Times Independent | 1969-09-11 | Page 13 | Missiles Successful

Missiles Successful Two Army Pershing missiles mis-siles launched near Blanding, Utah September 5 impacted successfully on White Sands Missile Range. Opening the fall firing series, ser-ies, (he missiles were launched laun-ched by troops from the Federal Fed-eral Republic of Germany Air Force in the country for annual practice firings. Units from the 2nd Battalion, Battal-ion, 44th Artillery based at Ft. Sill, Okla.. nroviHnfl technical and administrative support for the firing. While Sands Missile Range personnel per-sonnel provided ground and flight safety and range instrumentation in-strumentation support. The model P-l ground support sup-port equipment mounted on tracked vehicles was used for the firings. The first missile mis-sile was launched at 13:55 p.m., wilh the second following follow-ing at 14:30 p.m.