BRANDIS AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006500260013-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 8, 2004
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: November 24, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Gorrrany (Soviet -one)
TOPIC i3randis rtirfic]d
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EVALUATION see below-. PLACE OBTAINED
DATE OF CONTENT 16 and 27 October 19,0
DATE OBTAIN DATE PREP
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25X1 A Oom aento Thirty--five jet aircraft. TM C-15.., represent the
planes are presumably Yak-11 and MA-7 trainers. One fighter reginont
is still believed to be stationed in Brandin. The re it nt is sub-
ordinate to the fighter division headquarters stationed in -drossenhain.
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may in cast no fighter division headquarters is stationed in Drandi;..
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athletic field near the barracks.
1. Bo weon 9 a.m. and noon on 16 October 19>O eight silver-painted
aircraft with high rudder assemblies slanting to the rear and.
elevator asserblieo set very high wore standing on the eastern
edge of the Brrandis (IT 52/2 31) airfield. kl-*ut 140 soldiers tiara
near the planes. Tho weather ,rac hazy and there was no flying.
ithout 1550 soldiers wearing blue epaulets wore drilling on the
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2. :i;ht barracks buildings were soon. Sono of than were occupied by
.Soviet depone:ents. ,cloven officers wearing blue-l:ordorcd silver
epaulets wore counted near the buildings. There were no obstacle
ligl-its. The field was guarded by several patrols and sentries. *
3. On 27 October 1950 the field was occupied b;;? 35 single-seater jet
fighters with swept-back ti wings, six two-seater loww-win ; nonoplane s
with radial angi:ioc, and four biplanes. ate The jet fighters were
moved out of the hangars and torrrod to the _-)arking site by jeeps.
There was intensive flying in formations of three, five and coven
planes. The flying ti no was bcrt roen 35 and o rrinutos. The take-off
run was o tirntod to be about l..50,0 rotors. A?:'out 3D0 officers and
I wore quart red in the barracks buildings. Durin flaring activity
the field was guarded particularly strictly. No radio station or radar
sot was seen. *** Dig,-, was boing done on the parking site for
aircraft in the southeastern corner of the fiolcxa
25X1 A *F--1 Comment. The information su-nlenents a previous report
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