UPGRADING OF AIR FACILITIES PRES CARLOS IBANES DEL CAMPO AIRFIELD, SOUTHERN CHILE (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: May 12, 1982
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I. S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A STRENGTHENING OF AIR DEFENSE CAPABILITIES, THE
CONTINUED UPGRADING OF AIRFIELD OPERATIONS FACILITIES, AND AN INCREASE IN
THE DEPLOYMENT OF FIGHTER AIRCRAFT IS EVIDENT AT TI-IIS AIRFIELD NEAR PUNTA
ARENAS IN SOUTHERN CHILE.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: THIS JOINT MILITARY/CIVILIAN AIRFIELD IS APPROXIMATELY 82
NM IVES'! OF~`I'Iff CI-IILE/ARGEN'T'INE BORDER. AN T:f LY 145 NM NORTHWEST
OF THE BEAGLE CI4.A.NNFL (GRAPHIC 1 OF 2). SIX F-5E/F (TIGER) 25X1
FIGHTER AIRCRAFT AND TEN A-37B (DRAGONFLY) GROUND ATTACK AIRCRAFT (TWO IN
FLIGHT) WERE AT THE AIRFIELD. THE LAST AVAILABLE 25X1
COVERAGE OF THE AREA, TWO F-5E AND FIVE A- 37B WERE PRESENT. THE CHILEAN
4TH AIR BRIGADE WITH A REPORTED STRENGTH OF 15 A-37B IS NORMALLY BASED
HERE. CHILEAN F-SE/F AIRCRAFT ARE I-IOME-BASED AT CERRO MORENO AIRFIELD (BE
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IN ANTOFAGASTA BUT PERIODICALLY ARE DIPLOYED TO P'E CARMS
IBANES DEL CAMPO AIRFIELD. OTHER AIR ORDER OF BATTLE PRESENT 25X1
INCLUDED THREE RIB-110, TWO CASA C-212, TWO DHC-6, THREE T-33 (TWO
PROBABLY DERELICT), AND ONE UI-I- 1 .
(S/D) THE AIRFIE-LD'S AIR DEFENSE CAPABILITIES HAVE 25X1
BEEN STRENGTHENED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF 12 ANTIAIRCRAFT HEAVY MACHINE GUN
POSITIONS AT THE NORTHWEST END OF THE FACILITY. AT LEAST TEN 25X1
OF TI-IESI? POSITIONS WERE OCCUPIED. ALSO, AT LEAST EIGHT PROBABLE WEAPONS
POSITIONS I'1ERE CONSTRUCTED IN OTHER. LOCATIONS .AT THE AIRFIELD.
(S/D) THE AIRFIELD CONSISTS OF THREE INTERSECTING RUNWAYS (A 3,200-X 60-
M/ETER NORTIIEA.S'T/SOUTHI EST ASPHALT RUNWAY, A 2,000-X 45-METER
NORTHWEST/SOUWI'I-1EAST ASPHALT RUNWAY, AND A 1,600-X 4S--METER
NORTH-NORTI-ITEAS'T'/SOUTI-I?-SOUTJIW:RST CONCRETE RUNWAY), A MILITARY SUPPORT AREA,
A CIVILIAN SUPPORT AREA, TWO COMMUNICATION SITES, AND A POL STORAGE
FACILITY. BE`T'ITI-114 1979 AND 1981 'TI IE AIRFIELD WAS GRADUALLY UPGRADED TO
SUPPOR'T' FIGHTER AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS BY 'I3II: CONSTRUCTION OF CONCRETE
IIARDST'ANDS, HIGH SPEED (ALERT) RAMPS, AND HARDENED AIRCRAFT SHELTERS.
THREE; I IANGAEE I'TES I IA.VII BEEN CONSTRUCTED ON THE 25X1
IIARI)STANDS A 'J' TIIL ENT) OF THE HIGH SPIED (ALERT) RA:MMII'S. ALSO A NEW FIGHTER
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Attachmeritto Z-15764/82
NPIC/I:EC (7/82)
8 JULY 1982
UPGRADING OF AIP-, FACILITIES
PRES CARLOS IBANES DEL CAMPO AIRFIELD, SOUTHERN CHILE
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NPIC/IEG (7/82)
8 JULY 1.982
AIRCRAFT DISPERSAL AREA IS BEING CONSTRUCTED IN THE NORTHEAST SECTOR 01
THE AIRFIELD (GPA11IIIC 2 OF 2). ONE IIANGARETTE, AND TILE FOUNDATIONS FOR
ANOTHER IIANGARETT:E AND FOR TWO SUPPORT BUILDINGS HAVE, BEEN ADDED TO TM!"
TWO HARDENED AIRCRAFT SHELTERS ALREADY PRESENT IN ,THIS AR Aa ,,.,TI-IE?.'..
CONTINUED EXPANSION OF AIRCRAFT PARKING FACILITIES IS EVIDENT BY THE
GROUND CLEARING FOR ADDITIONAL IFIA.NGAPE`l"TES AND THE PRESENCE OF OVER 1.00
PRE-FABRICATED, ARCHED-ROOF IJANGARETTE SECTIONS ALSO IN THIS DISPERSAL
AREA.
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