C-130 MEDIUM TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT BEIRUT INTERNATIONAL AIRFIELD, LEBANON

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• Publication Date: September 5, 1982
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C-130 MEDIUM TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
BEIRUT INTERNATIONAL AIRFIELD, LEB NON
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: FIRST IMAGERY OF AN AIRCRAFT AS LARGE AS A
C-130 USING 'HE AIRFIELD SINCE THE BEGINNING OF HOSTILITIES IN
JUNE 1982.
(SWN) REMARKS: ONE C-130 AND TWO SMALL STRAIGHT-WIlIG AIRCRAFT
HAVE ARR EI AT THE AIRFIELD SINCE THE C-130
AND ONE OF THE SMALL STRAIGHT-WING AIRCRAFT ARE PARKED ON THE
NORTH-SOUTH PARALLEL TAXIWAY NEAR THE RUNWAY INTERSECTION. THE
OTHER SMALL STRAIGHT-WING AIRCRAFT (NOT ON GRAPHIC) IS ON THE
NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST RUNWAY, POSSIBLY PREPARING FOR TAKE-OFF.
BOTH RUNWAYS APPEAR TO BE OPERATIONAL; HOWEVER, X-MARKERS
REMAIN AT THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE NORTHEAST-SOUTHWEST RUNWAY.
IN ADDITION, THE EMPEN~~1AGE OF A LARGE TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT IS
PARKED IN THE TRANS MEDITERRANEAN AIRLINES (TMA) HANGAR AT THE
NORTHEAST END OF THE AIRFIELD. SEVERAL VEHICLES ARE ALSO ON
THE NORTH-SOUTH RUNWAY AND ARE PROBABLY INVOLVED IN MORE
PERMANENT REPAIR OF THE RUNWAY. OTHER AOB AND AIRFIELD
ACTIVITY IS NORMAL.
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