SANDINO AIRFIELD, NICARAGUA (SANITIZED)

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 3, 1984
• Content Type: REPORT

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HIND D
ICARAGUA
(SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE PRESENCE OF HIND D GROUND ATTACK HELICOPTERS
ISS CONFIRMED IN NICARAGUA. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: HIND D GROUND ATTACK HELICOPTERS ARE IDENTIFIED FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN NICARAGUA AT SANDINO AIRFIELD. ONE HIND D IS
UNDER TOW IN THE ASSEMBLY/MAINTENANCE AREA, AND FOUR PROBABLE
HIND D ARE PARKED NEARBY. TWO ROCKET PODS AND TWO ANTITANK
GUIDED MISSILE LAUNCh RAILS ARE MOUNTED UNDER EACH WING OF THE
AIRCRAFT UNDER TOW. KIND HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED HERE PREVIOUSLY,
BUT THIS IS THE FIRST IDENTIFICATION OF THIS ADVANCED GROUND
ATTACK MODEL AND ALSO THE LARGEST NUMBER OF HIND SEEN HERE TO
DATE. (SWN)
FOUR HIND FUSELAGE CRATES ANL FOUR HIND TAIL ASSEMBLY CRATES
WERE IDENTIFIED ON FLATBED TRAILERS AT RAMA PORT FACILITIES
THESE CRATES WERE 25X1
SUBSEQUENTLY OBSERVED AT SANDINO AIRFIELD ON 25X1
ASSEMBLY OF THE KIND HAD BEGUN BY WhEN THE FIRST 25X1
HIND FUSELAGE WAS CONFIRMED AT SANDINO AIRFIELD. (SWN)
SANDINO AIRFIELD, 5 NM EAST OF MANAGUA, IS AN INTERNATIONAL
AIRFIELD THAT ALSO SERVES AS HEADQUARTERS FOR THE FUERZA AERO
SANDINISTA. (SWN)
3.I COORDINATES 12-08-28N 086-10-07W (C)
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