HARB-A JINGMEN SEAPLANE STATION, CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000100030008-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 29, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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HARB-A
JINGMEN SEAPLANE STATION. CHINA
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25X1
NPIC/PEG (11/82)
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A FOURTH HARB-A ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE
SEAPLANE IS IDENTIFIED.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: A FOURTH HARB-A ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE (ASW)
SEAPLANE IS IDENTIFIED AT JINGMEN SEAPLANE STATION. ONE HARB-A
WITHOUT ENGINES IS IN TOW IN FRONT OF THE HANGAR, AND THREE
HARB-A ARE ON THE MAIN PARKING RAMP. THE OBSERVATION OF A
FOURTH HARB-A INDICATES A CONTINUING INTEREST BY THE CHINESE IN
THE INDIGENOUS PRODUCTION OFA LONG-RANGE ASW AMPHIBIAN.
(SIN) THE HARB-A WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED 1974 AT HARBIN
AIRFRAME PLANT PING-FANG 122 THE SECOND AND 25X1
THIRD HARB-A WERE OBSERVED AT JINGMEN 25X1
RESPECTIVELY. THE FIRST'iwu liARB-A WERE SEEN AT 25X1
HARBIN AIRFRAME BEFORE APPEARING AT JINGMEN; HOWEVER, THE THIRD
AND FOURTH WERE NOT.
(SWN) JINGMEN SEAPLANE STATION IS A SEAPLANE TEST FACILITY IN
THE WUHAN MILITARY REGION.
COORDINATES 30-59-08'I 112-03-51E
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