BOMB DAMAGE INCHAS AIRFIELD EGYPT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84T00864R000100600008-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2009
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 28, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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BOMB DAMAGE
INCHAS AIRFIELD
EGYPT
28 June 1967
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20 NM NE OF AL QAHIRAH AND 3.1 NM SSW OF INSHAS
AR RAML AT 302ON 3126E.
REMARKS: INCHAS AIRFIELD IS THE PRIMARY EGYPTIAN FISHED
THE AIRFIELD WAS CONSTRUCTED ABOUT 1947 AND IS
BELIE'JE,D TO HAVE BEEN INTENDED FOR THE PRIVATE
USE OF KING FAROUK. IN 195k, IT WAS TAKEN OVER
BY THE EGYPTIAN AIR FORCE. THE NE/SW RUNWAY
WAS LENGTHENED AND NEW TAXIWAYS ADDED IN 1956/57.
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TIE AIRFIELD HAS
GRADUALLY BEEN IMPROVED.
DIA FREE WORLD ORDER OF BATTLE;, 1 FEB 67, CARRIES
12-FISHBED OF THE 19Th FIGHTER SQUADRON AND 12
FISHBED OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FIGHTER SQUADRON AT
INCHAS.
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 board(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, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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5. FIRST
IDENTIFICATION:
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6. NEGATION DATE : NONE
7. SUBSEQUENT
COVERAGE : 10 v.-4., 2 KH -71
8. DIMENSIONS
SPECIFICATIONS:
8,325 X 130 FT NE/SW BLACKTOP AND CONCRETE RUNWAY.
5,985 X 130 FT N/S BLACKTOP RUNWAY.
5,815 X 125 FT E/W BLACKTOP RUNWAY.
MISSION READOUT: THIS MISSION REVEALS AT LEAST 20 CHARRED AREAS
(PROBABLY DESTROYED AIRCRAFT), AT LEAST 9 POSSIBLE BOMB CRATERS IN
THE RUNWAYS, AND A PARTIALLY DESTROYED HANGAR.
OB: NONE OBSERVED
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 board(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, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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ABU SUWEIR AIRFIELD
EGYPT
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
FIRST POST-STRIKE SYSTEM COVERAGE OF ABU SUWEIR
2. LOCATION: 8.6 NM W OF AL ISMAILIYAH AND 5 NM NNW OF ABU
SUWAYR AT 3034N 3206E.
3. REMARKS: ABU SUWEIR IS THE PRIMARY EGYPTIAN BEAGLE BASE.
4. COLLATERAL: ABtJ SUWEIR WAS A PRE-1939 RAF AIRFIELD EQUIPPED
WITH PERMANENT BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES FOR USE
AS A FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL. IN 1956, THE
AIRFIELD WAS HANDED OVER TO THE EGYPTIAN
Al TTHORITIES AND BECAME AN EGYPTIAN AIR FORCE
BASE.
DIA FREE WORLD AIR ORDER OF BATTLE OF 1 FEB 67
CARRIES 5 BEAGLE OF THE 61ST AIR BRIGADE, 12
BEAGLE OF THE 73RD BOMBER SQUADRON, AND 12
BEAGLE OF THE 85TH BOMBER SQUADRON.
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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 board(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, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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