VOLKSPOLIZEI LUFT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003101000009-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 22, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: January 27, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Volkspolizsi Luft
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WE DISTR. 27 januarY .954
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1, all -previous
aes1gr drone or the VYL with z .gym headquarters in Cottbus would be Tepl aced as fo 11owrs
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Ministry of the l:nterior/VTL .. Administration of Aeroclub
VFL Division - Iterrclub
VPL Regiments - lst, 2d and 3d D par thents o :)f Acs or.lub
The former designation "Ccas l iadert (squadron) w_.s replaced by "Staffel" (sq dr:)n) .
The designation "Kette" (fli t) was retained.
The former supply battalion lst, 2d and 3d tr>chr.ical base.,
In mid-October 1953, the tect n .cal supply dlvisicon was dissolved and tho
were assigned to the Ad-min watration of the Aci oc = ub aid the technical bay?}s ,. The
previous numerical designations of the VPL hea.do- .r?t rs arid units were no longer ui od
2. According to ru nors in the 1 ,eadcsaarters of the fr)rrer 1st V1L Div,, in 1954. >s- see>)nl
division was to be organized w e_th cadre and trai,'Arg t.ex sonnel of the 1st D ..v. T;ie'Ls
rum=or also circulated in the Adrainistration of tie Ac s-ocl. zb. Allegedly, a f:__-"-L g
25X1 school was to be establishec1. it was intended to i c i .sa
J.0 L1-2s, 100 Yak-?lls and 8C Iak--:la's for which as eat hate of cost had been merle.. 2
25X ' The flight training of the gr aixp of c:on?,ana.nders w s tea.1n ated in October 195`3, On '14
October, training was started with the indlvidua?_ depc.rtir-3nts (regiments), the lvii.
Department in Cottbus, the 2d Departrient in Drew';.tz ard the 3d Dexartment in Eautzsn.
The aircrsit were transferrod on 12 October.
25X1 r on up to ovemn er 11 ,ad been rom.oted to ce..tain on 7 October 1953. Durinj_
25X1 the week preceding, 25 'c;,o ear, arrived in Cottbus by rail .
The aircraft were ass? nbled e . i.e by VIL Ulersorinel; no Soviet soldiers were
25X1 observed at the job. All.eged1 r5 he aircraft wers: equipped with a new aiming device.
Additional aircraft were erg ected to arrive in Ccttbur . 3
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un 26 October, rnCio exercinc. illroEv-_-ig 11 mobile radio stations
was started in the C:c>tt;~ e; .Sx.z^Eat:'cez'r:,-no s.?c' ,_$.~;.. er iorf k'sic ',-Drewit:,-Bautven area.
This exercise bras r_,r. oh ably coaaa-er ted with `,tea Fc -~.&';uled expansion of the V1 L. 4
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the runway Was torn u a thEtt itt a nE
of gravel and C X'~ TrL 1q
25X1 was reconditioned. t e runway w Ach had a length of Lt%)aat
2,5CO and meters ..a.L~.Ct c. width of J meters was G4 Sre::x"t'd ' T1t'C! runway mats which vere
welded top ether at the points whore the try ry and connecting lanes branch off..
i? eEg;edly, part of the connecting lanes was concreted. The runway mats had hooks
a d eyes only alone: ths,ir ?._onfitudinal sic)es. Is the runway -mats available had three
different I en? the it to ,.s possible to avoic. Joints runnanih,; through the entire width
of the runway. Thus,, the required solidity of the runway could be. obtained. The
mats along the outside of the runway were fastened by wire to wooden pegs. At
their ends the individual r m ay rats sli ;fitly overlapped. Air activity was con--
ducted at the field. The previously reported excessive wear and tear of aircraft
tires was not te,aken notice of.
25X1 i Comment _ Thr redesi ration of t?h V11- ulii r_ r o vTx+cvi ,T, TT n_+__$
I is to concea the m.3.'_+ itar e c earac ter' off the Vii,.
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nG.a r, extarsiono the VFLLwas scheduledfor 3..953. If the eort .;d:
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r>Rw~ ^lr Yeys
nt:n %e.Y of airc1~A of C.- should ac ma fly arrive, Vt, would