KOETHEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009300140008-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 29, 2002
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: October 25, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

Mi'ION.
25)0A- OF CONTFAT-L.,..
,I ., . OBTAINED
1, A-v 9 a.n, on 21. September 19,",1, 15 ffi.G.15s were observed at Koethen airfie:Ld, It
,qua: } aining;6 Seven of the ::Mane; were parked at the take-off point and the
nin ; eight formed the alert flight. 25X1
2,~ ? u ti ;s afternoon of 25 Septoaibera 25 'L .Cr-15s were observed pG kod at the field.
At 2 50 p?n.., eight UiG-15a took off in rapid succession, All had red nu. 7: rs. One
? hr ee ciii a . and orie two-digit nu mbec were obsorved? (2 Four T2iG..1,5s took off at
3:10 p.m. Supply truck nd motor vehicle were soon in Koethcn.
Sour:-z repeatedly obsc vod that some of the LIiG-15s were fitted with au iliary .flaol
,tanik,: ? A local fe to resident said that she ob ervedRusst" curvoying the Koethen
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3{, T-100 :'Aeid was observed on 27 :~epterft,er 1rcn its pastern edge. The weather was
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.DATE PREPARED 25 October 12w].
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~au .i crn0 jnoro Was flying by jet fighters at 2s.30
p,n~, The fol1owinn, flying activity :rasa observed:
2-4,12 Take-.off in 4 jet fi iatera
groups of 2
2:37
2:40
3:08
3:08
3:10
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Class. Changc4 To: TS S
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T j Fly .n 'Activity Aircraft
3-.55 p ri Take-off 2 jet fighters
4s.00 ~' Landin I jet fighter
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4.-",-o Take-off in 4 jet fighters
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Landing 1 jot fighter
Take-Of .L in 6 jet lighters
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The planes which landed at the field betvieen 5:30 and 5:41 porn? taxied to the
h~af ?.?ars
1 Ai;:?craft observed at the field at 5 p0:~a included 3 Jet Lighters parked in front
of the tiro eastern hang-ars,, 1.04 jet fighter; perked at the eastern end of the
ru ..?. ay, 7 jet fighters and 3 single- engine pla:.no; ~,arked at the eastern taz raayn
At boat 5:05 pcm. sa jet fight:r was refueled. It took ]1 minutes for the
revielingo the sing2::-engine aircraft taxied to the haargaraa All jet fighters
ob-3rved flying were single--seaters
5, A a di.o tartacl:,: with a platform on Its roof and fitted n Tihip antenna as
ob: ;rvod at the runway. Three Soviet soldiors on the roof 'obaiuly maintained
ra- o corrm- 'cations with the jet fighters. :~ loud speaker was heart, from the
ray `ro truck and source repeatedly observed that a plsno hexiod fro: he dispersal
area to the take-of ' point, ''hero as no night w" lying betwoan 8 and 1]. pan
because of ground fog.
6 A h 'nvy, AA ;tan emplacement with three guns of 70 or CO r in, observed no ,th of
tri--_=n;,l.??tion point 94,4 on the rood junction and about 30.:) teeters vest, of :oet?ten-
sdorf road. (1) At 6:1 a siren sounded a short alert whereupon, after
about one ninute, the M =guns fired three volley of three rounds each0 but a
minute inters light AA guns fired short Lmrsts man the direction of tiho firing
ran_e,
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About 9 aO:1O on 28 : eptember$ the fog disappe red and visibility was
from to 10 Iraq At 9 aom,, the hangars at ''aasdorfor 5traauc were
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