HARE HELICOPTER ASSEMBLY AREA HAI PHONG, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A001000030008-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2006
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: August 17, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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HARE HELICOPTER ASSEMBLY AREA
LAI PRONG, NORTH VIETNAM
2049N 10042E
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.
GROUPI
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD SHOWS PHOTOGRAPHIC CONFIRMATION
OF THE PRESENCE OF HARE HELICOPTERS IN NORTH VIETNAM.
2. LOCATION:
THESE HELICOPTERS ARE LOCATED 1.4 .NM WEST 01: THE
T1iE MARL', (MI-1) IS A SINGLE-ROTOR GLN ERAL PURPOSE
HELICOPTER DESIGNED BY MIKHAIL H. MIL AND PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED
AS TYPE 32. IT WAS THE FIRST MODERN-TYPE HELICOPTER DESIGNED
i3Y THE SOVIETS. RECUGNIT'ION FEATURES INCLUDE A PYLON FAIiRI:,G
ON TOP OF T'1.E FUSELAGE, A TRANSPARENT SECTION U:v Ti,L U.ruERSIuL
OF TiiE NOSE, AND A FIXED TRICYCLE-TYPE LANDING GEAiR. Ti1L LA.
ACCOu?,i-1JiUATE A PILOT AND EITuER TWO OR THREE PASSENGERS.
ThiL LAKE HAS A 4U FT. FUSELAGE, AND A 4u FT. I:OTOi: SPAN. '1'?E
i,LLICUPTE1 IS PO,vLRED iiY A SSU iiURSEPO,JLR< SINGLE PISIJ:N ENG1NL.
THE COMBAT WEIGHT IS APPROXIMATELY S,UuO POUNDS AND THE MAXIMUM
SPELL) IS 100 KNOTS. TiiE iiARL IS ALSO PRODUCED IN POLAND AS TiiE
514- 1.
,iAIPHONG/CAT B1 AIRFIELD AT UTM XJ777037.
3. COLLATERAL:
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HELICOPTERS THAT ARE BEING ASSEMBLED IN A VLIiICLE MAINTENANCE
AREA OF A BARRACKS COMPLEX. ONE HELICOPTER IS PARTIALLY
iiIi1DEN FROM VILtti BY A DETERIORATING STRUCTURE.
ALSO OBSERVED ARE THREE SA-2 MISSILE TRANSPORTERS
(ONE ~cUT SiiOiu'N ON GRAPHIC) LEADED LAST ON A SECONDARY ROAD
AT UTM XJ770037. THESE TRANSPORTERS ARE LOCATED U.S NM .VEST
OF HAI PRONG SAM SITE A14-2 (137) AND 0.8 N,M WVEST-NORTHiVEST
OF IIAI PRONG SAM SITE A14A-2 (220).
UTM COORDINATES ARE TAKEN FROM AMS SERIES L7014, SHEET 0350 III
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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17 AUGUST 1967
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HARE HELICOPTER
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