ARMS DELIVERY LUBANGO AIRFIELD, ANGOLA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 20, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 21, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. SIGNIFICANCE: APPROXIMATELY 20 FIELD ARTILLERY PIECES HAVE
ARRIVED AT LUBANGO AIRFIELD F_ I (SWN)
ARMS DELIVERY
LUBANGO AIRFIELD, ANGOLA
2. REMARKS: ONE ANGOLAN L-100 AND ONE CUB ARE ON THE PARKING
APRON NEAR THE SOUTH END OF THE AIRFIELD. THE FIELD ARTILLERY
AND APPROXIMATELY 35 TRUCKS, ONE BUS, AND NUMEROUS-PERSONNEL
ARE BEHIND THE CUB. OTHER AIR ORDER-OF-BATTLE AND ACTIVITY ARE
NORMAL. (SWN)
THIS ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT` MAY INDICATE A BUILDUP OF ANGOLAN
DEFENSES IN RESPONSE TO RECENT SOUTH AFRICAN/UNITA MILITARY
ACTIVITY IN SOUTHERN ANGOLA. THE TRANSSHIPMENT OF HEAVY
MILITARY EQUIPMENT BY AIRCRAFT IS NORMALLY NOT SEEN AT LUBANGO
AIRFIELD. HEAVY MILITARY SUPPLIES SENT SOUTH FROM LUANDA
NORMALLY COME BY SEA TO MOCAMEDES AND THEN ARE MOVED INLAND BY
RAIL. (SWN)
LUBANGO AIRFIELD, 75 NM EAST NORTHEAST OF MOCAMEDES AND 120 NM
NORTH OF THE ANGOLA-NAMIBIA BORDER, SUPPORTS A FISHBED UNIT.
(SWN)
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