BAI THUONG AIRFIELD BAI THUONG, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A001200010014-5
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2006
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: February 7, 1968
• Content Type: REPORT

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BAI THUONG AIRFIELD
BAI THUONG, NORTH VIETNAM
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1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS RECENT ACTIVITY AT BAI THUONG AIRFIELD.
2. LOCATION:
THE AIRFIELD IS LOCATED ~+.9 NM EAST OF BAI THUONG AND 1.5 NM SOUTH OF
HAI TRACH.
3. BACKGROUND:
CONSTRUCTION BEGAN ON BAI THLTONG AIRFIELD IN JUNE 1965; HOWEVER, PROGRESS
HAS BEEN SLOW, CONTINUING FOR APPROXIMATELY EIGHTEEN MONTHS. THE 8200 X 175
FOOT CONCRETE RUNWAY APPEARS COMPLETE EXCEPT FOR FINAL SURFACING. FIFTY-EIGHT
AIRCRAFT REVETMENTS HAVE BEEN BUILT AND PROBABLY TWELVE MORE ARE STILL UNDER
CONSTRUCTION. SOME OF THE REVETMENTS ARE AS MUCH AS TWO NM WEST OF THE AIR-
FIELD, IN WOODED AREAS AND SMALL VILLAGES. NO SUPPORT-TYPE BUILDINGS OR POL
STORAGE FACILITIES HAVE BEEN DETECTED.
4. COLLATERAL:
IF COMBAT AIRCRAFT WERE DEPLOYED TO BAI THUONG, IT WOULD BECOME THE SOUTHERN-
MOST BASE IN THE NORTH VIETNAMESE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM. THE BASE IS ASTRIDE THE
FLIGHT CORRIDORS OF US AIRCRAFT COMING FROM THAILAND. THE LOCATION ALSO
WOULD ENABLE AIRCRAFT BASED THERE TO INTERDICT AIR ATTACKS LAUNCHED AT SEA
AGAINST THE THANH HOA-VINH COMPLEX. AT LEAST FIFTY-EIGHT AIRCRAFT CAN BE
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 Supuort
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REVEAL REPAIR OF
BOMB CRATERS ON AN APPROXIMATELY 6600 X 1~+0-FOOT, NATURAL SURFACE STRIP PAR-
LELLING THE RUNWAY. THE STRIP APPEARS SERVICEABLE AND COULD POSSIBLY ACCOMMODATE JET
AIRCRAFT. ALSO OBSERVED ARE ONE HEAVILY CAMOUFLAGED VEHICLE IN AN AIRCRAFT
REVETMENT ALONG THE TAXIWAY AT U'Il~I WG502995 AND AN ILS INNER MARKER BEACON SITE
OCCUPIED BY AN UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLE AND A PROBABLE SINGLE-AXLE GENERATOR
TRAILER AT UTM WH~+75020, APPROXIMATELY 1500 YARDS IN DIRECT LINE WITH THE NORTH-
WEST END OF THE RUNWAY. THE REMAINING ILS SITES ARE UNOCCUPIED. THE RUNWAY IS
CRATERED AND REMAINS UNSERVICEABLE.
ALSO REVEALS A NEWLY IDENTIFIED UNOCCUPIED
AW/GCI RADAR FACILITY LOCATED 2.7 NM NORTHEAST OF THE AIRFIELD. SOME UN-
IDENTIFIED VEHICLES ARE OBSERVED IN THE FACILITY. (NOT DEPICTED ON GRAPHIC
UTM COORDINATES ARE TAKEN FROM AMS SERIES L701~+, SHEET 60+8 I.
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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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