SERIES PRODUCTION OF HARB-A JINGMEN SEAPLANE STATION, CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000100090001-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 20, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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SERIES PRODUCTION OF HARB-A
JINGMEN SEAPLANE STATION. CHINA
NPIC/PEG (12/82)
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A FIFTH HARB-A ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE
SEAPLANE IS OB ERVED, SUGGESTING THAT SERIES PRODUCTION MAY
HAVE BEGUN.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: THE FUSELAGE FOR A FIFTH HARB-A ANTISUBMARINE
WARFARE SEAPLANE HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO THIS FACILITY. THE
FUSELAGE HAS JUST BEEN REMOVED FROM RAILCARS AT A RAIL SIDING
2 NM SOUTH OF THE SEAPLANE STATION AT 30-57-OON 112-04-OOE
(INSET). THE PRESENCE OF FIVE AIRCRAFT PROBABLY INDICATES
SERIES PRODUCTION OF THE HARB-A AND IS THE FIRST IDENTIFICATION
OF FINAL AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLY AT THIS FACILITY. THREE HARB-A ARE
ON THE MAIN PARKING RAMP AND THE FOURTH HARB-A (PRESENT ON
IS PROBABLY IN THE MAINTENANCE/ASSEMBLY
HANGAR (NOT ON GRAPHIC).
(SWN) THE HARB-A WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED IN JUNE 1974 AT HARBIN
AIRFRAME PLANT PING-FANG 122 THE FIRST TWO
HARE-A WERE SEEN THERE BEFORE APPEARING AT JINGMEN. THE LAST
OBSERVATION OF HARB-A AT HARBIN WAS IN MAY 1981 WHEN A FUSELAGE
WAS PRESENT. HARB-A MAY NO LONGER BE PRODUCED AT HARBIN, AND
THE PRODUCTION FACILITY FOR THE REMAINING HARB-A IS NOT KNOWN.
(SWN) JINGMEN SEAPLANE STATION IS A SEAPLANE TEST FACILITY IN
THE WUHAN MILITARY REGION.
3~ COORDINATES 30-59-08N 112-03-51E
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