ORDER OF BATTLE 1. JET AIRCRAFT ON TIRANA AIRFIELD 2. ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENSE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006900230007-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 7, 2008
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: May 18, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Sapionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorised person is prohibited by law.
S-E-C-R-E-T
Albania/USSR
REPORT
SUBJECT Order of Battle
1. Jet Aircraft on Tirana
Airfield
2. Anti-aircraft Defense
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1. On 7-10 April 1955 three MIG-1 N-t a ,
and three Soviet pilots on the Tirana airfield.
these planes in flight over Tirana. About 15 single-engine, single-seater
planes and 5 two-seater biplanes were also seen on the Tirana airfield F_
jet planes, capable of flying at speeds up to 1300 kilometers per hour, arrived
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pilots in handling jet planes.
with Soviet pilots who will stay in Tirana for six months to train Albanian
bout 10 het planes (type not specified have arrived in Albania
3. In early April an Anti-Aircraft Defense Directorate was organized in Tirana
and headed by Major General Gjin Marku, who was formerly Commanding Officer
of the Nlbasan Corps.i The Directorate will include anti-aircraft artillery
unite; aircraft detection units, including radar; and elements from t1?ie ai25X1
force.
4. Since mid-March 1955, an unidentified anti-aircraft regiment in Tirana has
been equipped with ten radar units, six of which are located at the Tirana
airfield. These radar units are of three types, each with a different range.
One type has a 500 kilometer range, a second type unit has a 30 kilometer
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range and the range on the third type unit has not been specified. Each
of the radar units is mounted on a Zia truck. In March 1955, four Soviet
officers and eight enlisted men, were attached to this anti-aircraft regi-
ment in Tirana for five months to train Albanian radar operators.
1. Comment; neral Marku is Commandant
o the Enver Hoxha Officers School in Tirana. In 1945, General Marku
attended the General Staff School at the Voroshilov Academy in the Soviet
Union. He completed his studies in 1948 and in June of that year, was
appointed Director of Artillery in the Ministry of Defense. In 1949
he was made a major general. In 1950, he was assigned as Director of
Combat Training in the Ministry of Defense.
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