) and index

Contents:

Shots fired
Port orchard
Lansing
92nd bomb wing
Basic training
Lowry AFB
Airman Brown
Mountatain home AFB
Iraklion AS
1991-1992 air shows
Fairchild PMEL
Fairchild mental health
1993 air show
Stateside
Wilford Hall
Patient squadron
Reassignment
Black rock desert
Yakima Valley
Cannon AFB
Discharged
Deployed
Mister Mellberg
Return to San Antonio
Lt Col Mrk McGeehan
Preparation
20 June 1994
Police response
Base housing
Hospital aid
Survivors
Victim twenty-three
Czar 52
Sheriff's investigation
Politics and media
Memorial
Lawsuit
Accountability and change
Trauma to recovery
Afterword

LCCN:

2017275622

Control Number:

3109933

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