AIRCRAFT DEPLOYMENT MPACHA AIRFIELD, NAMIBIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 25, 2011
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• Publication Date: March 11, 1982
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AIRCRAFT DEPLOYHENT
MPACHA AIRFIELD, NAMIBIA
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: AN INCREASE IN AIR ORDER-OF-BATTLE (AOB)
AT MPACHA AIRFIELD HAS OCCURRED SINCE
2. (S/D) REMARKS: THE INCREASED AOB (NOT ALL ON GRAPHIC) INCLUDES
TWO IMPALA LIGHT STRIKE AIRCRAFT, SEVEN PUMA HELICOPTERS,?ONE
ALOUETTE III HELICOPTER, AND ONE PROBABLE DHC-3 OTTER LIGHT-
TRANSPORT. ONE CAMOUFLAGE-PAINTED C-47 TRANSPORT, NOT PRESENT
IS IN FLIGHT EAST OF THE AIRFIELD HEADING
OUTBOUND. IN ADDITION, AT LEAST 40 PERSONNEL ARE ON THE MAIN
PARKING APRON NEAR A PUMA. OTHER AOB (NOT ALL ON GRAPHIC)
CONSISTS OF THREE ADDITIONAL IMPALA, ONE KUDU LIGHT TRANSPORT,
THREE ADDITIONAL PUMA, TWO ADDITIONAL ALOUETTE III, TWO LIGHT
TWIN-ENGINE AIRCRAFT, AND ONE SMALL STRAIGHT-WING AIRCRAFT.
(S/D) IIPACHA AIRFIELD IS THE PRIMARY SOUTH AFRICAN TACTICAL
FIGHTER BASE IN THE CAPRIVI STRIP AND IS USED BY THE
SOUTH AFRICANS AS A STAGING BASE FOR OPERATIONS IN ZAMBIA. THE
AIRFIELD IS 12 NM SOUTHEAST OF SESHEKE, ZAMBIA AND 9 NM SOUTH
OF THE NAMIBIA-ZAMBIA BORDER.
3.I COORDINATES 17-38-03S 024-10-50E
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