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Show Moab Times-Independent 10/3/68 Gilson Butte Missile Work Starting Again An advance party from Ft. Sill, Okla., will begin movement to the Gilson Butte Pershing Missile launch site near Hanksville next Monday, Oct. 7. The advance party, consisting of five officers and 50 enlisted men from the 2nd Batallion, 44th Artillery, is scheduled to leave Ft. Sill at 6 a.m. in a convoy of 14 vehicles. The main body of approximately 400 men expect to depart Ft. Sill on Monday, Oct. 14 and Tuesday, Oct. 15. Upon reaching Gilson Butte the Ft Sill troops will provide support for the annual service practice tests of missile units from the 7th U.S. Army and the Federal Re-| public of Germany. In the trip to Utah all three groups will make overnight stops at Clovis and Ft. Win-gate, New Mexico. The men are scheduled to return to Ft. Sill in late No-I vember. Salt Lake Tribune - September 5, 1968 A.F. Schedules Utah Tests Of Newest Athena Missile Special to The Tribune WASHINGTON - Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, R-Utah, Wednesday announced the U.S. Air Farce will begin test- ing an advanced-type Athena missile at Green River, Emery County, Utah, in 1970. Green River has been used as a test launching site for the Athena since 1964. The newly scheduled tests are the result of a $32 million contract between the Air Force and Atlantic Research Corp. for development of a larger Athena, said the senator. Sen. Bennett said the missiles to be developed "will permit more complete testing by simulating a continuous spectrum of reentry conditions." He added Athena tests to date have contributed to knowledge about "sophisticated warheads" and defense against enemy missiles. "First flight of the new Athena is scheduled for m'id-1970," he said. "The $32 million contract calls for launching of 30 missiles to run through mid-1971. About $12.8 million of the contract will actually be spent at Green River. River." |