FINBACK A CHIFENG AIRFIELD 2, CHINA (SANITIZED)
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September 10, 1982
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FINBACK A
CHIFENG AIRFIELD 2, CHINA
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1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: SECOND SIGHTING OF FINBACK A AT AN
AIRFIELD WI WIN OPERATIONALLY DEPLOYED FIGHTER UNIT.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: A FINBACK A, CHINA'S NEWEST HIGH ALTITUDE
INTERCEPTOR, IS AT CHIFENG AIRFIELD 2. THIS IS THE SECOND
SIGHTING OF FINBACK A AT AN AIRFIELD WITH AN OPERATIONALLY
DEPLOYED ~I~ER UNIT, THE FIRST SIGHTING WAS AT ANSHAN
Al FIELD , WHERE EIGHT FINBACK A WERE PRESEENT 25X1
ON PREVIOUSLY, THIS AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN 25X1
ASSOCIATED WITH PRODUCTION, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, OR
TRAINING FACILITIES. THE FINBACK A IS UNDER TOW AT THE
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST END OF THE PARALLEL PARKING APRON. NUMEROUS
PERSONNEL ARE NEAR THE AIRCRAFT.
(SWN) FINBACK A WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED IN JUNE 1970 AT XIAN
AIRFRAME PLANT YEN-LIANG 172 IT IS IN SERIES 25X1
PRODUCTION AT SHENYANG AIRFRAME PLANT 112 25X1
FINBACK A HAVE BEEN SEEN AT THE PILOT SCHOOL AT CANGXIAN
AIRFIELD SINCE JUNE 1979, AND THE AIR-RELATED 25X1
WEAPONS TEST CENTER AT SHUANGCHENGLI AIRFIELD 25X1
IN JUNE 1982.
(SWN) CHIFENG. AIRFIELD 2 IS 8 NM SOUTHWEST OF CHIFENG AND
250 NM SOUTHEAST OF THE SINO-SOVIET BORDER. THIS AIRFIELD
SUPPORTS AN AIR DEFENSE FIGHTER REGIMENT AND AN INDEPENDENT AIR
DEFENSE FIGHTER SQUADRON IN THE SHENYANG AIR DISTRICT.
3. COORDINATES 42-09-35N 118-50-27E
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