NEW HELIPORT UNDER CONSTRUCTION SZPROTAWA AIRFIELD, POLAND (SANITIZED)

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NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]

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CIA-RDP90T00784R000100240003-6

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December 28, 2016

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February 3, 2011

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June 7, 1982

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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/03 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000100240003-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/03 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000100240003-6 -- - ~ Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/03 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000100240003-6 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPAR E REPLY APPRDVAI DISPATCH RECOM MENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET (Security Classification) (See, inside cover) CONTROL NO. Z-15238/82 NPIC/IEG (6/82) COPY_ OF 49 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/03 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000100240003-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/03 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000100240003-6 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ... This Information has been Authorized for Release to .. . Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/03 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000100240003-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/03: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100240003-6 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Copy 1.(S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: NEW HELICOPTER UNIT DEPLOYMENT TO NGF, POLAND. 2. (S/D) REMARKS: A HELIPORT IN EARLY STAGES OF CONS OBSERVED OFF THE WESTE RN END OF SZPROTAWA AIRFIELD 25X1 ON IMAGERY CONSTRUCTION CONSISTS 0 R iJ R 25X1 FOR A STOL RUNWAY, L TAXIWAY, THREE LARGE APRONS, AND AT LEAST 17 HELICOPTER HARDSTANDS. SEVERAL PIECES OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ANP PROBABLE PIERCED STEEL PLANKING WERE OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. SZPROTAWA AIRFIELD IS CURRENTLY NOT OPERATIONAL WITH MAJOR RENOVATION TO THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAYS UNDERWAY. WHEN OPERATIONAL THE AIRFIELD WILL SUPPORT A FF.NCER- EQUIPPED FIGHTER-BOMBER REGIMENT. SZPROTAWA AIRFIELD IS 32.5 NM EAST OF THE POLAND-EAST GERD4ANY BORDER. (S/D) ANALYSTS COMMENTS -- THE NUMBER OF HARDSTANDS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT AT LEAST A SQUADRON- SIZE UNIT OF 15 TO 20 HELICOPTERS. THERE ARE NO SOVIET SQUADR.ON- SIZE HELICOPTER UNITS CURRENTLY BASED IN POLAND. THE ONLY SOVIET HELICOPTER ASSETS CURRENTLY IN POL LT HELICOPTER REGIMENT BASED AT LEGNICA AIRFIELD AND A COMBAT 25X1 ATTACK REGIMENT BASED AT BRZEG AIRFIELD THE 25X1 MOST RECENT DEPLOYMENT OF SQUADRON-SIZE HELICOPTER UNITS TO EASTE RN EUROPE HAS BEEN THE DEPLOYMENT OF HIP JAMMER UNITS TO Attachment to Z -15 2 3 8/ 8 2 NPIC/IEG (6/82) 7 JUNE 1982 NEW HELIPORT UNDER CONSTRUCTION S~PRO~'~W ATRFTELD, POLAND TO 25X1 I N HUN R 25:25X1 25X1 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 boardls) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/03: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100240003-6