HIP C DEPLOYMENT ABU AD DUHUR AIRFILED, SYRIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000200580009-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: February 9, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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HIP C DEPLOYMENT
ABU AD DUFIUR RF ELD , SYRIA
NPIC/PEG (2/83)
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: HIP C SQUADRON DEPLOYS TO ABU AD DUHUF
AIRFIELD.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: SIXTEEN HIP C MEDIUM HELICOPTERS ARE OBSERVED
HERE FOR -FIRST TIME. ELEVEN OF THE HIP ARE PARKED AT THE
WEST END OF THE AIRFIELD ON A PARKING APRON THAT IS IN A MIP
STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. THE OTHER FIVE HIP ARE ON THE AIRCRAFT
DISPERSAL TAXIWAY (NOT ON GRAPHIC) AT THE WEST END OF THE
AIRFIELD WHERE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY ALSO CONTINUES. NO HIP
WERE HERE AND THE NEW PARKING APRON WAS
IN AN EARLY STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. THE HIP PROBABLY DEPLOYED
FROM HAMAH AIRFIELD WHERE HIP ARE ASSEMBLED.
(SWN) THE FISHBED ORDER-OF-BATTLE IS SLIGHTLY HIGH; FIFTEEN ARE
OBSERVED (ONLY ONE ON GRAPHIC), FOUR TO 11 FISHBED ARE
NORMALLY SEEN AT THIS HANGARETTE-EQUIPPED AIRFIELD.
(SWN) ABU AD DUHUR AIRFIELD, APPROXIMATELY 80 NM NORTH OF THE
SYRIA-LEBANON BORDER AND 60 NM SOUTH OF THE SYRIA-TURKEY
BORDER, IS A FIGHTER/INTERCEPTOR BASE.
3, COORDINATES 35-44-04N 037-06-16E
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