BRASOV AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000200080080-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2011
• Sequence Number: 80
• Publication Date: July 15, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY laania
SUBJECT Tra1ov Airfield
Of THE UNITED STATES, WITNIN THE MEANINS OF TITLE 16. SECTIONS 761
THIS Is UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
DATE D I STR. / JUl 1954
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REPORT NO.
1. The aailitary airfield at Ara ov is offisially known as the Stalin Military
Airfield hralovrasui. It ee 500 aabora, north of the ?$ratov city knits,
to the east of the I agov-Si railwiy line. It is.-bounded on the east bXL tbp
two-'lana Brasov-! 5s of Pat= ig highalaay; an the sqatk by the Tra+ov-Cighie LA
railway line, a OR th6 north by open, fields traversed by the Tamil brook
(Tangariaa, TiJim I).
2. The field is 2,550 motors long and 800 motors wide. The grow d is hard and
poasists of a mature of sand and gravel, The field is not 60e41all> well
kept. The southeastern section is oeasidertbly narrower than the rest of the
field. The field is not drained. Several thousand trasklads of gravel have
sow haniod and rolled in to improve the greuad. The field is being extended
s ~ nthlaaard about 00 to 2T0 maters at the present time.
3. The field lies ip a north and south direction. The prevailing winds blow from
the Hearth. Ope tieas are hampered during arch, and April and again in October
and kvmber by rag ooatinuiag rains. Earth of the airfield tkoro is an
elevetiea, noted) as the map as Tote TO Sad also Totowa as the Sehlossberg,
whliek presents sit obstacle to flying.
d. The unsay is rolled grassland with gravel, 2,000 motors long and 60 motors
)ride, lying aer - and south. A concrete taxi-strip 40 meters wide leads from
the hangars to take starting point. Thaare is no permanent lighting system at
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the sway.- ?o 'ale reflectors are used as the occasion requires. The field
has a direst rai way connection with the Bra or-Cighie line, which also con-
seats with the gasoline depot on the sest.ciao of the field.
5. then are 11 btsi sat the field, as follwss a one-story house for the
ma 0*14 6"10106W t1e6W a #Kfq; a -4w" k bu *i. an"m at
Saltst 4 :asn!s Meiss, on1tnre hail, stet! oftiees and enlisted was t sa,ters =
few siiurste hs*prs, 45 by 100 asters, huilt originally by the ieMn Air
Berea and rebuilt by the Soviets ~ two now one-story garages, 20 by 40 motors;
a new OW-story Isgesine, 22 by b5 meters; a half-finished underground gas
storage consisting of three tanks of 6o tons capacity each, with electric pumps.
The underground pipeline does not enter the field. ?lure is no sanmmition depot
at the field. A number of barrack buildings used for aamuaition storage are
located at the foot of the hill above mentioned, in the forest. The telephone
central is in the large barracks on the field. The radio and goniomstric stations
are in one of the two larger buildings. There is no radar station as far as
informant Gould ascertain.
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by the tvcx-lane Bragov- >anct, Petro,
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