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out there on the night of the ninth. Now, I
celed. All aircraft are ordered grounded immediately. plan on being
back home the tenth. I don't want to
You will remain in your plane until cleared by security hang around there
any longer than I have to. I'll give
personnel. Over." you a call, regardless,
on the tenth by nine in the
morning. At the
absolute least if I can't quite make it
"I want to know the status of Two Three. Over." home by then I'll
change the message on my answer-
ing machine by
remote before 9:00 A.M. on the tenth.
"We've lost Two Three from our scope. We are initiat- I know all this
sounds melodramatic,.but when I
ing search and rescue. Comply with orders. There are went down to El
Salvador--a place no one remembers
to be no more transmissions. Out." nowadays--it stood
me in good stead to have some-


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one waiting on a call. Held the assholes off from beat- NELLIS AIR FORCE
BASE RANGE,
ing me too bad or keeping me forever when I got VICINITY GROOM
LAKE
caught in places I wasn't supposed to be. So if you T-144 HOURS
don't hear from me by 9:00 A.M. on the tenth, it means "Wait here," Franklin
ordered as he braked the battered
I got caught. Then I trust you to figure out what to do. Bronco II to a
halt. There was no flash of brake lights. He
You owe me, bud!
Wish me luck. By the way, if by chance--da-da-de- had pulled the
fuse for them prior to turning onto this dirt
dum--drumroll, please, I get scarfed up by the author- road. Johnny
Simmons leaned forward in the passenger
ities, you have a copy of the tape and the letter, and seat and squinted
into the darkness. He had to assume that
also I've enclosed a key to my apartment. Franklin was so
familiar with the road that he was able to
Thanks. drive it without
headlights. Although the road did stand
All of my love, all of my kisses! out as a lighter
straight line on the otherwise dark ground,
the trip through
the dark was unnerving.
Johnny
Simmons rubbed