Now showing: March 1 edition of AFTV News Published March 1, 2004 SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- A landmark University of Rochester study of suicide in the Air Force headlines the latest edition of Air Force Television News.Staff Sgt. John Anderson talks to the study author, Dr. Kerry Knox, who said the Air Force program could be a model for private-sector businesses. The study found the service’s suicide-prevention program reduced the risk by 33 percent during the past six years. The program also reprises a story produced four years ago by Staff Sgt. Jeff Thompson chronicling the first-person account of a senior master sergeant who told Sergeant Thompson on camera of his attempt to commit suicide, and how the Air Force helped him get his life back on track.Tech. Sgt. Bill Scherer accompanies a Reserve C-5 Galaxy crew from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The crew makes regular supply runs to coalition forces in Afghanistan, Krgyzstan and other countries in the region that are continuing the fight against remnants of the Taliban and al-Qaida.Staff Sgt. Marty Rush interviews maintainers at Nellis AFB, Nev., who are keeping that base’s contingent of F/A-22 Raptors in the air. The show spotlights Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper’s cameo appearance on the syndicated television program Stargate SG-1. Also, an elementary student at Sheppard AFB, Texas, becomes an AFTV News reporter to explain how a daily news and weather program at the base school is keeping students abreast of what is happening.Staff Sgt. Joe Wallace accompanies crews from Tinker AFB, Okla., and Lackland AFB, who are learning how to use different aircraft platforms that are replacing the retired C-9 for medical evacuations. Tech. Sgt. Joy Josephson-Spann braves temperatures with a wind chill factor of minus 60 to show how airmen at Minot AFB, N.D., keep the mission on track despite the bone-chilling cold. Finally, Tech. Sgt. Melissa Allan profiles a chief master sergeant in Washington, D.C., whose daily commute to work is more about Eskimo than espresso.Air Force Television News is a biweekly production of Air Force News Service. It is distributed on videotape to more than 3,000 military and civilian outlets nationwide. It, along with Air Force Radio News and Air Force News Service Report, is available on the Internet at www.af.mil. AFTV News can also be seen regularly on The Pentagon Channel. The program is closed captioned. Viewers can comment on the program by sending an e-mail to aftvnews@afnews.af.mil.