NEW LARGE HANGAR UNDER CONSTRUCTION AKHTUBINSK FLIGHT TEST CENTER, USSR

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• Publication Date: April 26, 1982
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NEW LARGE HANGAR UNDER CONSTRUCTION
AKHTUBINSK FLIGHT TEST CENTER, USSR
1.,(S/D). SIGNIFICANCE: NEW LARGE HANGAR UNDER CONSTRUCTION MAY BE
INTENDED TO SUPPORT RAM P DURING WEAPONS-INTERGRATION TESTING.'
TAXIWAY. GRADING FOR HANGAR FOOTINGS WAS FIRST OBSERVED ON = ')r-y'
2. (S/D) REMARKS: IMAGERY OF REVEALED THE 25X1
INITIAL CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW LARGE HANGAR AT AKHTUBINSK FLIGHT
(TEST CENTER. THE ACTIVITY IS AT AKHTUBINSK/VLADIMIROVKA AREA
AIRFIELD NEAR THE EASTERN END OF THE PARALLEL 25X1
SEVERAL OF THE, EXCAVATIONS AND FORMS FOR THE 25X1
APART. THE INNER BEAM SUPPORTS IN THE EAST ROW ARE 59 METERS
FROM THOSE.IN THE WEST ROW.
PROVISIONS FOR TWO STRUCTURAL BEAM SUPPORTS. THE PROVISIONS ARE
APART. THE FORMS IN EACH ROW ARE 25X1
FOUR COMPLETED FORMS .AND ONE PARTIALLY ASSEMBLED FORM WERE
OBSERVED WITHIN THESE EXCAVATIONS. ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE
CONSTRUCTION AREA, A SINGLE ROW OF FIVE EXCAVATIONS HAD BEEN
COMPLETED; THREE OF THESE CONTAINED FORMS. EACH FORM HAS
FOOTINGS HAD.BEEN COMPLETED. SIX EXCAVATIONS IN A SINGLE ROW HAD
BEEN COMPLETED ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE CONSTRUCTION AREA
THE HANGAR AT RAMENSKOYE,. WHICH HAS TWO CANTILEVER OUTER BAYS AND
A CENTRAL CLERESTORY SECTION, CURRENTLY SUPPORTS THE RAM P.. THE
RAM P IS THE NEW TUPOLEV-DESIGNED STRATEGIC BOMBER BEING. FLIGHT
,TESTED AT RAMENSKOYE..
TUPOLEV AREA OF RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER
(S/D) THE FORMS AT AKHTUBINSK ARE.IDENTICAL IN SIZE,
CONFIGURATION, AND PLACEMENT TO THE FOOTINGS USED IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE LARGE UNIQUELY CONFIGURED HANGAR IN THE
COMPLETE, IT WILL BE CAPABLE OF HOUSING ANY LARGE AIRCRAFT BEING
TESTED THERE. HOWEVER, THE HANGAR IS PROBABLY INTENDED TO
SUPPORT THE RAM P WHEN THAT AIRCRAFT REACHES THE WEAPONS
INTEGRATION PHASE IN THE FLIGHT TEST PROGRAM. BASED ON THE
CONSTRUCTION RATE AT RAMENSKOYE, THE NEW HANGAR AT AK14TU SK
COULD BE CQMPLETE BY JUNE 1983.
3.(S/D) ANALYST'S COMMENTS: ONCE THE HANGAR AT AKHTUBINSK IS
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COORDINATES: 48-17-32N 046-12-15E
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