DIVISIONAL FIELD COMMAND POST BAGRAM AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 16, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: December 5, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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NPIC/IEG (12/83)
5 DECEMBER 1983
DIVISIONAL FIELD COMMAND POST
BA R M RFIELD, AF HAN STAN S1VN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A SOVIET DIVISIONAL FIELD C
IDENT ED AT BAGRAb1 AIRFIELD ON IMAGERY 25X1
THIS IS THE FIRST IDENTIFICATION ON IMAGERY OF A SOVIET
DIVISIONAL FIELD COMA4AND POST IN EITHER THE WARSAW PACT
COUNTRIES OR AFGHANISTAN. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE DIVISIONAL FIELD COMMAND POST, WAS SUPPORTING
A~AJ~SOVIET COMBAT OPERATION IN THE BAGRAM AREA. IT
CONSISTED OF A STAFF OPERATIONS AREA, A COMMUNICATIONS
AREA, A FORWARD COMMAND POST, A SERVICE/SUPPORT AREA, A
PARK DRIVE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SET, AND A TWIN EAR A
TROPOSCATTER RELAY SET. THE STAFF OPERATIONS AREA
CONTAINED TWO BABOCHKA VAN TRUCKS, THREE FIELD OPERATIONS
VAN SETS, ONE RADIO VAN TRUCK (RVT), AND ONE LARGE
GENERAL-PURPOSE TENT. MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT IN THIS AREA
WAS ENCLOSED BY A VISUAL SCREEN. THE COMMUNICATIONS AREA
INCLUDED AT LEAST THREE R-409 CATS PAW, FOUR PROBABLE
R-405, AND SEVEN RVT. MOST OF THESE VEHICLES WERE
NET COVERED. THE FORWARD COMMAND POST HAD SEVEN ARMORED
COMD4AND VEHICLES (FOUR BTR-60PA AND THREE BRDM), ONE R-405,
FOUR RVT, AND NINE TRUCKS. FIVE SMALL TENTS WERE ALSO IN
THIS AREA. (SWN)
THIS DIVISIONAL FIELD COMMAND POST INCLUDED ELEMENTS OF THE
108TH MOTORIZED RIFLE DIVISION'S SIGNAL BATTALION AND
COMMANDANT COMPANY FROM BAGF.AP?t SOVIET BARRACKS AREA (BE
AND POSSIBLY NiINOR ELEMENTS OF THE INDEPENDENT 25X1
SERVICE AND SECURITY BATTALION FROM KABUL DEPLOYMENT AREA
SW THE PARK DRIVE SET CAME FROM THE 108TH 25X1
MOTORIZED RIFLE DIVISION HEADQUARTERS AT BAGRAM SOVIET
BARRACKS AREA, AND THE TWIN EAR A SET PROBABLY CAME FROM THE
COMMAND STAFF SIGNAL REGtD4ENT AT KABUL DEPLOYMENT AREA SW.
THE TWIN EAR A IS PROBABLY PROVIDING A LINK TO THE COMMAND
STAFF SIGNAL REGIMENT WHERE ANOTHER TWIN EAR A WAS DEPLOYED
FACING NORTH TOWARD BAGRAM (S{VN) 25X1
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REANALYSIS OF C3 CENTERS SUPPORTING FOUR PREVIOUS MAJOR
b4ILITARY OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN REVEALED THAT THEY ALSO
WERE DIVISIONAL FIELD COMMAND POSTS. THESE DIVISIONAL
FIELD COMMAND POSTS WERE DEPLOYED AT BAGRAM AIRFIELD DURING
THE PANJSER. VALLEY V OPERATION IN P4AY-JUNE 1982, PANJSER
VALLEY VI OPERATION IN AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1982, AND TtfE
CHARIKAR/JABAL OS SARAJ OPERATION IN DECEMBER 1982. A
DIVISIONAL FIELD COMMAND POST WAS ALSO PRESENT AT KABUL
INTERNATIONAL AIRFIELD IN SUPPORT OF A
MILtTAR
(sWN)
COORDINATES 34-57-OON 069-16-02E (S)
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