KEP AIRFIELD NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000600020002-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2006
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 29, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

SECRET.
5X1 Approved For Release 20
(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
AT'PACIiMENT TO L-2350
29 NOVEMBER 1966
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KEP :' .,I'IE.'..
NOR'1'ti V?li'l'ts\rl:-
21Zr,.. Ill'ul~..
~IGNiFICANCE:
it:IS BRIEFING BOARD llEPICl'S '.-~.: S:AT~:3 OF CONS: RUCTION
AC'i~VITY AT KnY AIRFIELll.
LOCATION:
KEP AIRFIELD IS LOCATED ON3 \:' SOUTfIWEST OF KEP AND
THIRTY-FOUR NM NORTHEAST OF HA NOI.
BACKGROUND:
COLLATERAL REPORTS TIIAT KEP 1IRFIELD WAS ORIGINALLY
BUILT 3Y THE JAPANESE DURING 1V0Ri:% .+AR II ANll UNTIL
1965 c.AL BEEiV USED PRIMARILY BY LIGdT TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
AND SOME IIELICOP,TERS.
BEFORE IMPROVEMENT TIIE AIRFIELD C4NSISTEU Or' A
4,100 X 90 FT. NE/SN RUNWAY 1VIT'~ F.,,;RTEEN AIRCRAFT
REVET:~IEN'1'S, SIX iVAREHOUSL'?S, SL'V::N SUPPORT BUILDINGS,
AND A iYEATiIER STATION.
ON PIIOTOGIZAPHY OF LATE APR~L 1965 INI'PIAL CONSTRUCTION
ACT;VITY IYAS :VOTED AT TIIE AII2PIliLU. CONTINUING PHOTO-
GR.:' .IC COVE}ZA~r. DURING TI11: 1:E~;AINUER OF 1965 ANll 1966
Tnese notes have been prepared for briefing proposes only and should not h~ usod for detailed analytical worts. Their use
shoald be iesiricted to the p;atlculai hriefing board(s) they were prepaid -~ and most be considered valid only for the re~
i porting penad as indicated by the date of issue. for infmmahmr rnm ~~-~ ,r_ ~~~r.r nobs contact Chiel, Collateral Support
I division, NPIC.
Approved F -
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Approved For Release 200
(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
REVEALED THE iA'2~-SURF[iC~NG OF T"rlE RUNWAY, AND THE EARLY
STAGES OF ..:;.~:;=::;;CT:G~ OF A PARALLEL TAXIWAY AND A
TAXIIYAY ER'~:~:::NG FROD; T;:E SOUTIiIYEST END OF THE RUNWAY.
EXISTING AIRCRAFT REVETMENTS ~tiLRE IMPROVEll AND NEW
AIRCRAFT REVETMENTS VdERE CONSTRUCTED. IN SEPTEMBER 1965,
',MITI: THE C.;::'~::TION Gr T:iL 5,:i7~ X 155 FT. CONCRETE
RUNiMAY, EIGi:'1 FAGOT/FRESCO WERE OBSERVED AT KEP,
COP:FIRMING THE AIRFIELD FOR JET USEAGE.
ATTACHMENT TO L-2350
29 NOVEMBER 1966
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CONSTRUCTION ON THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY EXTENDING FROM THE
AIRCRAFT PARKING APROiV ON THE NORTHEAST END OF THE RUNWAY
TO TIfE NEl'JLY CONSTRUCTLD 2,100 FT. N1M/SE GRAllED EARTH
TAXIWAY AT THE SOUTHIYEST' ENll OF THE FIELD. THERE ARE
TIYELVE LARGE COMPLETED AIRCRAFT REVETMENTS AT THE NORTH-
L'?AST END OF THE RUNWAY AS 1YELL AS FOUR TEMPORARY AIRCRAFT
REVETMENTS ON AN ALERT f~PRON. F.". :CIE SOUTniIEST END OF
TIIE RUMMAY :~iERE ARE S`iX LARGE ~:..%LETE~ .:CRAFT
REVETMENTS AND FIVE i