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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B00551R000300520007-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 3, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 8, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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2. AHWAZ WEST AIRFIELD: AIRFIELD NO LONGER EXISTS, UNDLH
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Date Of Informations 7 October 1958
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8 October 1958
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THIS REPORT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: IRAN, PAKISTAN.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN REPORTED:
IRAN:
1. AGHA JARI/PAZANUN AIRFIELD: NO AIRCRAFT. LOCATED AT 3037N
4950E. TWO SERVICEABLE RUNWAYS, ONE ORIENTED NNW/SSE WITH OVERRUN
BEING ADDED TO NNW END. OTHER ORIENTED EAST/WEST. NO INFORMATION
AVAILABLE AS TO LENGTH OR WIDTH.
3. DEZFUL AIRFIELD: LOCATED AT 3223N 4822E APPROXIMATELY 1.75
NM SE OF ANDIMISHK. RUNWAY IS APPROXIMATELY 10000 FEET BY 200
FEET OF PROBABLE MACADAM SURFACE, HAS PARALLEL TAXIWAY AND TWO
LINK TAXIWAYS. NO AIRCRAFT. BARRACKS, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
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4. GACH SARAN AIRFIELD: NO AIRCRAFT. LOCATED AT 3022N 504.9.
APPROXIMATELY 10 NM NORTH OF GACH SARAN. THREE SERVICEABLE EA
SURFACE RUNWAYS, ONE ORIENTED NW/SE APPROXIMATELY 3200 FEET BY
150 FEET WITH 1000 FOOT OVERRUN ON SE END. ONE ORIENTATED ENE/WSW
APPROXIMATELY 2800 FEET BY 150 FEET WITH 600 FOOT OVERRUN ON WSW
END, ONE ORIENTED NNE/SSW APPROXIMATELY 2600 FEET BY 200 FEET.
5. JASK LANDING AREA: NO AIRCRAFT OR ACTIVITY. SAND AREA ALONG
BEACH APPROXIMATELY 6000 FEET BY 1500 FEET.
6. KERMAN AIRFIELD: 1 C-47, 1 UNIDENTIFIED SMALL AIRCRAFT.
LOCATED AT 3015N 5658E. NNW/SSE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 8500 FEET
BY 180 FEET, SERVICEABLE. NE/SW RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 6500 FEET
BY 160 FEET, SERVICEABLE. FENCED AREA ADJACENT TO SE EDGE OF
AIRFIELD CONTAINS 10 PERMANENT BUILDINGS.
7. KUT ABDULLAH AIRFIELD: NO AIRCRAFT. APPROXIMATELY 3800 FEET
OF MAIN RUNWAY SERVICEABLE.
8. SARDARABL AIRFIELD: 1 UNIDENTIFIED SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT.
LOCATED AT 3158N 4915E. TWO SERVICEABLE, HARD SURFACED RUNWAYS. ONE
ORIENTED NE/SW APPROXIMATELY 6000 FEET BY 160 FEET. ONE ORIENTED
ENE/WSW APPROXIMATELY 4800 FEET BY 150 FEET.
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9. YAMAHA AIRFIELD: NO AIRCRAFT OR ACTIVITY. LOCATED AT 3115N
4923E. THREE RUNWAYS. NNW/SSE RUNWAY POSSIBLY SERVICEABLE, J
APPROXIMATELY 3000 FEET BY 200 FEET. ENE/WSW RUNWAY UNSERVICEABLE
APPROXIMATELY 2300 FEET BY 200 FEET. WNW/ESE RUNWAY UNSERVICEABLE,
APPROXIMATELY 1600 FEET BY 200 FEET.
10. AHWAZ AREA: 43 VEHICLES IN PARK SOUTH OF EAST END OF RIVER
BRIDGE. POSSIBLE AMMO STORAGE AREA CONSISTING OF 11 EARTH
COVERED MOUNDS LOCATED AT 3119N 4838E APPROXIMATELY 4 NM WEST
OF AHWAZ.
11. AHWAZ BARRACKS AREA: WALLED AREA LOCATED ON NW EDGE OF TOWN
AT 3120N 4840E. APPROXIMATELY 110 PERMANENT TYPE BUILDINGS,
300 TRUCKS, 26 VEHICLES. POSSIBLE AMMO STORAGE AREA NW OF BARRACKS
AREA CONSISTING OF 24 BUILDINGS OF WHICH 14 ARE EARTH COVERED.
AREA PROBABLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
12. BANDAR ABBAS AREA: NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY.
13. CHANBAHAR AREA: NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY.
14. JASK AREA: NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY.
15, KERMAN AREA: PROBAELE MILITARY BARRACKS AREA LOCATED AT
3019N 5710E APPROXIMATELY 4 NM EAST OF KERMAN. 30 PERMANENT
TYPE BUILDINGS IN WALL ENCLOSED AREA. APPROXIMATELY 15 POSSIBLE
VEHICLES. NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY.IN CITY AREA.
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SHALLING YARD WEST OF RIVER FILLED TO APPROXIMATELY BO
PERCENT OF CAPACITY.
17, CHOTA MALIR AIRFIELD: NO AIRCRAFT OR ACTIVITY. LOCATED AT
N 6711E APPROXIMATELY 12 NM NE OF KARACHI. TWO PARALLEL
QBABLE CONCRETE RUNWAYS ORIENTED EAST/WEST, EACH APPROXIMATELY
.5000 FEET BY 100 FEET. EACH RUNWAY HAS A LOOP TAXIWAY ON THE INNER
SIB WITH A LARGE PARKING APRON CONNECTING TAXIWAYS.
RIGt ROAD AIRFIELD: 6 F-86 TYPE AIRCRAFT, 1 F-84 TYPE AIR`CRA"
25 UNIDENTIFIED SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT.
IS LOCATED AT 2453N 6707E, 7 NM EAST OF KARACHI.
. IELD HAS TWO SERVICEABLE RUNWAYS, OF PROBABLE ASPHALT
TRUCTION. ONE ORIENTED EAST/WEST APPROXIMATELY 10000 FEET BY
`FEET.' ONE ORIENTED NE/SW APPROXIMATELY 4000 FEET BY 150"FEET.
UNSERVICEABLE RUNWAY ORIENTED EAST/WEST (NOkTH OF MAIN EAST/
VEST RUNWAY) ESTIMATED 4500 FEET BY 100 FEET, CONCRETE SURFACE.
LARGE CONCRETE APRON WITH 6 HANGARS, TWO HANGARS NEAR EAST END 01
1=FIELD, TWO HANGARS NEAR WEST END OF FIELD. A DISPERSAL TAXIWAY
IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MAIN EAST/WEST RUNWAY AND HAS 10
HARDSTANDS (4 REVETTED). DISPERSAL TAXIWAY AROUND UNSERVICEABLE
RUNWAY HAS 29 REVETTED HARDSTANDS. LARGE BARRACKS, ADMTNTSTRATION
-AND HOUSING AREA JOINS AIRFIELD ON THE NE.
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1 JIWANI AIRFIELD: NO AIRCRAFT. LOCATED AT 2505N 614.7E, THREE
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?CATED BY 11 RADIO TOWERS-IN AREA.
PENSIVE-COMMUNICATION AND/OR RADIO NAVIGATION FACILITIES
+_!NED. NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE AS TO LENGTH OR WIDTH.
P VICEAJLk ROLLED SAND RUNWAYS, SW/NEB EAST/WEST NORTHISOUT}(
KARACHI AIRFIELD: 4 PROBABLE CONSTELLATIONSp 1 POSSIBLE C-54
,AIRCRAFT (PROBABLE TWIN-ENGINE). AIRFIELD IS LOCATED AT
:5 6710E 5 NM EAST OF KARACHI. RUNWAY AND TAXIWAYS ARE OF
LL*RABL CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION! RUNWAYS IS ORIENTED-ENE/WSW
TYPE 1 UNIDENTIFIED TWIN- ENGINE TRANSPORT, 1 UNIDENTIFIED STRAIGHT
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S APPROXIMATELY 7500 FEET BY 100 FEET. A LOOP DISPERSAL
AWAY ON_ THE .N_ORTHWEST SIDE OF AIRFIELD CONTAINS 15 REVETTLD
2-7-'AIACRAFT ARE PARKED ON TWO LARGE PARKING APRONS SE OF RUNWAY.
SAY CONTAINS 5 REVETTED HARDSTANDS (ONE WITH ADJACENT POL STORAGE);.
'SANDS. A DISPERSAL TAXIWAY ON THE EAST OF THE ENE END OF THE
2 KORANGI CREEK SEAPLANE BASES 4 UNIDENTIFIED STRAIGHT WING
AIRCRAFT. LOCATED AT 2447N 6709E APPROXIMATELY 6.5 NM SE OF KARACHI.
MIXED BARRACK, ADMINSTRATION AND HOUSING TYPE BUILDINGS.
A" CONTAINS 11 PROBABLE HANGARSt 1 LARGE ADMINISTRATION TYPE BUILDING,
A 2:SEAPLANE RAMPS. HANGARS ARE CONSTRUCTED AROUND A SEMICIRCULAR
PAVES AREA. ADJACENT BUILDING AREA CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 100
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22. LANDHI AIRFIELD: NO AIRCRAFT OR ACTIVITY. RUNWAY ESTIMATED TO BE
6000 FEET BY 100 FEET, ORIENTED EAST/WEST. RUNWAY HAS TWO CIRCULAR
TURN-AROUND S ON WEST END, ONE CIRCULAR TURN-AROUND AND ONE
RECTANGULAR PARKING APRON ON EAST END. A PARALLEL
TAXIWAY RUNS ALONG SOUTH SIDE. LOCATED 2415N 6712E APPROXIMATELY
12NM EAST OF KARACHI. AIRFIELD IS OF PROBABLE CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION
AND IS SERVICEABLE.
23. MALIR AIRFIELD: NO AIRCRAFT OR ACTIVITY. LOCATED AT 2459N
6713E APPROXIMATELY 15 NM NORTH OF KARACHI. TWO PARALLEL RUNWAYS OF
CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION ORIENTED EAST/WEST. NORTH RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY
5000 FEET BY 100 FEET, SOUTH RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 5500 FEET
BY 100 FEET. PARKING APRON AND A PARKING RAMP/TAXIWAY LOCATED
BETWEEN RUNWAYS. TWO HANGARS AT WEST END OF FIELD.
24. MAURIPUR AIRFIELDS 32 F-86 TYPE, 5 F-84 TYPE, 1 C-541
1 C-471 4 C-47 TYPE, 2 UNIDENTIFIED TWIN ENGINE HIGH WING AIRCRAFT.
LOCATED AT 2454N 6657E APPROXIMATELY 5 NM NW OF KARACHI.
TWO RUNWAYS, ONE ORIENTATED EAST/WEST APPROXIMATELY 10500 FEET
BY 200 FEET CONCRETE SURFACE, ONE NE/SW APPROXIMATELY 7500
FEET BY 150 FEET PROBABLE ASPHALT SURFACE. 17 HANGARS.
SURROUNDING AREAS CONTAIN NUMEROUS ADMINISTRATION AND BARRACKS
TYPE BUILDINGS, APPROXIMATELY 60 TENTS AND 65 VEHICLES.
4 EMPLACEMENT AAA POSITION LOCATED AT EAST END OF RUNWAY. UNOCCUPIED.
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2WATEJI AIRFIELD: NO AIRCRAFT OR ACTIVITY. SERVICEABLE,
PROBABLY ABANDONED. LOCATED AT 2452N 6725E APPROXIMATELY 22 NM
EAST OF KARACH19 RUNWAY LENGTH APPROXIMATELY 6000 FEET BY 100
YET, ORIENTED ENE/WSW. RUNWAY CONSTRUCTION IS PROBABLE CONCRETE.
iE CIRCULAR TURN-AROUND AT EACH END-
26. AMMO STORAGE AREA AT 2453N 6655E: LOCATED APPROXIMATELY
2 ,NW OF MAURIPUR AIRFIELD. 24 EARTH COVERED BUILDINGS, 10
TTED BUILDINGS, 27 PERMANENT TYPE BUILDINGS. ANTENNA FARM EAST
ADJACENT TO AMMO AREA. APPROXIMATELY 40 ANTENNA TOWERS
AiREE BUILDINGS
"dWADAR TO JIWANI AREA: NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY.
28,:, KARACHI AMMO STORAGE AREA NE: LOCATED AT 2458N 6715E
l PROXIMATELY 15 NM NE OF KARACHI. VERY LARGE IRREGULAR SHAPED
SMALL BUNKERS.
A' CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 55 BUNKERS AND 200
50 RR CARS IN ADJACENT MARSHALLING YARD.
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KARACHI MILITARY CAMP: 2 POSSIBLE AAA, UNEMPLACED. 6
1P.ACEMENT AAA POSITION, OCCUPIED. 13 VEHICLES 115 TENTS.
LOCATED AT 2448N 6703E APPROXIMATELY 3 NM SOUTH OF KARACHI.
,30, KARACHI MILITARY INSTALLATION EAST: LOCATED APPROXIMATELY I
245ON 6703E ON EAST EDGE OF CITY OF KARACHI. CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY
70 WAREHOUSE TYPE BUILDINGS AND 11 "H" SHAPED BARRACKS TYPE BUILDINGS.
12 PROBABLE FA/AAA, APPROXIMATELY 75 VEHICLES, 13 TENTS.
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