SOMALI COMBAT AIRCRAFT DEPLOYMENT GALCAIO AIRFIELD, SOMALIA

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• Publication Date: August 9, 1982
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SOMALI COMBAT AIRCRAFT DEPLOYMENT
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1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: SINCE THE SOMALIS HAVE 25X1
DEPLOYED FIGHT ER AIRCRAFT, ONE FRESCO AND TWO FAGOT/MIDGET, TO
THIS AIRFIELD NEAR THE ETHIOPIA BORDER.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: THIS UNUSUAL DEPLOYMENT IS PROBABLY IN REACTION
TO CONTINUED HOSTILITIES IN THE BORDER REGION. CRATERS FROM AN
ETHIOPIAN AIR ATTACK, WHICH TOOK PLACE BETWEEN
HAVE BEEN REPAIRED. THE E COMBAT
AIRCRAFT WERE SEEN AT THIS FIELD WAS ON WHEN ONE
FRESCO AND ONE SF.260 LIGHT-ATTACK AIRCRAFT WERE PRESENT.
CONSTRUCTION IS CONTINUING ON THE NEW RUNWAY AND AIRCRAFT
PARKING AREAS.
(S/D) GALCAIO AIRFIELD, 20 NM EAST OF THE ETHIOPIA-SOMALIA
BORDER, IS A FORWARD STAGING/DISPERSAL BASE ON THE NORTHERN
EDGE OF GALCAIO.
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