FINOW AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005200570009-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 18, 2007
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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flying in echelon to the right and left fariration. During the reported period, an
na+1ma+M 'F? MiG_1' F n U..441G S_5s were observed to be stationed at the field,,
lea- }=A ..a .,dc'-geplsnber -1954 , except for Sunday the 29 August, there was
air activity by VAG--158 or U-11iG-Y15s at Finow airfield. An estimated 50 take-offs
.v re made - daily , Air activity included individual local flights;, flights in
formations of four aircraft. Once during this periods; a flight by a formation was 25X1
observed which consisted of a leading element of twos with three aircraft each
2? Between 23 August and 4 September, the AA gun a lacement? in the` southeastern
corner of the field was occupied by 6'x 37-M AA gsanacc
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an estimated i were seen at the
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3, Between 1600 and 1630 on 26 A~ rr
field., The alert flight consisted of4'ai;craft,
r,mirAv.. The aircraft had open air intake apertures,
control station. Fourteen soldiers were seen near the 10 aircraft on the nor south
On 26 August,, a radio installation consisting of one mast with an -umbrella-shaped
antenna, and another mast with unidentified dipole antenna were seen north of the
field. The Token-type radar set was at its previous location near Somuierfelde a2
The following air activity and aircraft were observed at the field between 5 and 3
September g
mvi~ &ajgzb=. No flying was observed although the weather woe favorable,,
7 S pte ber.~ There was no flying. The weather was favorable. Between 1300 and 1600,
aircraft parked at the field included; Four NiG-.15s,, side by side and facing toward
the south, on the north-south runway; 6 1IiG-158, faca.ng toward the west., south of
the former; an unidentified number of MiG 15e or U.J;iG-15s in two or three rows,,
south of the hangars; an unidentified number of MiG-15s or U.MiG I5s in three rows
west of the flight control station; 1 MiG-15 or U-14JG-15 facing toward the north at25X1
.the eastern edge of the> east-west runway; 1 Li-,2 and 1 Po-.2 south of the flight 25X1
8 $ptgm'cserr. At .1535, a Po-2 took off for to 20--minute flight, There was no ng
by MiG l5s. Aircraft were parked at the field as on the, preceding day. At 1400,
~. MiG-.l5 of the alert flight was towed to the end of the runway for refueline from a
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