DIA DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE NOTICE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP06T01849R000100040020-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2012
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: December 28, 1978
• Content Type: CABLE

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/18: CIA-RDP06T01849R000100040020-9
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DIADIN 361-58 (AS OF 2000 EST 27 DEC 761
SUBJ= DIA DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE NOTICE (DIN) (U)
CUBA$ MIG-23 UPDATE. (U)
1. (S SPOKE) A SOVIET PILOT IN.CUBA 1MAB 'NOTED TO HHAVE.
FLOWN A MI G-23/FLOGGER ON 23 -NOVEMBER,, -9 .DECEMBER, AND 23 =DECEMMBER,
? THE FLIGHTS WERE MADE FROM `SAN ANTONIO DE LOS ?SANOSAIRFIELD,
WEST OF HAVANA, AND THE; AIRCRAFT WAS PROBABLY. ONE OF AT, LEAST :10
CUBAN FLOGGER'$ HOME-BASED THERE. THE FLIGHTS CONSISTED OF REG-
ULAR ZONE WORK AND AIRFIELD FAMILIARIZATION SORTIES. THE.PILOT
IS QUITE LIKELY PART OF THE'SOVIET MILITARY ASSISTANCE GROUP
ASSIGNED TO CUBA, AND HE PROBABL'r ?ftEW THE 'SORTIES TO MAINTAIN
PILOT PROFICIENCY.
2. (S SPOKE) THIS IS THE FIRST SOVIET PILOT ACTIVITY-NOTED
ON THE MIG-23'S IN CUBA SINCE JUNE. CUBAN,PILOT TRAINING ON.
C THE FLOGGER'S WAS FIRST NOTED IN,CUBA ON 1 JUNE WHEN 'TWO $OVTET
PILOTS FLEW INITIAL AIRFIELD FAMILIARIZATION SORTIES.-
PREPARED BY:
C. (REVW 27 DEC 08)
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