UZUNDZHOVO AIRFIELD

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• Publication Date: September 3, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATIO-N REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL IME LIGENCE AGENC
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Iaws, Title
18, U.S.C. Sees. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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Location and Use
LTzumdzhovo airfield is occupied by a Jet Fighter Regiment which is
subordinate to the Jet Fighter Division at Graf Ignatiev airfield. The
field was constructed in 1953 and has been in operation rice 1954.
k askovo-Dimitrovgrad highway by a gravel road.
The air f ielda which is located approximately two kilometers hest of
Uzundzhovo village and approximately five kilometers northeast of
Khaskovo9 covers an area two and one42a].f to three kilometers from
east to west and one and one=half to two kilometers from north to south.
The airfield is connected with Uzundzhovo railroad station and the
Runs:=ay and Planes
The rua is concrete
ray s approximately three kilometers long and 80 to
100 meters aide. It is surrounded by grass and runs in an approxi-
mately east to west direction starting from a point approximately
19000 meters from the Khaskovo-ad railroad line and extending
to a point approximately 19500'neters from the Khaskovo-Dimitrovgrad
highway. 'ere are electri lights on both sides of the runway for
night flights. Parallel t the runway there is an auxiliary runway
15 to 20 meters wide, called PaL].yozhk, which is used as a tauliway for
the jets approaching the main runway.
On the north side of the western end of the runway there are seven
concrete parking platforms for jets9 which are described as follows from
west to east.
a. One platform for the pair of jets on duty..
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b. Two platfomws, each surrounded by an erfabanlcnent of earth and
having space for six to seven jets.
Four platforms, not surrounded by embanloments9 where jets are
usually parked because they can be watched more easily by the
fiord stationed at the parking platform.
Theme are 30 to 35 FA NT's and FRESC0's at Uzundz: ov o airfie? d.
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Although there is no fence aretmd the airfield it is a restricted
area which is guarded. as fol.7.awa; .
a. At the eastern end of ih~.- on the gravel road entering the
field, there is a guard aim road barrier, next to tahich is a one-
stcMy brick e, 8 Is mks in size. There are approxi-
mately nine soldiers and .ane no n c coned officer in the
guardhouse.
b. At the western entrance to the field,, on the same road, there is a
barrier and.guard nest to a, one stcaj brick guardhouse, 6 x 4 meters
in size,tb. yellow halls and red tile roof. There are four to
five soldiers and one nonce sioned officer in the guardhouse..
c. Theme is a C.uard at the fuel depot north of the headquarters
building. During the djr. the guard is stationed at the entrance
to the depot and dmning the night he patrols inside the area of
.the depot.
Jet Fighter Re ?sct
7. The ccmmmxlw of the Jet Fighter RegWent at Uzundzhovo airfield was,
Major Bans Kamenov until the beginning of 1957 when he was sent to
? the USSR for additional tairi.ng. The Chief of Staff and Chief of
Combat Training are Majors=::Rasha.Rashev and Peycho Peycliev9 respectively.
The estimated strength 1s:.150 to .200 officers, 30 nonccammissioned
officers and 100 to 150 ~d men, Only 35 to Z:0 of the officers
A dirt road connects the north side of the r n r with the following
buildings and installations on t .he field:
a. Headquarters b it thng anew t!dorye Lc a aped z .ck buildin in t_h
an attic; the two rings are -18 and 20 meters long and both are
five meters tide; Sr' z7 and red tile roof; contcuiz approa
nately ten zaff3ces ar~d a ` 1ge stare area for parachutes.
Weather station; tut orn ' wick. building, 10 x 5 meters in size,
:rites yellow trills and-red .title roof; the radio statioi: is on the
first floor, and the :weather station is on the second floor. There
are two towers containing; meteorological instruments on the roof.
c. 1 forshop for remchaor .batteries and oxygen : contauners; one-
sccay 6rrick , >,`li "a 6. `meters in size.
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d. Clothing warehouse; one-start' brick balding, 12 x 5 meters in
size. It contains three storage rooms of clothing and shoes,
e. Food warehouse; ore ztory brick building, 20 x 6 meters in sizes,
tdth a basement and a red tile roof.
f. Less hall for pilots; one-story brick building 20 x 3 meters in
size, with yeUotr walls and red tile roof..
Hospital and medical. service* one-story brick bu ldiig, 12 x 6
meters in size., with yellow walls and red tile roof; containing
beds and medical facilities for 10 to 12 people.
h. Barracks;. two-story brick building,. 20 x 8 meters in sizes with
yellow walls and red tile roof,
i. Mess. hall and kitchen for soldiers; brick buildings 20 x 8 meters
in size,, with yellow walls and red tile roof.
T::*o garages with storage area; one is 8 x I meters and the other
is 3 x 20 meters in size.
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On the eastern side of the Khaskovo-D trovgrad railroad tracks, on
the gravel road leading to Uzundzhovo village, there are four to five
apartment houses, having a total capacity for 30 farni1ies, which are
occupied by the staff of the airfield. Each apartment house is a tuo-
story brick. building with yellow walls and red tile roof.
Fuel and Water Sur
The fuel depot for~the field is north of the headquarters building,
It is an open areas 70 meters in diameter, and surrounded by a barbed
wire fence, t o cters high. The area contains tree fuel to ,, each
painted red or orange and having a capacity of I;0 to 50 tons, and an
undete r d number of gasoline dawns. At the entrance to the area
and just inside it there is a one story brick building, 8 x 6 meters
in size, with a red til e roof, his is the office building of the
depot which has two offices on the first floor and all kinds of oil
and paint stored in the basement.
The water depot and pump, which supplies the entire field with drinking
waters is located outside the restricted area of the airfield at the
western end on the i1askovo Dirri.trovgrad highway. A pipe the
depot, which _s one to two peters underground, extends beneath the
western end of the rummy to the mess hail and kitchen..
Lattachment to this report is a sketch
wit n ac a legend o Uzundzhovo Airfield.
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LEGEND TO SKETCH OF UZUNDZHOVO AIRFIELD
1.. Khaskovo-Dimitrovgrad Railroad.
2. Uzundzhovo Railroad Station..
3. Gravel road from Uzundzhovo Railroad Station to Uzundzhovo Village.
4. Gravel road passing from Uzundzhovo Railroad Station through the
airfield to the Khaskovo-Dimitrovgrad Highway.
5. Khaskovo-Dimitrovgrad Highway (asphalt surface).
6. Runway (The auxiliary runway is not shown on the sketch).
7. Concrete platform for the two jets "on duty."
8. Concrete platforms surrounded by an embankment of earth for parking'
the jets.
9. Concrete platforms for parking the jets.
10. Dirt road, connecting the main buildings of the airfield with the
runway.
11. Guardhouse.
12. Sentry at the eastern entrance.
13. Barrier.
.14. Sentry at the western entrance.
15. Guardhouse at the western end of.the airfield.
16. Weather Station.
17. Storage for-airplane spare parts.
18. Workshop for re-charting of batteries and oxygen containers.
'19. Main building.
20. POL's.
21. Fuel reservoirs; each one about 1.0-50'tons.
22. Two-meter high barbed wire fence-with a break for entering.
23. Sentry.
214. Office at the POL's.
25. Dirt road.
26. Hill with a stone quarry.
27. Storage.
28. Food storage.
29. Pilot's dining mess:
30. Hospital and medical service.
31. Soldiers' dormitory.
32. Soldiers' dining mess and kitchen.
33. Garages and supply building.
34. Bushes and small trees.
35. A group of four to five apartment houses for the personnel staff of the
airfield.
36. Water pump supplying the entire airfield with drinking water. Capacity
unknown.
37. Water pipe from the water source to the airfield. The diameter of the
pipe is unknown.
38. Border of the restricted zone around the airfield. There is no fence.
39. Hill.
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LEGEND TO SKETCH OF UZUNDZHOVO AIRFIELD
1.. Khaskovo-Dimitrovgrad Railroad.
2. Uzundzhovo Railroad Station..
3. Gravel road from Uzundzhovo Railroad Station to Uzundzhovo Village.
4. Gravel road passing from Uzundzhovo Railroad Station through the
airfield to the Khaskovo-Dimitrovgrad Highway.
5. Khaskovo-Dimitrovgrad Highway (asphalt surface).
6. Runway (The auxiliary runway is not shown on the sketch).
7. Concrete platform for the two jets "on duty."
8. Concrete platforms surrounded by an embankment of earth for parking'
the jets.
9. Concrete platforms for parking the jets.
10. Dirt road, connecting the main buildings of the airfield with the
runway.
11. Guardhouse.
12. Sentry at the eastern entrance.
13. Barrier.
.14. Sentry at the western entrance.
15. Guardhouse at the western end of.the airfield.
16. Weather Station.
17. Storage for-airplane spare parts.
18. Workshop for re-charting of batteries and oxygen containers.
'19. Main building.
20. POL's.
21. Fuel reservoirs; each one about 1.0-50'tons.
22. Two-meter high barbed wire fence-with a break for entering.
23. Sentry.
214. Office at the POL's.
25. Dirt road.
26. Hill with a stone quarry.
27. Storage.
28. Food storage.
29. Pilot's dining mess:
30. Hospital and medical service.
31. Soldiers' dormitory.
32. Soldiers' dining mess and kitchen.
33. Garages and supply building.
34. Bushes and small trees.
35. A group of four to five apartment houses for the personnel staff of the
airfield.
36. Water pump supplying the entire airfield with drinking water. Capacity
unknown.
37. Water pipe from the water source to the airfield. The diameter of the
pipe is unknown.
38. Border of the restricted zone around the airfield. There is no fence.
39. Hill.
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