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Show White Sands Missile Ranges . . 21 Apr 72 First two Pershings on target Troop units from Ft. Sill, Okla., and the Europe-based Seventh U.S. Army successfully fired two Pershing missiles from Utah to New Mexico Tuesday morning. The firings opened a 20-round spring series. They were launched from Green River, Utah, and impacted on White Sands Missile Range. The first round was fired at 9 a.m. by a battery of the 3rd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, from Ft. Sill. The second round was launched at 11:40 a .m. by a unit of the Seventh U.S. Army based in Europe. White Sands Missile Range organizations provide support for the off-range firings. The program also is supported by field crews representing the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, U.S. Army Missile Command, the Army's Field Artillery Center at Ft. Sill and the prime contractor for Pershing missile systems. The series will continue through June. The first four rounds, including Tuesday's firings and two more scheduled later in April and early next month, will represent a product improvement program conducted for the Test and Evaluation Command by WSMR's Army Missile Test and Evaluation Directorate (ARMTE). Technical test director for these four rounds is Paul K. Arthur of Las Cruces, a Pershing project engineer with ARMTE. PAGE 4 - WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGER, JUNE 23,1972 HBM^ Schedule Pershings Two Pershing ballistic missiles were fired yesterday from the Utah Launch Complex of White Sands Missile Range at Green River. The rounds were fired at 8:20 a.m. and 9 a.m. The artillery missiles were launched by units of the Federal Republic of Germany Air Force. The missiles impacted on White Sands Missile Range as programmed. The two rounds were the 15th and 16th to be fired in the current 20-round spring series of off-range Pershing firings. |