NEW AEROSPACE COMPONENT TYURATAM AIRFIELD 3, USSR

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000100100009-5
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 26, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A THIRD AEROSPACE COMPONENT IS
IDENTIFIED. THE NEW COMPONENT IS 16 METERS LONG COMPARED TO
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NEW AEROSPACE COMPONENT
TYURATAM AIRFIELD 3. USSR
2b METERS FOR THE FIRST TWO COMPONENTS.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: A MODIFIED BISON AIRCRAFT AT TYURATAM
AIRFIELD 3 HAS A NEW 16-METER AEROSPACE COMPONENT MOUNTED ON
THE FUSELAGE. THE MODIFIED BISON ALONG WITH ONE CANDID AND ONE
CODLING AIRCRAFT (BOTH PROBABLY SUPPORTING THE MODIFIED BISON),
ARE THE FIRST AIRCRAFT SEEN AT THIS RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED
AIRFIELD.
(SWN) THE MODIFIED BISON PROBABLY FLEW FROM RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT
TEST CE FXI AEROSPACE UCTION 9 X1
PLANT 1 TO PICK 25X1
UP THE NEW COMPONENT. Y ONE MODIFIED BISON WAS AT
RAMENSKOYE AND NO MODIFIED BISON WAS AT 25X1
KUYBESHEV THE AEROSPACE COMPONENT HANDLING 25X1
DOLLY HAS BEEN POSITIONED UNDER THE 62-METER GANTRY CRANE AT
THE AEROSPACE COMPONENT TRANSFER AREA AT TYURATAM. ALSO,
SEVERAL VEHICLES ARE NEAR THE CRANE SUGGESTING THAT THE
16-METER AEROSPACE COMPONENT WILL BE OFFLOADED.
(SWN) THE 16-METER COMPONENT IS THE THIRD AEROSPACE COMPONENT
TO BE IDENTIFIED. THE 26-METER AEROSPACE
COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN SEEN AT RAMENSKOYE SINCE LATE 1980.
COORDINATES 46-03-02N 063-13-51E 25X1
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