FLOGGER DEPLOYMENT BUREVESTNIK AIRFIELD, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91T00712R000100230006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 16, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 28, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE DEPLOYMENT OF FLOGGER TO THIS AIRFIELD
SIGNIFICANTLY UPGRADES SOVIET AIR DEFENSE CAPABILITY IN THE
SOUTHERN KURIL ISLANDS. (SWN)
25X1
2. REMARKS: A FLOGGER FIGHTER SQUADRON OF 14 AIRCRAFT HAS
DEPLOYED TO BUREVESTNIK AIRFIELD WHICH IS 105 NM NORTHEAST OF
HOKKAIDO ISLAND, JAPAN, THE FLOGGER, 25X1
10 WITH WINGS SWEPT FORWARD IN THE FLIGHT-READY POSITION, ARE
ON THE OPERATIONAL APRON. (SWN)
BUREVESTNIK AIRFIELD HAS PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED ROTATIONAL
DEPLOYMENTS OF FISHBED FIGHTER AIRCRAFT FROM DOLINSK/SOKOL
AIRFIELD 240 NM TO THE NORTHWEST ON SAKHALIN 25X1
ISLAND. HOWEVER, AIRFIELD RENOVATION ONGOING AT BUREVESTNIK
SINCE MAY 1983 HAS INDICATED THAT FIGHTER AIRCRAFT MORE CAPABLE
THAN FISHBED WOULD BE DEPLOYED HERE. THE FLOGGER PROBABLY
DEPLOYED FORM DOLINSK/SOKOL WHERE FLOGGER HAD REPLACED THE
FISHBED (SWN) 25X1
BUREVESTNIK AIRFIELD, ON ITURUP ISLAND IN THE SOUTHERN KURIL
CHAIN, SUPPORTS AIR DEFENSE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT AND A COMBAT
SUPPORT HELICOPTER SQUADRON IN THE FAR EAST MILITARY DISTRICT.
(~WN )
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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FLOGGER DEPLOYMENT
BUREVESTNIK AIRFIELD, USSR
SFr-RFT
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