AIR ACTIVITIES IN COMMUNIST CHINA

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 7, 2001
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 6, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
IIFAM REPORT,
China
REPORT NO.
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DATE DISTR.
6 July 1951.
SUBJECT
Air Activities in Cornrtxnist China
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Swatow Airfield in early June.
1. In late it the Chinese Corlmnist 2 Air Squadron Meaaquarters was at "Tanyuan
(116-2, 3 aS) Airfield. The comr'and.er was CRAUTG Ta'hsiang (k "k. 43 ) and
the d.eputy commander was a man naried PI M (L) . The code designation of this
squadron was "906", and it was formerly known as the Peohai (* s ) unit.
2. Attached to this squadron at T1anyuan Airfield are 12 Soviet pilots, 13 Soviet
mechanics, 2.9 training planes, and a number of Soviet instructors. Approxi-
mately 200 Chinese Communist ground troops guard '.Ta.nyuan Airfield..
3. In February' construction was completed at a new airfield four miles from
Nanyuan. It to equipped with supply drumps, a hospital, a club house, and a
cooperative store.
4. In mid-June Ssup?ingchieh Airfield., Manchuria., was being enlarged to cover an
additional two square miles and new barracks were being constructed near the
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field. A Soviet tank company was stationed. in the airfield area.
In early June work on a trench along the side of Swatow Airfield was completed.
It is atmroxinately one yard wide and parallels the runway, to which It is
equal in length. A number of anti-aircraft guns In the southwest area of the
field. fired approximately 12 rounds at "a list n es which flew over
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6. in' early June the ex ansion of r?fahaiang (118-14, 211.40) Airfield was completed.
The field covers an area of an-proximately nine square miles and. accommodates
3,000 Chinese Communist Air brce (CCAF) troops. Caves are being excavated in
the mountains near P'ahetan, for the storage of fuel and ammunition for this
field.
On 21-23 June the following CCAF training mizeta ns, were fiowns
a. Ranking: on 21 June 4 fighters and 4 TT-2's, and on 23 June 17 bor:rbers and
18 fighters, the fighters conducting communications exercises.
Ssupn ingchieh: on 21 June one TU-29 piloted. by CNITEIT Chi-fa.
c. Tsirgtao : on 21 June. 9 FIG--151 a and 2 YAYK171 s;. on the morning of 23 June
a number of >lanes of the 48 Air Regiment. 16 Air Division, and- on the
afternoon of 23 June a number of planes of the 46 Air Regiment, 16 Air
Division.
d. Shanghai: on 22 June one fighter and 13 bombers.
On 21-23 June the following Soviet Air Force activities too'~ pla,ce?
a.
On 21 June 23 1110-15's flew training missions from Liaoyang under the
direction of CHAO Ta-hai.
b.
On 21 June 20 nr
Chi.
91 s flew training missions under the d.tx ction of Crib T
c.
On 22 June 58 h".IG- l5g.s patrolled the Antes area during 2 .r raid alerts
at 5:40 a.rn. and 9:35 a.m.
On 23 June 10 TtI-22`s were scheduled to fly from Voroshilov to the Port
Arthur-Dairen area via Vukden.
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On 24 June Lanchow Airfield was o~nened at 7:05 n.m., and Ch'engtu Airfield was
closed at 6 ai.n., opened. at 6:48 a.m., and closed. At 7 a.m. . Tanking Airfield
was closed at- 5:54 a.m.. when the ceiling in that area was about 50 feet.
ink; the afternoon there were strong winds in the Peiping Airfield area.
Thar-
10.
On 24 June CCAF training rissions were as follows:
Tsin tao: 25 ?lanes at a?snroxinately 4:45 a. m.
b. Antu g: 8 jets.
c. Yangtstun: at 5:10 a.m. an uMeternined. number of aircraft left on a non-
stop flight to the Pnoting (.11,5-29. 38-52) area and. back.
d.. Lieoyanr 25 ':I4--150 s to ' siaopeiho (12250.: 41-22) via nsinmen (122- !48,
41-x59), Liaochuag (12244. 4132) and Suchtat4 un (123-22, 41-23), and. then
b",ck to Liaoyang, flying at altitudes of 25,000 - 40,040 foet.
11. On 214 June the following CCAF flights left Peiping: at 5:16 a.m. TAX-12 Number
11 left for r u rlen, and nt 5:26 a.m. TAK12 '.somber 3S left for A. ntung.
12. On 24 June at 8:36 a.rn. TAX 12 :Tumber 31 arrived at fukkrl.en, arirt at 5:20 P.M.
tranaior. t lh tuber 9012 arrived at ~T.ankowr from Cht eng tu.
25X1A Co=.Mt. See. . and references, for recent information on 25X1A
flights from airfields in Con unist China.
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