RUSSIAN AIR FORCE IN RUMANIA AND BULGARIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000400740005-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 20, 1999
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: April 7, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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INTELLIGENCE REPORT
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SUBJECT Russian Air Force in Ruaaania and Bulgaria
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DIST. 7 .April 1947
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The Russians Air Force based in Ruda sad Bulgaria is under the Sewenteexth
Air Army, a Part of the Southern, Army Group under Tolbukchino The Seveateeath
Air Azaty has Hgss at Bucharest and consists of the fo1 !ta
one corps at Jassy
one corps at Oradea
once corps at 1'levdiv with a division at Odessa
a paratroop division at Oradea
2. The organization of the Seventeensth Air Araasy is trtaatgulars each corps
comaistiag of three divisiolas, each division of three regiments, etc.
3. The T/R of an air regiaeait oallan for 100 plaasa, but the air regiments of
the Seventeenth Air Araiy do not have more thaaa 60 planes each, most of which
are dive bombers.
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