BUDAPEST-CSEPEL AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008000160001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 16, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 5, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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25X1A 3o jet. aircraft were stationed at Ludapost-Csepe1, (.Q '48/II 51)
airfield located on an island in the Danube, There was intensive fl.Y g" Soviet
soldiers were observed at the installation. r
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Coa mont,. The presence of Soviet jet fighters at Csepel airfield is
credible0 t not clear whether a Soviet fighter unit or an air- force depot
is stationed there, According to a forncr officer of the IIu_ngarian t'.ir Force,,
20 iiG.15s nerc, alleced7y tal_ n over by the Ihungari_ans in h)eaer..ber 195Oo This
officer also stated that I_'un,-arian Air For ca, soldiers ,core beinf; trained rrstli
jet fighters at the f'xeld and that ten Soviet and ten ilun arian M -_l5s were
stationed at the field in February 1951. According to other reports, the
field was improved after 191x. 7 so that it would be equipped with sufficient
runvja s for jet aircraPt0,
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