WIENER NEUSTADT AIRFIELD AND MILITARY POST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001700510008-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 16, 2005
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: May 22, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Wiener Neustadt Airfield and iitlitary Post .
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I,, 'Between 2:15 and 4 p.m,, on 19 April 19531 tIle following aircraft at
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Wiener Neustadt airfieldA 46 4iGG-15sg including 18 between the flight control station
and Woellersdorfer Strasso railroad stop ('area a),, ll N, ,G-1'5s, west of the road sign
on Badener Stras.se (area W., 12 IViiG-15s in the northwestern corner of the field, and
5 I4iG-15a near the northeastern corner of the woods along the western edge of the
fields 9 twin-jet planes,, including 4 in areaaaand 5 in area b; 3 single-engine planes
in. area a; 2 biplanes in area a; and 2 high-wing monoplaneak, similar to the Fi-156
type,, in area a., At 10 aaarn,, 12iG-15a and twin-engine planes began flying, the take of..F.,;
and landings being made from north to south, sometInes from north-northeast to south-
southwest,, The MiG. l5s all of which were fitted with auxiliary fuel tanks took off
individually and in elements of two and flew in formations of two, three and four
lan s while the twin- en *i,no planes took off and flew in d ivid l:1 y~
'f 'he aircraft made local
flights of various extensions and at dif fare;. tt al i udes o
2n The guns in the AA gun emplacements along Badener Strasse were covered with tarpaulin. a ?
T'he, operating personnel were engaged in calisthenics. Two Sentries guarded the AA gun
a placement along Wiener Neusiadt,,Bad Fischau road in which guns were observedo No
operating personnel could be seen. Near the emplacements there were about. 10 motor
vehicles and some piles of timber and boards, Most of the AtA gun emplacements along
Badener ?Strasse there were three van-like trucks with rod antennas 3 to 5 meters high
and one van-like truck with a rod antenna,, about 10 meters high the end of which was
thicker than, the rod itself,, &i umbrella aerial about 10 motors high was located just
east of the antenna mast with a cone-shaped bracing at Baadener Strasson No guy wires
or lead-ins were observed on this aerial.
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3, Between 3 and 3:10 p.m. on 19 April, two sentries wear. ing black-bordered blue
epaulets were posted at the former candidate school in Bad. Fischau0 Repair work was
in progress on the to Crary buildings along the main road About 20 motor vehicles
were parked in the gas.ragesa.
4? At 3:30 p.m- on 21 April
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train loaded with amored
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5m Between 3:30 and 4 p.m. on 22 .April more RIG-15s were
stationed' at the field than on 19 April. There was no activity a re field-
flyin ; was practiced by ;iG-15s in the morning while the weather
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b, local residents stated that little air activity was conducted by KtG 15s
throughout the day on 23 April. After 9 a.m.,, there was moderate air
activity by MG-15s. The sky was 6/10 overcast, visibility was good and
there + s outhwesterly wind. of about 5 km per hour. A van-like truck
___]with a rod antenna was parked at the western side of the
Arti.lierie Kaserne n Two strong cables extended from this vehicle to a
window in the third floor on the vectern side of the barracks
installation. 'ruck ere parked in the
barracks yardu The guards and personnel observed at the field wore
black-bordered blue epauletso
1z It appears that Wiener I+eustadt airfield is still
oceupl ed by two fighter regiments" The twin-jet planes are 11tl-28s which
probably belong to a bomber unit temporarily stationed at Wiener Neustadt
airfield for combined practices with the fighter units.
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