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Firing mission at Tyndall

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87th Instrument troops and pilot Captain Fred Simpson. MSgt in the back is Bob LaMarche Avionics' NCOIC. Civilian in the fore ground is a Hughes tech rep the infamous B.C. Quick and the Instrument Troop is SSgt Lonnie Hurley the NCOIC Instrument Systems. (Thanks to Elmer Klein for giving me the names of these guys. Elmer was in the 87th from '73-'79 and worked for SSgt Hurley.)