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Former Thunderbirds pilot takes on disease that grounded her career

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Retired Air Force Col. Nicole Malachowski recalls the terror of being in the cockpit of her F-15E Strike Eagle during a training mission and experiencing a wave of brain fog that left her temporarily unable to locate the radio switch — on a control panel she’d been using for 15 years — to answer a call from air traffic control. It was one of more than five dozen symptoms, ranging from neurological issues to night sweats, that would emerge in 201…

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Former Thunderbirds pilot takes on disease that grounded her career

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