Outside the cockpit, wingmen are the people you know you can call when the shit hits the fan, the top names on your “recent calls” list, and the first people you text when things go bad or well. But they can also be people you haven’t talked to or seen in a while, like the friends and colleagues you message through Facebook when your family is trying to escape Afghanistan, for example. Sometimes wingmen just show up, like the neighbor down the street who’s had the same diagnosis as the one you just got, or everyone in your new support group, or your fellow recruits and first-timers.
