squadrons in Italy with IAF personnel, and the 864th TTS, on a reduced basis, became a floating training team 111 . Two months after they had entered into individual training courses, the first group of Italians began IWST on 9 November 1959 and completed the course on 19 January 1960. By October 1960, the Italian phase of training in the United States had been completed 112 . Judging by the records, that is, based on the CTL firings of 1961 and 1962, the quality of the JUPITER training program was quite satisfactory. With the location of the first two squadrons settled, attention was focused on siting the third squadron. On 23 October 1959, government-to-government agreement was concluded with Turkey for deployment of the remaining squadron. Tentatively, the US programmed a USAF-manned squadron in the third quarter of FY 1961. Some months later-- May 1960—the two countries concluded the technical agreement. This document specified that Turkish personnel would be trained to man the missile at the earliest possible date, but that the JUPITER would be manned by USAF personnel 113 . Thus, the training school at Redstone that had experienced a slight lull at the end of the IAF program had to prepare for the influx of Turkish Air Force (TAF) students. Because the educational level of the TAF personnel was somewhat lower than IAF, language, individual, and IWST courses were lengthened. For _____________________________

111. Ibid.; Hist of JUP Tng Pro, pp. 49-51. 112. Hist of the JUP Tng Pro, p. 57. 113. Ibid., pp. 55-56