▁St . ▁Petersburg ▁where ▁his ▁old ▁baseball ▁team ▁continues ▁to ▁conduct ▁its ▁spring ▁training . ▁Prom oted ▁to ▁" Full ▁Bird " ▁colon el ▁and ▁made ▁deput y ▁wing ▁commander ▁of ▁his ▁B - 4 7 ▁wing ▁at ▁Mac D ill ▁A FB , ▁Dutch ▁dec ides , ▁to ▁S ally ' s ▁dis ple asure , ▁to ▁remain ▁in ▁the ▁Air ▁Force , ▁rather ▁than ▁return ▁to ▁baseball ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁his ▁active ▁duty ▁oblig ation . ▁ ▁On ▁a ▁full ▁B - 4 7 ▁wing ▁deployment ▁exercise ▁that ▁involves ▁flying ▁non stop ▁from ▁Mac D ill ▁to ▁Y ok ota ▁Air ▁Base , ▁Japan , ▁they ▁encounter ▁severe ▁wind ▁and ▁storm s . ▁Low ▁on ▁fuel , ▁they ▁di vert ▁to ▁K ad ena ▁Air ▁Base , ▁Ok ina wa . ▁As ▁they ▁prepare ▁to ▁land , ▁Dutch ▁real izes ▁that ▁his ▁shoulder ▁injury ▁from ▁the ▁B - 3 6 ▁crash ▁was ▁worse ▁than ▁he ▁thought , ▁and ▁his ▁arm ▁is ▁almost ▁imm obile . ▁He ▁is ▁unable ▁to ▁operate ▁the ▁engine ▁power ▁le vers ▁( th rott les ) ▁during ▁final ▁landing ▁phase , ▁and ▁he ▁has ▁to ▁rely ▁on ▁his ▁co - p il ot ▁to ▁do ▁so , ▁while ▁Dutch ▁works ▁the ▁flight ▁controls ▁with ▁his ▁left ▁arm ▁and ▁two ▁feet . ▁ ▁This ▁injury ▁not ▁only ▁bars ▁him ▁from ▁further ▁flying ▁( he ▁is ▁dis charg ed ▁from ▁the ▁Air ▁Force ▁( US AF ) ▁shortly ▁after ▁the ▁incident ), ▁but ▁it ▁also ▁appears ▁to ▁threaten