KOETHEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011600230009-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 17, 2002
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 2, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAIN
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2 April 1952
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1. Between 11:3) am. and 3 p.m on 4 I:a: ch 1952, there was lc-cal rlyin. by swwept-back
jet fighters at Koothen airfield. Individual .single-oigine. 1o r-winc mono7la;aes wit
radial en,ines flew from 14 to 5 p.m. i'otwoon 10 a.m. and 1.~ 3J p.7i., on 5 ':arch, there
was intensive local flying by sviept-back jot fighters with exte id.ed landing gearsi. On
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12:33
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11:57
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point and to ,)k off :
Time
10:33 ao,m.,
10:40 a.m,,
6 ':arch, individual swept-back jet firg'hters )racticed flying betwe:ir 9:31 a.m0 and
2 p.m. and flying in groups of two between 2 and 4 Pm. On 7 ::arch, there' vas intensive
flyin:; from 9 a.m. to 2 i~.,n. and local flying by aircraft ,:!ith exte :ded laiding gear
from 3 to I P.m.
Between 10:15 aom. and. 12:33 p.m. on Z Larch, source. obsex ed tip field in sdnny
weather. At 13:23 a.m., Uanpars 1 aid le- were closed, A. raai'`_road_ tank car was at the
second fuel 'duummpo The sas:ie crates as previously observed -ere in the barracks yard.
Four aircraft crates were observed for Vic first time in f:?ont )f Hangar 1. * it
10:30 a.m., 9 swept-back .,jet, fighters wero near Ilan,por 3, ;-,.:id 5 Planes of the sane
type were at the tako-ofi` point. alt 11:10 a.m., 11 uwept -b ick jet f__i;h4ers were near
hangar 3 and 5 other planes were at the take-of:f point,, ht 11:42 a,n0 the swept-back
jet fightersobserved included 15 at Itan,;ar 3, 3 at :.Iaangar and 9 at the take-off
point. At 12:06 p.m. two sre,')t-back .jet fighters were par .e~ at Tar ;ar 20 From this
hangar the followwin sw,,vept-back jet fighters continuously .-axied to the to-off
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Number of Planes
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No Change In class.
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[] Declassified
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Class. C1:11ng,,4 To: TS $
Au#h.: lilt M2
Date: _1_SEP19,_ I
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11:06 a.m.
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12:30 pars?
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The following landings were ria `io by srrep t~be c : j --t f it htc rs :
T?ino Nuinbor -cf Planes
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which two units in Koether were contiAaousl beinL supplied tivith c