CONSTRUCTION OF AN EMERGENCY AIRFIELD NEAR HORSOVSKY TYN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A034200600001-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 15, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

1
;.
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/05: CIA-RDP80T00246AO34200600001-5
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
in the vicinity of the airfield at Line, where it had been working on
c t Cn of the nearly finished Line Airfield, was . charged with
r.
construction of a new airfield near SrbI 49-32, E.12..52), Horsovsky
Tyn district The.unit was brought every day by trucks from its Line
quarters to the new construction site.'
SECRET/NOF ORN
COUNTRY` Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Construction of an Emergency Airfield DATE DISTR. 1 5 MAY 196`7
near Horsovsky Tyn
NO. PAGES
REQUIREMENT
NO.
REFERENCES
~50 25X1
1. In autumn 1954, a unit belonging to a Technical Battalion (TP) quartered
2._ The building of the new airfield started first with the levelling.of the
surface of terrain by means of bulldozers and excavators. By the end of
1955 there was a level belt about 250 meters wide and about 2,000 meters
long whose area was drained and thus made usable as an.emergency airfield.
3. The new airfield lies west of Horsovsky"Tyn,. between the villages of Srby
and Meclov. The middle of the take-off and landing strip is in the vicinity
of the elevation point 405, on the Srby-Meclov road, A level-grads strip
stretches from the southwest from the area of a.small wood southwest of
elevation point 401,- past elevation point 405, across.the road.and northeastward
.
up to elevation point 397
. k. - The airfield, according to the ' local:'.population, is to be used as an emergency
airfield in the event of wars No buildings have been-put up there. In 1956,
the landing 'strip was used by aircraft engaged.in spraying operations against
the Colorado potato beetle.
5. The part of the Srby-Meclov road which crosses the area of the airfield strip
has been made level with the surrounding terrain for a length of about 300 meters.
Both ditches were drained and the roadsurface,was asphalted, so that it differs
from the landing strip only by its asphalt surface,
6. In.autumn 1955,. a quantity of lime was brought to the airfield and.deposited
in two heaps on both sides of the landing, strip;. wooden. shelters were.built
over the heaps' The lime was probably to be used for marking off the .boundaN)
N
SECRET/NOFORN
STATE .X ARMY NAVY I X AIR I X FBI AEC
?? ? ??? ?? ? ???
ArdOn E)6l9M S3008c
2
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/05: CIA-RDP80T00246AO34200600001-5
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/05: CIA-RDP80T00246AO34200600001-5
SECRET/NOFCRN
-2-
The take-off and landing,strip is 250 meters .wide' and :2,000 meters
long; it is drained with pipes about 10 centimeters in diameter.
the drainage pipes lead . northand.south where the group Slopes
.downwards. The drained.and levelled area has been sown with thick1y25X1
growing grass to make.the ground .firmer.
SECRET/NOFaRW
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/03/05: CIA-RDP80T00246AO34200600001-5