NEW ACTIVITY PHUC YEN AIRFIELD, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-01074R000300500001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 2009
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 15, 1969
• Content Type: PHOTO

NEW ACTIVITY
PHUC YEN AIRFIELD, NORTH VIETNAM
21-13N 105-48E
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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REFERENCE: BOQ 526
NEW ACTIVITY
PHUC YEN AIRFIELD, NORTH VIETNAM
2113N 10548E
ATTACHMENT TO M-6247
15 APRIL 1969
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1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS THE POSSIBLE ASSEMBLY OF NEW FISHBED AIRCRAFT
AND PHOTOGRAPHIC CONFIRMATION OF THE MASCOT (U-IL-28 BEAGLE) TRAINER IN NORTH
VIETNAM.
2. LOCATION:
4.4 NM ESE OF PHUC YEN, 11 NM NNW OF HANOI.
3. BACKGROUND:
THE FISHBED AIRCRAFT IN COUNTRY COUNT BEGAN TO INCREASE IN MID-1968 DURING
WHICH TIME ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT SHIPPING CRATES (SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE AND SIZE
TO THOSE NOW OBSERVED AT PHUC YEN) WERE NOTED AT THE AIRFIELD. AT THAT TIME THE
COMPONENT PARTS CRATE (NOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE LARGER AIRCRAFT SHIPPING CRATES)
WERE NOT OBSERVED. THE CRATES DURING THIS PERIOD WERE IDENTIFIED AS PROBABLE
COLT (AN-2) SHIPPING CRATES AND OBSERVED BEING OFF-LOADED FROM A TRAILER IN FRONT
OF THE LARGE HANGAR AT PHUC YEN AIRFIELD.
4. MISSION READOUT:
PHOTOGRAPHY FROM BUMPY ACTION MISSION Q526, 27 MARCH 1969 CONFIRMS THE
PRESENCE OF THE MASCOT (U-IL-28) BEAGLE TRAINER IN NORTH VIETNAM AND REVEALS THE
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
GROUP I. EXCLUDED FROM
AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING
AND DECLASSIFICATION
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REFERENCE: BOQ 526 ATTACHMENT TO M-6247
15 APRIL 1969
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POSSIBLE ASSEMBLY OF NEW FISHBED AIRCRAFT IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IDENTIFICATION
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PROVISIONAL DRAWING OF SUSPECT CRATING TECHNIQUE) AND ONE PROBABLE COMPONENT PARTS
CRATE MEASURING ARE OBSERVED IN FRONT OF THE LARGE HANGAR AT 25X1
PHUC YEN AIRFIELD WITH TWO FISHBED (MIG-21) ON THE HARDSTAND ADJACENT TO THE HANGAR
(AN ADDITIONAL 12 COMPONENT PARTS CRATES LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE TAXIWAY ARE NOT
SHOWN ON GRAPHIC). ONE FISHBED POSSIBLY HAS BEEN ASSEMBLED AND IS PARTIALLY CANVAS
COVERED AND THE SECOND FISHBED IS POSSIBLY STILL BEING ASSEMBLED. THE TAIL SECTION
IS DETACHED FROM THE FUSELAGE AND SETTING TO ONE SIDE. A TRAILER, USED IN
TRANSPORTING THE SHIPPING CRATES, IS PARKED NEAR THE HANGAR. NUMEROUS WOODEN
INTERNAL SUPPORTS PROBABLY USED IN BRACING AND STABILIZING THE AIRCRAFT PARTS
WITHIN THE PROBABLE FUSELAGE CRATES, ARE SCATTERED IN THE AREA OF THE HANGAR. TWO
END SECTIONS FROM ONE OF THE AIRCRAFT SHIPPING CRATES ARE NEXT TO ONE OF THE CRATES.
A MASCOT (U-IL-28) BEAGLE TRAINER IS PARKED ON THE CROSSOVER LINK AT UTM WJ832468
AND A LARGE AIRCRAFT SILHOUETTE HAS BEEN PAINTED ON THE PARKING AREA OF THE CROSS-
OVER LINK NEAR THE BEAGLE.
AOB: 1 MASCOT 2 PROBABLE AIRCRAFT
14 FISHBED
2 DUMMY FISHBED
2 DERELICT FAGOT/FRESCO
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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ATTACHMENT TO M-6247
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THE PROBABLE FISHBED SHIPPING CRATES OBSERVED AT PHUC YEN AIRFIELD EQUATE
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TO THE NEW TYPE OF SHIPPING CRATE THE SOVIETS ARE PROBABLY USING FOR THE EXPORT
OF FISHBED AIRCRAFT. THE NEW CRATE SEEN IN THE USSR, INDIA AND NORTH KOREA MEASURES
FEET AND OUTWARDLY RESEMBLES THE KNOWN FRESCO AND COLT 25X1
SHIPPING CRATES. THE NEW CRATE HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN BOTH INDIA AND NORTH KOREA
IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SMALLERI FOOT CRATE. THE NEW
WAS FIRST SEEN AT OJHAR AIRFIELD, INDIA, THE FLYAWAY FIELD FOR THE NASIK AIRFRAME
PLANT. THE NASIK PLANT WAS BUILT WITH SOVIET AID EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE ASSEMBLY
AND, ULTIMATELY THE PRODUCTION OF FISHBED AIRCRAFT.
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FOOT CRATES WERE OBSERVED ON A PARKING APRON AT 25X1
LUKHOUVITSY AIRFIELD MIXED IN WITH THE USUAL 50-FOOT BOATNOSE-TYPE FISHBED SHIPPING
CRATE. LUKHOUVITSY IS THE FLYAWAY FIELD FOR MOSCOW AIRFRA.1 PLANT NO. 30, WHERE
FISHBED ARE KNOWN TO BE PRODUCED.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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MAP REF: AMS SERIES L7014 SHEET 6151 II 1:50,000 2nd EDITION
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