SOVIET ACTIVITY AT PARNDORF AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014000290006-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 29, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2007/02/23: CIA-RDP82-00457RO14000290006-3
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SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT
CD NO.
COUNTRY Austria
SUBJECT Soviet Activity at Pa^rndorf Airfield
DATE OF
INFO.
DATE DISTR. 29 September 1952
NO. OF PAGES 1
NO. OF ENCLS
PLACE-__I I SUPPLEMENT TO
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM I5 PROHIBITED.
The following observations were made at Parndorf Airfield (P 48/X 77) in the
Soviet Zone of Austria on 14 August 1952.
1. Approximately 30-32 aircraft were seen at Parndorf, of which at least 18 were
jet fighters; the others chiefly fighter planes,: plus two Soviet biplane
reconnaissance aircraft. There were no bombers or multi-engine planes-. Repairs
were in progress on. several aircraft which had been towed to the side of the
runway by jeeps. All planes stood out in the open,, since there is no large
hangar at Parndorf:.
2. The field is equipped with more than twenty maintenance vehicles,including
four gasoline trucks.
3. No anti-aircraft defenses were observed.
4. The troop strength at Parndorf is estimated at 250-300 men, of which a relatively
large number (sic) are young officers.
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REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
there is constant activity at Parndorf; Jet
fighters make daily practice flights., taking off in groups of fours at five-
minute intervals, and circling over the field in a loop formation before flying
off westward. It is not clear whether this information is based on previous
observations or on hearsay.
CLASSIFICATION
AIR