UNDERGROUND AIRFIELD OF IANCA (IN THE GALATI REGION)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500220220-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 1, 2008
• Sequence Number: 220
• Publication Date: December 24, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Undergro,.$)d Airi Feld ,f _Tanea (:r. thr Gleft Region)
.It o w . t ? ?L. ~.IOb?TI O. Urtcru0 to wtfioiS~ Otrbll
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DATE D I STR..2 y De e 1953
NO. OF PAGES 2
NO. OF ENCLS.
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REPORT NO.
2. "The airfield et Ivmen it located e.xA;zt,1Y one kilometer from the main national
road connecting Buzau and Ar&11%. The airfield is two kilometers from the
1Iuzau"Brni1a railroad. The B AZ:t. r-Braila road, formerly a provincial road, is
now a national road and hao been en1arg~d and coupletely paved. There in a
nma11 country road wbi.ch leads ftixr,:tay from the village of Ianca to the air-
field.
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"There are two runvnyn, in line with each other and running parallel to the
main national road. TIM- combined length of bott, runvays leapproximately
1.20 O meters, and the width of the runways is 200 meters.
both runways were covered with oma11 cement sections (approximately 25 by
20 cm each). Probably for the p;:rpoae of camouflage, there vac moo between
.each concrete section. The ae:ti.anc were green or red in color
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the car up to the ruinwray
the X'un?vnya planted at a very slight angle into tfre
on map 27.
underground hangarc, ue Sketeheu Q and
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airfield). The correct nine of the hangars in unknown. -Ito drive
DISTflI OUTION t~lj STATE ARMT NAVY Ice cV I I FBI I I
This report in for the use within the USA of the Intelligence components of the Departments or
Agencies indicated above. it to not to be transmitted overseas without the concurrence of the
originating ofnco through the Assistant Director of the Office of Collection and Dissemination, CIA.
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5. "All around the zone in the mediate vicinity of the runways, as well as over
the underground havgura, ordinary farmers' houses have been constructed (for
the purpose of camouflage). Farmers are forced to work the fields all around
the area and over the underground arege to lend authenticity to the scene.
2Ype of Planes
6.` "It in possible that a jet fighter gouadron, is based hero.
Y were soviet MI" fe;fL ter. P3A1KWL.t
7. 't'here was
L only ano Host of block ~ ouze~ located
about 5~ mCCOM on jamm from the airfiel4T the road whio connected the vii-
logo of lanca to the airfield. It miCht be? Ible t other installation
were scattered around the zone ~ Rumanian Air Force
personnel and Militia, both arms , guarded the post of block on the road."
?, : 1:100,000-scale anaa area, with ace ng legend
e: Sketch 1 : Runways and underground bangarsj soale?1:200 ,000
(1000
Sketch 2 Fniar gad era m:2 m)
wing of one underground hangar vi;h
Sketch 3 :.Run runway entering it.
y in relation to the,ground lovel-7
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