(FORTUNE Magazine) – SAN ANTONIO -- An Air Force woman who says she is a witch has been granted permission to observe her faith's eight holidays, including All Hallow's Eve. Airman Patricia Hutchins, 21, who says she has been a wiccan, or witch, for four years, asked the Air Force to allow her . . . time off for religious holidays just as it does members of other religions . . . Col. David Engler, chaplain at Lackland Air Force Base, wrote a letter to Hutchins' supervising officers . . . asking that they follow Air Force regulations on religious freedom . . . Regulation 35:53 states: ''Members of the Air Force are free to express religious beliefs in a manner that is consistent and fair to all'' . . . ''I have found that chaplains in the Air Force are very open-minded,'' ((Airman Hutchins)) said. -- From an AP dispatch.