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...cargo of scientific equipment, marked a resumption of the Soviet manned space effort after an interruption of nearly two years. During the last manned mission, in June 1971, three cosmonauts lived in Salyut 1 for almost 24 days-longer than anyone had previously spent in space. But the three crewmen were killed on their way back to earth; the hatch of their Soyuz spacecraft leaked-perhaps jolted by the retrorocket firing prior to re-entry-resulting in a fatal loss of oxygen. Since then Soviet engineers have redesigned the hatch to prevent a recurrence of the tragedy. As an added...
...American dilemma took on a certain urgency on Dec. 6, when three anti-Castro refugees arrived in Key West. Using a fishing knife and a pistol that would not shoot, the three forced two pro-Castro crewmen on a Cuban fishing boat to take them to Florida. It was clearly a hijacking, whatever the American sympathies in the case. The refugees were arrested, and for the first time since Castro came to power in 1959, anti-Castro Cubans were ordered to return to their native country. The Cubans appealed the deportation order and are now free in Florida on bond...
...raids stunned even the 11,000 airmen at Andersen and the 90,000 Guamanians for whom the sight of B-52s and bomb-laden trucks has been routine since 1965. Base security measures were tighter than ever: information officers would not comment on operational matters; pilots and crewmen were ordered not to talk to outsiders. Such strictness was understandable-but almost certainly the North Vietnamese knew far in advance that the raiders were on their way. One of the permanent features of life in Guam is a radar-studded Soviet trawler that works just a few miles west...
Since the arrival of a second B-52 wing last spring, Andersen has been jampacked. Many ground crewmen were forced to move into hastily assembled prefabs and tents to make room for new flight crews in their comfortable, mostly air-conditioned barracks. If ground crews weren't being kept so busy, the griping would have been heavy. As it was, however, armorers and mechanics now were putting in 16-hour days and seven-day weeks. Though precise turnaround time to prepare a B-52 for another run is classified, the usual period that is required for regular maintenance...
Enough air crewmen were brought in from the U.S. to keep the number of missions per crew to a level of about three per week. Each mission involved a 17-hour workday, including twelve hours in the air as well as pre-and postflight briefings and debriefings. Meals were taken on board: some flyers preferred the older D models because they have a small stove on which a TV-style dinner can be cooked. On the Gs, cold box lunches are the rule. Crews are rotated home after a maximum of 179 days under a program code-named "Bullet Shot...