SOVIET RESUPPLY ACTIVITY NOVA LISBOA AIRFIELD, ANGOLA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91T00712R000200380002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: October 21, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. SIGNIFICANCE: THREE SOVIET VTA CUB MEDIUM TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
(ONE NOT ON GRAPHIC), AND ONE BOEING 707 JET TRANSPORT HAVE
ARRIVED (SWN)
2. REMARKS: ONE CUB IS TAKING OFF, AND ANOTHER HAS PROBABLE
PERSONNEL CLUSTERED AROUND THE REAR LOADING RAMP. AN L-100 IS
ALSO PRESENT AND IS PROBABLY THE SAME ONE PRESENT ON ANOTHER
PART OF THE PARKING APRO THREE OF THE FIVE
FISHBED FIGHTERS PRESENT ARE NOT OBSERVED. FIVE
FRESCO FIGHTERS AND FOUR HIP C HELICOPTERS, ALSO PRESENT ON
THAT DATE, REMAIN. (SWN)
THE THREE CUB HERE, ALONG WITH SIX CUB PRESENT TODAY AT LUANDA
AIRFIELD REPRESENT THE LARGEST KNOWN
DEPLOYMENT OF VTA AIRCRAFT CURRENTLY OUTSIDE THE SOVIET UNION.
THESE AIRCRAFT PROBABLY CAME FROM DZHANKOY AIRFIELD (BE
DZHANKOY ARE PAINTED WHITE, AS ARE THE CUB AT NOVA LISBOA AND
LUANDA. (SWN)
EXTENSIVE CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN ONGOING AT THE AIRFIELD DURING
THE SUMMER. TWENTY FOUR AIRCRAFT-SIZE REVETMENTS ARE NOW
PRESENT. TWELVE REVETMENTS WERE PRESENT
(SWN)
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SOVIET RESUPPLY ACTIVITY
NOVA LISBOA AIRFIELD, ANGOLA
THE MAJORITY OF THE CUB IN THE REGIMENT AT
)FY-1
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NOVA LISBOA AIRFIELD IS 1.5 NM SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF THE CITY
OF HUAMBO (FORMERLY NOVA LISBOA) AND 150 NM EAST OF THE PORT OF
LIBITO. (SWN)
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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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