BORISPOL AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001500740005-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 1, 2005
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 6, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR (Kiev Oblast)
SUBJECT Borispol Airfield
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This Document contains information affeothu the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title. 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorised person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form IN prohibited.
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1. Between the fall, of 1951 and about May 1952, 30 to 40 four-engine, mid-
wing monoplane,.s were observed on the northern edge of Borispol.airfieid
(N 50-22, E 30-55), Kiev Oblast. The planes had trapezoidal wings fitted
at the":f' =t third of the fuselage, rounded wing tips, tail wheels, single
rudder,amblies, and probably in-line'engines,which projected beyond the
trailing edges of the wings.1 Twelve to fifteen conventional fighters
at the field. However, jet aircraft were repeatedly observed flying over,...
were,.pa'rked on the eastern and southern edges. No jet planes were observed'
on a'.perpendicular~angle,, or at an acute angle, to the runway. In the south-
eastern corner of the field there were several garages and barracks buildings,
and south of them three four-story billeting buildings, each about 60 meters
long, which were completed in the spring of 1952.3
wings, while others had twin jets, did not have swept-back wings, and had
engines which definitely projected beyond the leading and trailing edges
of the wings. The assumption that the jet planes belonged to-Borispol
airfield could not be confirmed at the field. Several single-jet craft
were observed aloft every day, while one to three twin-jet craft were oc-
casionally observed in the air.2
2. A NW-SE concrete runway, several hundred meters long, was observed at the
field. Its southeastern end terminated. in a concrete apron,in'the eastern
section of which there appeared to be underground fueling stations for
aircraft, Sometimes the aircraft did not take off from the runway, but
nt. The description of the four-engine plane corresponds
to the Pe-8 type. The statement that the engines projected beyond the
trailing edges of the wings is probably an error caused by a poor
pttspective.
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2.0 comment. According to. a previous. report, the pingle-jet .
aircraft are MIG-15s, and the twin-jet craft are Type-8 or Type-9.
3.1 _ omment. The descriptions;of the runway and of the new four-
story billeting buildings were known from previous reports; their
locations are noted on the sketch on page 3. The concrete apron
at the southeastern end'of the runway and the underground fueling
stations are here reported for the first time.
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Sketch of Borispol Airfield
Legend:
1-. Three small garages, with filling station for trucks.
2. Underground fueling station for aircraft.
3. Three four-story billeting buildings, of which the two southern
buildings are completed.
.. Concrete runway.
5. Parked conventional fighters.
6. Concrete apron, about 300 meters square.
7. 30 - 4+0 four-engine planes, parked in two rows.
8. Take-off lane, used only occasionally.
9. Take-off lane observed being used by a four-engine plane.
10. New asphalt road, 8 - 10 meters wide.
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