(Sanitized)HOOK HELICOPTERS HAIPHONG/KIEN AN AIRFIELD, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000200010015-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2006
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: July 13, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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ATTACHMENT TO L-1203
13 JULY 1966
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HOOK HELICOPTERS
HAIPHONG/KIEN AN AIRFIELD, NORTH VIETNAM
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1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS MI-6 HOOK HELICOPTERS AT HAIPHONG/
KIEN AN AIRFIELD.
2. LOCATION:
HAIPHONG/KIEN AN AIRFIELD IS LOCATED FIVE NM SOUTHWEST OF HAI
PHONG.
3. MISSION READOUT:
SERVICEABLE RUNWAY, RESURFACED SINCE OCTOBER 1965. THE AIRFIELD HAS
A PARALLEL TAXIWAY WITH TWO END-CONNECTING LINKS, AND A PARKING
APRON. AN AIRCRAFT DISPERSAL AREA CONTAINS SEVENTEEN REVETTED HARD-
STANDS AND EIGHTEEN HARDSTANDS RECESSED INTO THE BASE OF A HILL AT THE
SOUTHEAST SECTION OF THE AIRFIELD.
SUPPORT FACILITIES INCLUDE ONE:?LARGE PROBABLE MAINTENANCE BUILDING
(WHERE HOOK HELICOPTERS ARE BEING ASSEMBLED) AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT
BUILDINGS. A PROBABLE ILS IS LOCATED OFF THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE
RUNWAY. DEFENSES IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA INCLUDE AT LEAST THREE EIGHT-
GUN AAA SITES.
AIRCRAFT AT THE AIRFIELD INCLUDE FOUR HOOK HELICOPTERS WITHOUT
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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ROTORS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ASSEMBLED, ONE PROBABLE FRESCO (THIS
IS THE FIRST TIME A JET-TYPE AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THIS
AIRFIELD), THREE COLT, AND ONE HOUND. SIX REVETMENTS WITH TWO CRATES
(ONE COMPONENT AND ONE ASSOCIATE) EACH, WHICH PROBABLY CONTAIN HOOK
HELICOPTERS, ARE ALSO OBSERVED.
AN INSET REVEALS. THE SOVIET VESSELI
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These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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HOOK HELICOPTERS
HAIPHONG/KIEN AN AIRFIELD, NORTH VIETNAM