KEP AIRFIELD NORTH VIETNAM

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CIA-RDP79-00849A000700020009-6
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5
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January 4, 2017
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9
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February 20, 1967
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2009/05/01 CIA-RDP79-00849A000700020009-6 TOP REFERENCE: SECRET ~ ~ ATTACHEMENT TO L-2731 20 FEBRUARY 1967 PA"-E 1 KEP AIRFIELD NORTH VIETNPM 2124N 10616E (SEE NPIC BRIEFING BOARD L-2350 FOR COMPARISON) 1. SIGNIFICANCE: THIS BRIEFING. BOARD DEPICTS ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AT KEP AIRFIELD, 2 LOCATION: KEP AIRFIELD IS LOC.'?_IED i.5 Fi+I SOUTiI OF KEP AND THI?2TY-T;.'0 ,1fn NORTHEAST OF HA NOI. 3 BACKGROUND: KEP AIRFIELD WAS ORUIINfILLY BUILT BY THE JAPANESE DURING t^IORLD WAR II AND UNTIL 1965 HAD BEEN USED PRIMARILY BI' LIGHT TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT AND SOME ]iELICOPTERS. BEFORE IMPROVEMENT THE AIRFIELD CONSISTED OF A 4,100 X 90 FT, NE~SW RUNWAY WITH FOURTEEN AIRCRAFT REVETIfiENTS, SIX WAREHOUSES, SEVEN SUPPORT BUILDINGS, AND A WEATHER STATION, ON PHOTOGRAPHY OF LATE INITIAL IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITY WAS NOTED AT THE AIRFIELD. CONTINUING PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE DURING THE REMAINDER OF 1965 AND 1966 REVEALED THF. HARD-SiTRFACING OF TBE RUNLdAY, AND THE EARLY STAGES OI ~ rli;;_LJ' OP' A PARALLEL TAXIWAY ATdD A TAXI- WAY EXTEiVDIN ~ F'kOM THE S~ atTNiJEST END OF THE RUNWAY. EXISTING AIRCRAFT REVETMENTS WERE IMPROVED AiJD NE41 AIRCRAFT REVETMENTS WERE CONSTRUCTED. ~~~o l7cvic,n,~(`mm~lc#o TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2009/05/01 CIA-RDP79-00849A000700020009-6 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2009/05/01 CIA-RDP79-00849A000700020009-6 TOP SECRET TRINE REFERENCE: D ATTACHMENT TO L-2731 20 FEBRUARY 1967 PAGE 2 IN ~ WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE 5,975 X 155 FT CONCRETE RUNWAY, EIGHT FAGOT~FRESCO WERE OBSERVED AT KEP, CONFIRMING THE AIRFIELD FOR JET USAGE. 4. 5 25X1 5,975 X 155 FT, NE~SW, CONCRETE RUNWAY. THE SOUTHWEST OVERRUN IS BEING EXTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 2,700 FT, WHICH, IF SURFACED, COULD ESTABLISH A RUNWAY LENGTH IN EXCESS OF 5,000 FT. LOW HILLS AT THE APPROACHES TO BOTH ENDS OF THE RUNWAY ARE BEING LEVELED, AND A CANAL AT THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE RUNWAY IS BEING RECHANNELED TO ACCOMMODATE 25X1 Approved For Release 2009/05/01 25X1 TOP SECRET ~~ CIA-RDP79-00849A000700020009-6 MISSION READOUT: REVEALS KEP AIRFIELD TO HAVE A Approved For Release 2009/05/01 CIA-RDP79-00849A000700020009-6 25X1 TOP SECRET~~ REFERENCE: 25X1 ATTACO -2731 20 FEBRUARY 1967 PAGE 3 THE EXTENSION. THE TAXIWAY WHICH PARALLELS THE RUNWAY ON THE SOUTH SIDE IS PRESENTLY BEING SURFACED. AIRCRAFT DISPERSAL AREAS ARE OBSERVED NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE RUNWAY. THE NORTHWEST DISPERSAL AREA IS OPERATIONAL AND CONTAINS TWELVE AIRCRAFT REVETMENTS WHICH ARE PRESENTLY OCCUPIED BY JET AIRCRAFT, FOUR AIRCRAFT REVETMENTS ARE ALSO LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST PARKING APRON, THREE OF WHICH ARE OCCUPIED BY JET AIRCRAFT. THE SOUTHEAST DISPERSAL AREA IS BEING ESTABLISHED AROUND A 4,500 FT TAXIWAY (ERRONEOUSLY REPORTID ON NPIC L-2350 AS 2,100 FT) EXTENDING SOUTH AND PERPENDICULAR TO THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE RUNWAY. THIS DISPERSAL AREA CONTAINS TEN AIRCRAFT REVETMENTS AND A PROBABLE PARKING APRON, ALL IN VARIOUS STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. IN ADDITION, TEN SMALLER REVETMENTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND SIX OLD AIRCRAFT REVETMENTS ARE LOCATED SOUTH OF THE AIRFIELD. THREE DISPERSED STORAGE AREAS ARE LOCATED IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE AIRFIELD. ONE AREA, LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE NORTHWEST AIRCRAFT DISPERSAL AREA, CONSISTS OF TWENTY-TWO REVETMENTS, FIFTEEN OF WHICH CONTAIN BUILDINGS~SHEDS. THE SECOND AREA, ADJACENT TO THE SOUTHEAST AIRCRAFT DISPERSAL AREA, CONSISTS OF TEN REVETMENTS, NINE OF WHICH CONTAIN SMALL BUILDINGS~SHEDS. A THIRD STORAGE AREA, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ONE NM SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRFIELD AND EAST OF ROUTE lA, CONTAINS AT LEAST THIRTY-EIGHT SMALL REVETTED BUILDINGS DISPERSED 25X1 AMONG LOW HILLS. CRET ~`oX1 TOP SE 0 Approved For Release 2009/05/01 CIA-RDP79-00849A000700020009-6 Approved For Release 2009/05/01 CIA-RDP79-00849A000700020009-6 25X1 TOP SECRET ~~ 25X1 ATTACHMEN 0 L-2731 20 FEBRUARY 1967 PAGE 4 OTHER FACILITIES AT THE AIRFIELD INCLUDE AN OPERATIONS BUILDING WITH A CONTROL TOWER, FOUR BARRACKS-TYPE BUILDINGS, ONE MESSHALL, A WEATHER STATION, TWO VEHICLE SHEDS, AND SEVERAL SMALL SUPPORT BUILDINGS. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT OBSERVED AT THE RUNWAY EXTENSION INCLUDES ONE GRADER, FIVE TOWED SCRAPERS (THREE WITHOUT TRACTORS), SIX TRACTORS WITH SCRAPER BLADES, 5IX TRACTORS WITH TOWED PACKERS, TWO ADDITIONAL PACKERS, ONE POL TRUCK, AND AT LEAST THREE CARGO TRUCKS. A CONCRETE BATCHING PLANT IS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY. AIRCRAFT OBSERVED AT THE FIELD INCLUDE TWENTY-ONE FAC-0T/FRESCO, AND THREE FAGOT~FRESCO WITH TAIL ASSEMBLY REMOVED. ONE PROBABLE FAGOT 25X1 FRESCO FUSELAGE IS ALSO OBSERVED. 1DIA INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY 30-57, 04 FEBRUARY 1967, TOP SECRET 25X1 TOP SECRET 0 25X1 Approved For Release 2009/05/01 CIA-RDP79-00849A000700020009-6 25X1 For Release 2009/05/01 CIA-RDP79-00849A000700020009-6 ~ ~~-~.~. ,,,. alrMxFM aw. �~ ,.. 3 v y. ~%� ~ '~! '7 ~ l .:,/ ~.~yl!.J~~ r r ' F> "~~ A.IA .. +'i ." -~�~`" .,y a, I'' ! .rte _ ~ N ~-~ i ~. ~ ~" , . ~/ a ~j~ i ,,yF T ~, F ::J . L r~ '}p~- ~.~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ r~ ~~ ~ i ~~y ~ ~ ~ I ~,~~~'(.-y ~M~~~ yy , ~~ ~~; ` ~~..144. i '.. `'c6~~4`. 4 ~. '. ~ IIZA 8 J+ _ ti~ F ~ ~ / ~ ~s ~' r3- or ~ S ~~ ~^ r ~'~ t ;/ ~./� a .~ .~ ;~' ~ ~~ ~;~ ~,'~~ t ~ ~ ~~ S d l ~~ A ter. �4 1~~ 3 a ~ ~ ~ I/// .. �9ti. .yam ~. ~ "+5 ~. ~~` " AIRCRAFT ~ - - i C ' ~. ~/~ a ~~ Zl FA60T/FRESCO L. ; . l ;0, ~ ~ Ct'- l~ ~/'~ f' ~ 7 OISASSEMBLFO FA60i/FRESCO ~ ~ ~'�"~ ~ ~ la ~1 I t ~� ~ - {. 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