ZERBST AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003800440008-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2005
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 4, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC Z M:i3.~11' A:.r:field
DATE OBTAINED
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28 ;,ember. 1949
1a An ectirtattted four thousand oviet lair i?orce troops were
s?~:ti~.nea at the L d3 fit` G' 52jD 98} airfield. Seven jSroupe
25X1 of ten fiG;.htere each with red propeller hubs were parked
east of the hangars. Twelve twin-en;;ine aircraft were parked
in front of the fi; liters. About sixty jot fiGhters with one
jet each were observed northeast of the hangars on the ed?re
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29 Se c tenber 1949
2. bout two hundred fiGliters ,were p4srked on both sic.ec of the
eastern end of the 11, 5CG-foot runway.
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occupat-oil of the airfield by 7G fiGh.ters and about
60 jot aircraft, is considered credible althouGh fewer jc. t
a:trDraft Were Lire ;a.ou.oly ob:.::crved there. Aceordin ; to infor-
mation of 17 uo tember 1949, a train loaded with 22 aircraft,
dispatched to the fi :1d, was observed in Fa,'dvh2U.~1.T/Gder. It
is concluded that the number of jot aircraft at the field was
increased between 17 and 28 So?teriber 1949. I t has not been
determined if the new jet aircraft form a unit or if they were
assiGr::cd to the :fiJ.itor rcGimen?i;e stationed in 2ELB T.
25X1 b., Tiie number' of aircraft observed at the field on 2 rater her
194.9 is unusuall ha.'?4s 1 nd has not been c;: irr eg.
25X1 only 30 to 4Q. fl h ere ''re r e
parked there. It is aosumcd that the st-atcraen t on the occu-
pulioi of the field on 29 z epterabc r 1949 i3 either wrong or
t',,,t unite from other airfields had temporarily 1:.in_ded there
t72, t day.
the reported len,;th o : the runway (11, 5LG :Coot}. ' is o?; roxi-
mutely correct. Its real lenGth is 10,500 foot.
CONFIDENTIAL
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter 011 1e October 1978 from the
, J K intelligence
States, to the
Director of Central
ArQ%*toA(e 'Po a ease 200.6101/
Next Review Date: 2008
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