Tucson Region

Tucson Time Capsule : Soviet inspectors in Tucson

It was 4 a.m. on the morning of July 3, 1988, when the Soviet inspection team arrived in Tucson. As part of the terms of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, the missile specialists were here to check out Davis-Monthan's facilities for cruise missile training crews as well as the facility where such weapons were destroyed. Another 10-member team headed to Fort Huachuca to inspect its cruise missile testing and training site. A similar group of 20 U.S. inspectors had just left for the Soviet Union to inspect that nation's facilities. Each inspection was to last 24 hours, but it could be extended to 32 hours with mutual agreement. Read more about Tucson's past in Tales From the Morgue at go.azstarnet.com/morguetales. Today's entry is about Arizona's Mexican June and Hairy Peruvian heading to Sudan.