THE EASTERN ZONE OF THE BAKU AIR DEFENSE DISTRICT (ADD)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 11, 2004
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: December 28, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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THE EASTERN ZONE OF THE BAKU AIR DEFENSE DISTRICT (ADD)
This report presents information concerning Soviet Air defense installations
located in the Eastern Zone of the Baku ADD for which both data
125X1 D was available. All material is that obtained byl flown o -II
125X1D elated terial is dated from 1955 to May 1959. Topics
25X1D of discussion are: Krasnovodsk Airfield and the advanced design air defense
system located there, Yangadzha and Bek-Dash Airfields and their facilities, and
Kara Bogaz Gol Airfield, an airfield which probably does not exist. _
A. Krasnovodsk Airfield (4003N-5259E)
air defense elements identified and located at Krasnovodsk through
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B. Yangadzha Airfield (40021-5319$)
Photography of Krasnovodsk Airfield and the immediate surrounding area/
revealed the presence of various components which are believed to represent an
advanced design air defense system. These components included approximately 60
(two regiments) jet fighter aircraft, nearby radar equipment locations, air-to-
=ground and ground-to-ground communications facilities, a microwave communications
site, and a revetted direction center. For the probable equation of these with
25X1 D Photography obtained b 1 revealed a "class one" airfield
at Yangadzha. The airfield and its facilities consisted of a single concrete
runway measuring 6500 to 9100 feet in length and 220 to 300 feet in width, a
loop and link taxiway system 40 feet wide, two alert aprons measuring 330 by
115 feet, four alert aprons with six fighter alert ramps each of which was 40
feet wide, 28 unidentified aircraft, several possible GCA radar positions, a
possible TOKEN radar site which was unoccupied, and two eight-gun heavy. anti
aircraft artillery positions-. The runway was reported to be extensible 3800
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I I evidence obtained during April and May 1959 confirmed the airfield
at Yanga and also indicated it was an operational fighter base. On 4 Apri73
1959, a Colonel ARTEM'EV at Krasnovodsk complained to a Colonel KARIKh at Baku 2j
that the weather at Yanhadzha was bad and because the commander of a regiment
1., NT-PX000267, NT-PX000295, NT-P000487, DPIR T 59-7
2. NT-P000479, DPIR-SP 242-57
3. 2X/O/RUJ/R02-59
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( olonel PETRUShchENKO) had removed a SON-4 (WHIFF) radar j/ and taken it to Ufra
( N,-5302E) it was impossible to observe and control aircraft activity. Re-
placement of the SON-4 was requested.
During May 1959, radioprinter and ground-to-ground voice communications
provided tentative information which revealed the presence at Yangadzha Airfield
of an undetermined number of jet fighter aircraft, possibly of the MIC-15 and/or
MIG-17 type, and also indicated that FPN 36660, previously associated with a jet
fighter regiment located at Krasnovodsk, represented an unidcnti#'ied fighter
regiment of IA PVO Division P0605 currently located at Yangadzha33/. It was also
revealed that, in May 1959, construction of expanded facilities was possibly in
progress and that Polish and Czechoslovak nationals were present at the airfield.
The 28 unidentified aircraft cited in photography and the possible MIG-15/17
aircraft identified byre probably subordinate to unlocated Regiment C of
IA PVO Division P0605 c , on the basis of the above combined information, is
assumed to be based at Yangadzha Airfield. pivision P0605 Headquarters.and
Regiments A and B are located at Krasnovodsk /.
The SON-4 radar that was removed from Yangadzha Airfield in April 1959 was
probably employed to control air traffic in the immediate vicinity of the air-.
field and for limited ground-controlled approach (GCA) functions during inclement
weather. Its primary function, however, was probably the one for which it was
designed, i.e., AAA fire control. GCA functions therefore probably consisted -
only of guiding aircraft through an overcast, with landings being completed
visually. .
have not yet provided evidence which confirms the possible
e and. UdA radar positions at Yangadzha.
Construction of expanded facilities at Yangadzha Airfield in May 1959 is
of interest because. of its strategic geographical location and its nearness to
an advanced design air defense system at Krasnovodsk. Topographic features are
cannot be explained at this time. -
The presence of Polish and Czechoslovak nationals at Yangadzha Airfield
1. WHIFF fire control radar
2. RCA 370385
3? 3/O/RUK/R72-59
4. 3/O/RUI//R47-58, 3/ARU/Cl0344, 3/ARU/Cl0345, 3/ARU/C1014O
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Photography of Bek-Dash Airfield disclosed a-single asphalt runway
measuring 7200 to 8100 feet in length and 110 to 155 feet in width. No aircraft,
support facilities, defenses or electronic installations were noted at the air-
field/. A probable radio antenna mast and a possible TOKEN radar were located
nearby at the eastern edge of the town of Bek-Dash.
ATOKEN and one-to-two KNIFEREST radars were identified and located within
five nautical miles of Bek-Das~ in 1955 and 1956 J. These radars were served by
an air-warning reporting group) that provided radio communications with the
Eastern Zone Headquarters at Krasnovodsk. As of June 1958, Bek-Dash remained a
possible identified radar location; the air-warning group serving this
and other radars.of the Eastern Zone continued to be active in 1959.
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C. Bek-Dash Airfield (4132N-5236E)
Po6o5C.
During 1955 and 1956, Bek-Dash was also the location of a GCI controller of
IA PVO Division P0605. The airfield (Pid not appear to be a permanent fighter base,
however, since aircraft operating under the direction of the controller there
apparently began and terminated flight activity at KrasnovodskJ. It is not
known if a GCI controller remained at Bek-Dash or was relocated at Yangadzha
Airfield following its activation as a probable fighter base of IA PVO Regiment
Various publications, including l te'lligence reports, maps, and
place-name listings, have included references to both an airfield and a town
named Kara Bogaz Gol at 4l02N-5255E and 41o3N-5255E respectively. Photography
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either an airfield or a town at these locations.
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o such place existed, and that its original inclusion on maps
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and in listings may have resulted from erroneous information. The lack of .
buildings or ruins suggests that the area has been uninhabited for a considerable
length of time.
1. NT-Pxooo276, NT-P000505, SP-257-57
2. One report NT-P000505,,cited a possible ILS or radar
3? 3/ARU/C8624,.3/ARU/C9308
4. RZFB 00203 (Formerly RKLB 00403 and RKLB 01402
5 . 3/ARU/clol4o
6. 3/ARU/C7877, 3/ARU/C9308
7. DPIR-SP 222-57
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