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...miles away from the Marine base, Matador missiles-capable of delivering nuclear warheads onto mainland China-stood on 24-hour alert, their crews constantly rehearsing countdowns. Elsewhere on the same field, a Chinese air force major, fresh from a kill of a Communist MIG, talked over combat tactics with an American captain who was about to take him up in one of the F-100 Super Sabres which the U.S. is providing to replace the slower Thunderjets and Sabres now flown by the Nationalists...
...Instrument Trainer, known to tens of thousands of fledgling pilots as the Blue Box, was standard equipment at every air-training school in the U.S. and Allied countries. Every advance in planes and missiles brought new Link trainers-for jet fighters and bombers, transpolar celestial navigation, and for the Matador, Sparrow and other missiles. Link trainers are now being used to go through dry runs on test firings of space shots. Says Link: "Some of our missile failures were traced to human errors. In the boredom of a countdown, somebody forgot to push a button...
...solution. The fourth bull of the corrida had charged out of the toril, thundered after the first cape it saw, and. then plunged headlong into the protective wall with a shock that quivered spectators from sombra to sol. After that, the bull just did not seem interested in anything. Matador Julio Aparicio, although the bull was his responsibility, made no move to dispatch him. When all else failed, the president of the ring sent a quick message to the chief ring attendant. The gate leading to the patio de caballos swung open, and into the ring, its ancient radiator spewing...
...bull's interest quickened. He charged; there was a crunch of metal as his lowered horn ripped through the truck's fender. The driver fled. The delighted crowd chanted for Matador Aparicio to take the driver's place, but he politely declined. Then an enthusiast leaped down from the public seats, raced to the truck cab to renew the battle. The crowd roared as it recognized Toledo's Mayor Joseé Conde Alonso. Secure in the driver's seat, the mayor circled the arena with the truck, looking for a chance to ram his enemy...
...Matador Aparicio boldly approached. As one peoón held the bull's tail and two others blinded the animal with their capes, he killed the bull with a thrust at the base of the skull. Commented a newsman the next day: "Nobody in the ring showed such nobility, such cleanliness in battle, as that bull...