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Show SUNDAY HERALDSUNDAT SEPTEMBER County, 29, 1857 XJUh 11 Air Force Wing Could Hurl Missiles at Enemy Without Risking Life of Single Pilot By DONALD R. RHANOR Atlac and Tvtan ICBM's being 24-ho- ur ot el e, intended be miles, hi the same das as the ICBM's. The Matador's chief technical advantage k that k can be launched from a simple platform mounted on the back of a truck and can be moved rapidly to escape attack. The advantage that outweighs aJI the feature of the ICBM's however, is the fact that the Matador is on the firing line now 15 minutes from Communist territory, not on a test range or drawing board. The exact number of Matadors stationed here and at nearby Hahn and Bitburg air bases is classified . An Air Force official said when the first squadron arrived in 1954, however, that ft was as large as a conventional fighter squadron of 25 planes. Improved Model Due The working of the electronic pilot and the missile's exact range and speed also are classified. It is known that an improved mod-1- , in wHl be assigned the fored Germany. Model "T" Missile here in the future and will afford The Matador is a model "T" increased speed and range. missile compared to the The Matador now ie service rocket tine Soviet here i powered by an Allison 3 el aim so have perfected, and the jet engine, long superseded in ... TM-61- mtee-eontinent- ages founded, the hundreds of thousands of dollars donated to reefforts by U.S. lief, the units and the countless other good deeds performed by men who sincerely wanted to help. Girard 'a case. If there ever was one tingle Sothe and incident that destroyed good will Tokyo newspapers cialist Party, prompted by Gu- toward American servicemen in ard's killing of a Japanese woman Japan, it was the Girard case. on a U. S. firing range, are dig- Whether the Ottawa, ging back as far as 10 years to 111., soldier meant to hit Mrs. find cases in which American servicemen stationed in Japan allegedly killed Japanese. The stories, true or not, do not make prefty reading to the Japanese. The Japanese, like most peopl. are likely to believe everything they read in their newspaper. And many of them remember the boastful, swaggering American soldier with the "Gook" complex of the post World War II period and the Korean War. By LEROY HANSEN United Press Staff Correspondent TOKYO (UP) Sin of American soldiers in Japan are coming home to roost. And it's all beS. William cause of SPL-- 3 tested by the TJ.8. Rockets of this United Press Staff Correspondent can be fired 600 miles above type HAHN AIR BASE, Germany the earth's surface and have (UP) A U.S. Air Force unit to 15,000 mph. alert here, speeds up starKii oti The Matador with its 660 mph ready tef hurl as many as 76 nuMa 35,000-fospeed, operational clear warheads of Hiroshima powMa of about and range altitude, er against an advancing Soviet 660 la not to rmy. The 701et Tactical Missile Wing i geared to do the job without risking the life of a single pilot. Ita Matador missiles, shaped like giant winged artillery shells and powered by jet engine, are Peered into the enemy target by me on the ground. They can carry a 3,000 pound warhead, mi-ear or conventional. The 701st has been quietly building up fchis capability over the past two and a half years. It tww has three squadrons of Mat-adorforce of a highly-traine- d electronic warriors, and the equipment to scatter its forces to survive attack and launch retaliating blows. is an im"Today the Wing atomic force that strike pressive is not duplicated anywhere else m the Air Force," an Air Force fact sheet said. Air Force spokesmen refused to confirm whether atomic warheads are at present Sins of U. S. Soldiers in Japan Come Home to Roost as Result of Girard Case B, al life-savi- ng ld Naka Sakal that Jamwry day on the Camp Weir firing range, or whether he meant only to frighten her away, makes no difference to the average Japanese. Mrs. the mother of six children, is dead, and Girard killed her. Incidents Emphasized The Girard case, important as it is in itself, gains even more importance when the side results are considered. Sa-ka- i, Here are some of the incidents Japanese are reading about in their newspapers, incidents dug up by reporters wanting to make capital of the Girard affair. In February this year, a Negro serviceman entered a home in Gotemba, south of Tokyo, and assaulted a woman. The husband cattle on a U.S. firing range to cut grass for them. An ox was killed by machine gun fire. Officially, it was a stray bullet, but "eyewitnesses" claimed the animal was deliberately killed. woman complains sons and a friend were killed in 149 on Kyushu. was shot and killed when he went She was allowed to attend only the to his wife's rescue. first session of the court martial In July, 1956, a man took his The American got a six months' of the man responsible. In March, 1957, a U.S. service- man apprehended a metal scav-- i enger on a firing range and took him away. That night his body was brought to his village office. j few far outshadow the million and one kindnesses by responsible Americans the numerous orphan A ld that her two tlii t manned aircraft. Wing officials said that new engines could not be put into the Matador without changing its airframe and control system, even though their increased power would be a tactical advantage. COnON BR0ADL00M fA i a .... SOLIDS AR TWEEDS It's as durable as it is beautiful . . . and the rich colors never lose their lb lliant beauty. 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