FROGFOOT A DEPLOYMENT LIPETSK AIRFIELD WEST, USSR

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• Publication Date: June 6, 1982
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FROGFOOT A DEPLOYMENT
LIPETSK AIRFIELD WEST, USSR
NPIC/IEG (8/82)
4 AUGUST 1982
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: LIPETSK AIRFIELD WEST IS THE SECOND
OPERATIONAL AIRFIELD IN THE SOVIET UNION TO RECEIVE FROGFOOT A.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: FROGFOOT A WERE IDENTIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME
AT LIPE STS R IELD WEST WHEN THREE WERE AT THE WEST END OF THE
MAIN PARKING APRON ON THESE AIRCRAFT MAY HAVE BEEN 25X1
PRESENT AS EARLY AS HOWEVER, OBLrQUITY AND SCALE 25X1
PRECLUDED IDENTIFICATION.
(S/D) LIPETSK AIRFIELD WEST IS A HIGH-AVIATION PILOT-TRAINING
BASE IN THE MOSCOW MILITARY DISTRICT AND HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN
ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW A:RCRAFT INTO FRONTAL
AVIATION.
(S/D) ANALYST'S COMMENTS: LIPETSK WEST IS THE SECOND
OPERATIONAL AIRFIELD IN THE SOVIET UNION WHERE FROGFOOT A HAVE
BEEN DEPLOYED. DURING APRIL AND MAY OF 1981, AN INITIAL
DEPLOYMENT OF THIS AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED AT SITAL CHAY AIRFIELD
A TRAINING BASE IN THE TRANSCAUCASUS MILITARY 25X1
DISTRICT. BY LATE JUNE 1981 THE FROGFOOT A HAD DEPARTED FOR
AFGHANISTAN WHERE THEY ARE EMPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF COMBAT
OPERATIONS. ELEMENTS OF A SECOND FROGFOOT A SQUADRON WERE
IDENTIFIED AT SITAL CHAY ON THE PRESENCE OF 25X1
FROGFOOT A AT LIPETSK WEST AND THE OBSERVATION OF THE SECOND
DEPLOYMENT AT SITAL CHAY INDICATE ACCELERATED PILOT TRAINING
AND SUGGEST THAT FURTHER DEPLOYMENT OF THIS CLOSE SUPPORT
FIGHTER IS NOW OR WILL SOON BE UNDERWAY.
3. (s)
COORDINATES 52-38-15N 039-26-28E
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