Missile firing at NAMFI Crete Jan 1972

Most scenes come from 8mm film.
Assigned to B battery 6th Battalion 52 Air Defense Artillery in Kitzingen Germany, at Larson Barracks as HAWK Fire Control Technician From 28 March 1971 till June 1973.

Early January 1972 I was selected for the ASP (Annual Service Practice) Team. Once a year A team representing their Battalion would be sent to the missile range to fire two of our oldest missiles for score. This team is called the ASP team.

NAMFI (NATO MISSILE FIRING INSTALLATION) on the Island of Crete. 1971

The only European Firing Range which operates under the umbrella of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE.) Starting from 1996, the SHAPE’s concept of “Tactical Firing” has been implemented at NAMFI by Combined Joint Forces with multi-systems. Tactical Firings require a unit to deploy, operate and fire live missiles within a tactical scenario and under SHAPE’s operational readiness evaluation criteria.