ALTENBURG AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001000940003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 2009
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 31, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. The following air activity and aircraft were observed at Altenburg alrfield
between 21 and 27 February 1953'
,. gfy&., At 10 a.m., four 141,G--15s were aloft over the n. rfiel.d.. 'ere
were no clouds and visibility was i;ood. Take,-offs were made by four MiG-15 sq
at 10015 a.m. and by four other MG-15e, 25X1
at 10840 a.m. At l p .m,, 12 MiG-15s
were ps, r e near the flight co ntrol statt on and 4 additional. MiG..15s at the
northeastern and of the runway.
ati~ ry . At 3 p0m,., two MiG-158 took off and cliribed to a high altitude
within a shcrt time. there was a 2/10 overcast and good visibility. When
the two planes had landed. at the field, no a . r activi ty was ots erved up to
4 P.M. At that time, 14. jet fighters were parked in f nt of the flight
control station, 4 jet fighters on the northern section of the rur'ray, and 1
single-engine plane with radial engine In the northern half of the field.
Between noon and 3 p.m., no air activity was observed although
there were no clouds and the visibility was good. At nightfall, the loud
noise of jet aircraft was heard in the distance but no details could be
ooservedo
and visibility was limit ed to 5 or 6 kin.
Between 9 and 10 a.m4 there was air activity by swept.-back
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2 A new radio installation consisting; of two masts interconnected by a two-wire
antenna was observed north of the radio installation which was located in the
northern flying Tani,' The two-mast insta1:la ti on was fed by the Dolsenhain power
plant. L radio truck and a corrugated sheet metal cabin, both siarrourd ed by a
board fence, were obe erved in the new ire tart ti on. There was no telephone
connection between the two ire tallaa.ti,onn.2
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3, An . A A gun placeruent with 37-am and 76-v vi guns was located at
the end of the lane in the wood in the na the rn extension of the
runway. The gun barrels'were covered with tarpaulins and p inted
award. Six bunie rs were also observed ia:, the auplacoment,4
3-L---~ mkumtL Accor6ling to available infona.ation, Altenburg,
airfield is cx: cupk d by a fighter regiment of the Twenty Fourth
Air Army. The observations indicate
that the aircraft of -thi s
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LgC-m,M tai,. For location of ra . o irtatalla t.:ons and U guh
cl p1ac .tints, wee cNnnex. It is possible that oic of the two
radio instal]a -U. ons is a PKV 45 DF station, while the other one
is a tactical. radio distal 1. on. No definite in.'art,tL on is avail-
able on the strength of the AA protection at the field,
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Annex
Altenburg Airfield
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Probably PKV-45 DF station
2 Probably tactical radio installation
3 AA gun emplacements
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