AIRBORNE ACTIVITY, 98TH GUARDS BOLGRAD HEADQUARTERS AIRBORNE DIV/AB AL 1, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 13, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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AIRBORNE ACTIVITY, 98TH GUARDS
BOLGRAD HEADQUARTERS AIRBORNE DMAI-AL 1, USSR
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: UNUSUAL CONVOY AND PALLETING ACTIVITY AT
THE BOLGRAD BARRACKS WHICH HOUSES ELEMENTS OF THE 98TH GUARDS
AIRBORNE DIVISION IS SEEN ON TODAY'S IMAGERY. THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE ACTIVITY IS UNCLEAR; HOWEVER, THE TRADITIONAL
CONTINGENCY MISSION OF THE 98TH GUARDS HAS BEEN TO PROTECT
SOVIET INTEREST IN THE MIDDLE-EAST AREA. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE
IN ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED AT VESSLYY KUT ARMY BARRACKS AL 1
WHICH HOUSES OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE 98TH GUARDS.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: AN INCREASE IN ACTIVIT SERVED AT 1RR LGRAD
HEADQUARTERS AIRBORNE DIVISION/AB AL 1
(NOT ALL ACTIVITY ON GRAPHIC). FIFTY = AND AT 20
TRAILERS LOADED WITH PALLETS ARE IN COLUMNS IN THE ADJACENT
TRAINING AREA. A PROBABLE SIGNAL UNIT OF TEN VAN TRUCKS IS
DEPLOYED NEARBY. ADDITIONAL PALLET LOADING IS IN PROGRESS IN
THE AIRBORNE ASSAULT GUN VEHICLE PARK. OTHER ACTIVITY INCLUDES
PARACHUTE PACKING OPERATIONS ON THE PARADE FIELD (APPROXIMATELY
20 PARACHUTES AND 50 PERSONNEL ARE PRESENT) AND A PROBABLE
BATTALION OF TROOPS IN FORMATION AT ONE OF THE BARRACKS.
(SWN) PALLET OPERATIONS INVOLVING A FEW PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE
NORMAL; HOWEVER, TODAY'S OPERATIONS ARE MORE EXTENSIVE THAN
THOSE USUALLY OBSERVED. THIS LEVEL OF ACTIVI
TY IS UNUSUA
L AND
MAY BE RELATED TO THE PRESENCE OF TWO CANDID TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
WHICH WERE AT CHERVONO-GLINSKOYE AIRFIELD
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12 FEBRUARY AND HAD DEPARTED BY TODAY. CANDID ARE NOT NORMALLY
AT CHERVONO-GLINSKOYE WHICH SUPPORTS THE 98TH. ALSO, NO
UNUSUAL ACTIVITY WAS SEEN ON TODAY'S IMAGERY OF BOLGRAD
AIRFIELD SOUTHEAST
98TH GUARDS
WHICH ALSO
SUPPORTS TH
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