KOETHEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003000430006-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 8, 2009
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: November 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. On 30 September 1953 $ t Koethen airf" ld that ?~Lwo walls 25X1
of earth were observed near the dispersal area of the alert t .i t on the
to way, between the east end of the runway and the hangars an.1 during air
activity, tank trucks were parked between these walls of earth, Additional
shrapnel-proof aircraft revetments were constructed in the southern section
of the field. Two srn.l wooden sheds were observed near the fence at the
western end of the runway in the extension of the runway and a third shed
was located in the corner formed by the fence at the northwestern edge of
the field. In these sheds, jeeps were repeatedly parked. The jeeps were
used for towing the swept-back jet fighters to their dispersal areas by
means of an iron towbar 0
20 The tents near the A gun emplacement in the sou: ae;astern corner of the field
MCI:, r b three wooden Sheds, On 30 September, ?everal truccksP
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w:L sana, move C o era o installation wi one mast, in ...ge area of the
eastern flying lane,,
Between noon and 6 p.m. on 6 October, no air activity was observed at the
field.. A local resident stated that air activity had been conducted during
the mornings the population living in a settlement 25X1
near the airfield were continually molested by Soviet Air Force soldiers.
Trucks entered and left the field,, 25X1
At 9:317 . a.m o on 8 October, air activity was conducted by Yak-11a whi.ch made
individual fligbJe of 80 to 90 minutes duration. Sixteen MiG-15s and UPfiiGw; 5s
were parked in front of the hangars. In the early afternoon of 13 October,
eiglt swept-back jet fighters were parked in a line in front of the revetments
in the southeastern corner of the field and additional aircraft of the same
t e. were parked in the revetments near the hangars0
the shrapnel-proof revetments were covered with colored camou-
ge nets o weer 2 p.m. and 4:30 pdma, swept-back jet fighters practiced
flying in formations of four
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5< Ju .'i-rig the noon hours on 14 0ctrji.er, ei ht f"iG 15s or U--T?:LG 15s~
ocai. flights st the 25X1
Voeik en ii r. ield - s occupied ty a righter regiment
with ~O to 35 F,10-15-1;0 The shra.pi e1-proof aircraft revetments
were pro albl`i coverec with carzouf'lage nettings in connection with
the exercises by the `.l ird Shock which involved the fighter
: w^t ;_.rTe;nts of the division in A1ed s :`Y:;urg
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