APEX (AA-7) AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE SAYQAL AIRFIELD, SYRIA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: July 26, 1982
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APEX (AA-7) AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE
SAY AL AIRFIELD, S RIA
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26 JULY 1982
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: APEX (AA-7) AIR-TO-AIR MISSILES WERE
IDENTIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SYRIA.
WERE FIRST IDENTIFIED AT SAYQAL AIRFIELD. SYRIA IS THE
SECOND COUNTRY OUTSIDE OF THE {"dARSAW PACT TO RECEIVE THE
2. (S/D) REMARKS: TWO APEX AIR-TO-AIR MISSILES WERE ON A
FLOGGER B AIRCRAFT PARKED NEXT TO AN AIRCRAFT BUNKER AT THE
EAST END OF THIS AIRFIELD, 45 NM EAST OF DAMASCUS. NINE
PROBABLE APEX CONTAINERS WEP.E ALSO OBSERVED IN THE SAD~E
AREA. THE APEX 1~1ISSILE HAS A RANGE OF 10 TO 14 NM AND IS
ASSOCIATED ONLY WITH THE FLOGGER B AND G, THE AIR
SUPERIORITY VARIANTS OF THE FLOGGER. FLOGGER B HAVE BEEN
IN THE SYRIAN INVENTORY SINCE AT LEAST JUNE 1981 WHEN THEY
APEX r4ISSIL NTIFIED IN CUBA
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COORDINATES 33-41-ION 037-13-18E.
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