AIRCRAFT DISPERAL LIBYA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000100040003-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 2, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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AIRCRAFT DISPERSAL
LIBYA
UMM AITIQAH AIRFIELD A BENINA AIRFIELD
International boundary
- - Muhafazat boundary
National capital
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AIRCRAFT DISPERSAL
LIBYA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: AIRCRAFT DISPERSAL IN LIBYA CONTINUES
(GRAPH) .
2. !SWN) REMARKS: TWENTY-FOUR FIGHTER AND TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT ARE
NEWLY DDSIYRSED TO SEBHA AIRFIELD (GRAPHIC 2). THE AIRCRAFT,
WHICH CONSIST OF 14 FOXBAT, ONE C-130, EIGHT CURL, AND ONE
F.27, HAVE PROBABLY BEEN DISPERSED TO THIS AIRFIELD IN RESPONSE
TO U. S. ACTIVITY IN THE GULF OF SIDRA. SIMILAR ACTIVITY WAS
OBSERVED IN JANUARY 1982 WHEN SEVEN FOXBAT WERE DISPERSED
HERE. THIS ACTIVITY COULD ALSO BE RELATED TO LIBYAN ACTIVITY
IN CHAD. SEBHA IS USED AS A DEPARTURE AIRFIELD FOR FLIGHTS
INTO AOZOU AIRFIELD, LIBYA (FORMERLY IN 25X1
NORTHERN CHAD) IN SUPPORT OF CHADIAN REBELS.
(SWN) OTHER POSSIBLE DISPERSAL ACTIVITY WAS ORSF.RVED AT
AL KHUWAYMAT AIRFIELD
22 FLOGGER WERE AT THAT NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AIRFIELD.
FLOGGER MAY HAVE COME FORM BENINA AIRFIELD
GHURDABIYAH AIRFIELD FLUGUER AIR
ORDER-OF-BATTLE HAS BEEN LOW AT BOTH AIRFIELDS.
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(SWN) SEBHA AIRFIELD, 510 NH1 SOUTHEAST OF TARABULUS, SUPPORTS
AN AIR ACADEMY AND CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT IN CENTRAL LIBYA.
AL KHUWAYMAT AIRFIELD, 370 NM SOUTHEAST OF BENINA AIRFIELD AND
490 NM SOUTHEAST OF GHURDABIYAH AIRFIELD, IS A NEWLY
CONSTRUCTED AIRFIELD 75 NM WEST OF THE LIBYA-EGYPT BORDER.
COORDINATES 26-59-3614 014-28-OIE
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for
and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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