EAST GERMAN AIR FORCE
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CIA-RDP80-00810A004100650006-9
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Document Creation Date:
December 22, 2016
Document Release Date:
January 29, 2010
Sequence Number:
6
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Publication Date:
May 25, 1954
Content Type:
REPORT
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT East German Air Force
DATE OF INFO.
REPORT
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REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS : TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
25 May 195Ii-
1.. Radar Station:
The antenna on a 25-meter-high mast at the corner of Webschulestrasse and
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Schlachthofstrasse, Cottbus, is manned and serviced by members of the VcA
(Verband der Aeroclubs, or East German Air Force) who wear blue shoulderboards.
The antenna has often been seen to move from side to side through an angle of
some 180 degrees, although there is no visible reason why it should not move
through a complete circle. It was especially noted to be active at about 3 p.m.
on 9 March, when two MIG-15's flew low over the airfield and passed directly
over the antenna, at a height estimated to be well under 1,000 feet. The
antenna is popularly but incorrectly locally rumored to be a "Jammer" station.
The real local jammer station is located on the roof of the town hall, and is
operated from a room in the same building. The radar antenna stands in the
grounds of the former Webschule, now the headquarters of the Bezirk Volks-
polizei. However, the area on which the antenna stands is separated from the
Volkspolizei headquarters, and the entrance to it is via Schlachthofstrasse,
not Webschulestrasse. Vehicles and personnel going to the radar.site pass
the motor vehicle repair depot, the entrance to which is in Schlachthofstrasse,
before reaching the site,
2. Flv nrt Activit,-v_:
Activity between 10 February and 15 March 1954 was lively. Both YAK-18's and
YAK-11's practiced take-offs, short flights and landings. Formation flights
of up to four aircraft have also been a regular feature,.
Paratroop Trainings
At 8:30 a.m, on 3 March a party of 54 VdA officers and airmen, carrying small
arms, marched from Cottbus airfield to Madelow. They were part of a.force which
is being trained as paratroops. So far only ground training has taken place.
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STATE I [ARMY
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Radio Transmitter:
A transmitter antenna of unidentified type, previously reported at the east
end-of the airfield, would be more correctly located north-northeast of the
airfield between the hangars.
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