AIRFIELD OF NIS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003400330007-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 15, 2005
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 6, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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letter of 13 October 1978 from the
Director of en ra Intel igence'-to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Rev:e v Date: 2008
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1.a ad The airfield northwest of HTS ~Y "?/K 24) ras bordered
by the NIS-BELGRADE railroid line to the north, by t.ho?
BELGRADE-SKGFL4 E railroad li n to the enF,st and-by t; tza t,is viva
River to the south and east T.EDOS VAG b'i'as Situated c1.roet:ly,
south of the field,.
port...
b0 The landing field, about 3,300 i 4_100 feet, had
Crete runway but was of firm, rocky soil. and. -UR aerv!.~ abJ.e
in any weatber.. There were no -'aatouflage,d pa,r'kit-i ,. w itr? ,
nets or splintterproof revetments. Bo Firs dar. v ' . iC~b t:q. ' .ar- rv:p f;
available but the towers and smokestacks Tot` fir t t.r~ -uax ,jjer
provided with red lamps.
co For details on location and i.astallati oI s - ,`;t A srt~u6l
sketchy The field was still under the super vi i.-).n of _.
Soviet officer In eenber 1948.
2. a? The airfield vas occupied by the following airoralf,~~ ,,
parked in the open:
35 IL-2s
10 biplanes of Soviet make
8 trainers
25X1 8 " leseler Storehs't of German make,
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dF All aircraft had an antenna leading from the rudder
assembly to the pil_cct's seat. Concentric rings of different:
colors were around the propeller hubs.
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eo Yli *,ht training and practice flyinC, ,,as done ,.,ith the
hiplanea, individual ana formation flying in -roups of up
to eirpht planes viith the IL-2s. Parachuting as done
indivi