Ref the Genies in Canada - when asked, the standard reply was 'We are unable to confirm nor deny...'

We never actually fired any except on a weapons range. These were time-expired rockets with no warheads.

I may have mislabeled them previously - these were unguided rockets, not missiles. We carried 2 heat seeking missiles as well that were fired only as a pair because they were so unreliable in actually hitting a target. So, in all we had 3 separate shots.

A lot of this may seem ridiculous now, but this was longstanding deadly & serious business up until the fall of the USSR. There was a lot of paranoia on both sides back then. You had to be there I guess...

Anyway, it was great that young guys like me had the opportunity to strap on to your a$$ something like the mighty Voodoo to fend off the Hun that thankfully never came.

TAM