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Commenting on Jean Brandt's message from 11/16/07. I was on the 13th AF's 868th TAC Missile Sq. as a weapons tech. We went to Guam to test the reliability of the Missile system. As I recall. The 868th brought 4 missiles to test fire and the 5th AF from Korea had 6 missiles to fire. I might add that the 868th guidance crews did a remarkable job in seeing to it that the 4 missiles we fired hit the target 4 times. I recall that the 5th from Korea had a hard time making the target. I do remember the smiles on the chase plane pilots faces at the de-briefings when they came back after shooting down an errant 5th AF bird. Oh yes, I still have my dust plug from the Rato bottle on my desk. Mine fired. I do remember the 6th bird from Korea, Did they ship that thing back to Korea? We could'nt retrieve ours. Seriously, the TDY to Guam was a much needed relief from the squalor of Taiwan and I'm sure Korea. Remember the coconut openings on Tarage beach? The EM club was first rate but then it was a SAC base at the time.