MANEUVERS AT MLADA AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00046R000500260010-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2001
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: September 7, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.B.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT l neuvers at Ml.ada Airfield
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the and of July 1954 and lasted for"i0-days.~TThefollowingWFighter
Regiments participated in the maneuvers:
a. 2nd Fighter Regiment from Mlada.
b. 7th FigY ter Regiment from Miada.
c. One Fighter Regiment from Ceske Budejovice, designation unknown
to source,
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d. One Fighter Regiment from Gbely (N 48-43, E 17-08), designation
unknown to source.
2. These four fighter regiments were the only ones that participated
in the maneuvers. Their total aircraft strength consisted of about
150 MIG-15 type aircraft. The fighter regiments from Ceske Bude-
jovice and Obely brought along their own maintenance personnel
who were bivouacked in the woods approximately 200 m. north, of
the airfield.
3. Source did not'know the total strength of personnel participating
in these maneuvers. The aircraft from Ceske Budejovice and Gbely
were parked on hardstandswhen not in operation and at night were
covered with canvas. The 2nd and 7th Fighter Eeimentel had their
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aircraft in hangars. During these maneuvers the weather was
excellent for flying-howevnr, there was never any night flying.
All flying activities took place between 0600 and 2000 hours.
The aircraft always flew in formations of three. Source did not
know the destination of their flights nor their activities.
These formations of three aircraft each returned to Mlada Airfield
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approximately two hours.
all the aircraft were equipped with
a. It was source's belief that the
aircraft were equipped with live ammunition. Source had no further
information.
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