were still problems to be resolved with the host nation such as siting and fabrication of some components, and, thus, a technical or service—to—service agreement had to be concluded, it was several months before this was accomplished, and, in the meantime, training plans had to be revised a number of times 107 . One of the first major revisions came in February 1959, when the Secretary of Defense issued a schedule disclosing that the first squadron would be USAF- manned and the second squadron would be manned by the Italian Air Force (IAF). Right away, SAC proposed that entry into training for second squadron purposes be stopped. Shortly thereafter, the 865th and 866th TTS's were deactivated. This left only one USAF squadron—-the 864th--and this unit had completed its IWST on 24 February 1959, but had no site to deploy to. So these personnel were entered into refresher courses, especially in areas where a lack of training equipment had been the general condition the first time around 108 . A change in the maintenance concept forced another major revision in early 1959. Originally, it had been planned to have a receipt, inspection, and maintenance (RIM) area somewhat to the rear of the emplacements, and roving mobile maintenance teams would perform cyclic and emergency maintenance. As time went by, this did not appear to be a wise plan, for in the event of an emergency the maintenance and repair capability needed to be on-site. Based on this, the "fire-house" concept was devised. In a sense, the personnel now had to be both operators and maintenance technicians. _____________________________

107. Hist of JUP Tng Pro, pp. 45-46. 108. Ibid., pp. 46-47.