MILITARY ACTIVITY ONDANGWA AIRFIELD, NAMIBIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 28, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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MILITARY ACTIVITY
ONDANGWWA AIRFIELD, NAMIBIA
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NPIC/PEG (03/82)
3 PART GRAPHIC
MILITARY ACTIVITY
ONDAMWA AIRFIELD, NAMIBIA
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE INCURSION INTO
ANGOLA ARE OBSERVED IN THE ONDANGWA AREA.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: TWO CANBERRA ARE IN FLIGHT HEADING NORTHEAST
FROM ONDANGWA AIRFIELD. THESE AIRCRAFT MAY BE TWO CANBERRA
THAT HAVE TED GROOTFONTEIN AIRFIELD
IN ADDITION, THREE MIRAGE F- AND ONE PROBABLE
M RAGE F-1 GRAPHIC 2 OF 3) HAVE ARRIVED AT ONDANGWA SINCE
FOUR PUMA, SEVEN ALOUETTE, SIX KUDU, AND ONE SMALL
STRAIGHT-WING AIRCRAFT.
TWO MECHANIZED INFANTRY COMPANIES (GRAPHIC 3 OF 3) HAVE ARRIVED
IN THE ONDANGWA AREA NEAR THE AIRFIELD
EQUIPMENT INCLUDES 22 RATEL AND TWO TRUCKS. THE EQUIPMENT IS
PARKED IN A FIELD IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE AIRFIELD. THESE
UNITS PROBABLY REDEPLOYED FROM OPERET MILITARY CAMP
ONDANGWA IS 36 NM SOUTH OF THE NAMIBIA-ANGOLA BORDER AND 155 NM
NORTHWEST OF GROOTFONTEIN.
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TWENTY-FOUR RATEL ARE AT OPERET MILITARY CAMP 50 NM
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ONDANGWA. AT LEAST 46 RATEL WERE IN THE
OPEN IN ADDITION, AT LEAST FOUR BUFFALO AND 25X1
AT LEAST 20 SUPPORT VEHICLES ARE PRESENT.
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MIRAGE F-1 HAVE NOT BEEN HERE SINCE
OTHER AIR ORDER-OF-BATTLE (AOB) INCLUDES FOUR
WHERE A CORRESPONDING DECREASE IN EQUIPMENT IS
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AT GROOTFONTEIN AIRFIELD, AIRCRAFT INCLUDE ONE L-100 AND ONE
C-160, WHICH HAVE ARRRIVED OTHER AOB 25X1
INCLUDES THREE C-47. ONE FLATBED TRUCK AND TWO OTHER VEHICLES
ARE NEXT TO THE L-100.
ONE KUDU AND TWO PUMA HAVE ARRIVED AT RUACANA AIRFIELD
NORMALLY, NO AOB IS HERE. 25X1
COORDINATES 17-52-42S
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