DUMMY MIRAGE III/5 MARIANO MELGAR AIRFIELD, PERU

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91T00712R000200360008-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 29, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: October 17, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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DUMMY MIRAGE 111/5
MARIAN PERU
1. SIGNIFICANCE: DECEPTION ACTIVITY CONTINUES AT THIS AIRFIELD IN
SOUTHERN PERU. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: ASSEMBLY OF THREE DUMMY MIRAGE 111/5 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT
HAS BEGUN ON A GRADED-EARTH HARDSTAND AT THE SOUTH END OF THE
RUNWAY THE FUSELAGES HAVE BEEN ASSEMBLED 25X1
AND ARE POSITIONED OVER MOCK-UP DELTA WINGS WHICH ARE FLUSH
WITH THE GROUND. THE NOSE SECTIONS AND VERTICAL STABILIZERS
ARE ON THE GROUND AND HAVE NOT BEEN ATTACHED TO THE FUSELAGES.
THIS IS THE SECOND SIGHTING OF DUMMY EQUIPMENT HERE. TWO DUMMY
SA-3 SAM SITES WERE COMPLETED EAST OF THE AIRFIELD BY
E OF DUMMY EQUIPMENT HERE AND AT PISCO 25X1
, 120 NM NORTHWEST, IS PROBABLY DUE TO 25X1
CONTINUED TENSION WITH NEIGHBORING CHILE. THE USE OF DUMMY
EQUIPMENT IN PERU WAS FIRST OBSERVED AT PISCO 25X1
WHEN FIVE CAMOUFLAGE-NETTED DUMMY/DERELICT CANBERRA LIGHT 25X1
BOMBERS WERE POSITIONED ON MOCK-UP HARDSTANDS. (SWN)
MARIANO MELGAR AIRFIELD, 130 NM NORTH OF THE PERU-CHILE BORDER,
SUPPORTS A FITTER FIGHTER-BOMBER UNIT AND OCCASIONAL MIRAGE
111/5 DEPLOYMENTS. (SWN)
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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