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NEW AIRFIELD UNDER CONSTRUCTION BORDJ MOKTAR AIRFIELD, ALGERIA(SANITIZED)

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP90T00784R000200400004-6
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RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
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4
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
March 9, 2011
Sequence Number: 
4
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Publication Date: 
December 21, 1982
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/09 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000200400004-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/09 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000200400004-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/09 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000200400004-6 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPAR E REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOM MENDATION COMMENT FILE RETUR N CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FRONT: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE NPIC/IEG (12/82) COPY OF SECRET (Security Classification) (See inside cover) Z-17185/82 39 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/09 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000200400004-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/09 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000200400004-6 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or 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 2011/03/09 :CIA-RDP90T00784R000200400004-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200400004-6 SECR ET 1c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Copy Attachment to Z-17185/82 NPIC/IEG (12/82) 21 DECEMBER 1982 NEW AIRFIELD UNDER CONSTRUCTION BORDJ MOKTAR AIRFIELD, ALGERIA 1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: ANEW AIRFIELD WAS OBSERVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN SOUTHERN ALGERIA NEAR THE MALI BORDER ON IMAGERY 2. (SWN) REMARKS: BORDJ MOKTAR AIRFIELD WAS NEWLY IDENTIFIED 6 NM NORTHEAST OF THE ALGERIA-MALI BORDER AND 3 NM NORTH OF BORDJ tdOKTAR. THE AIRFIELD, WHICH WAS NOT OPERATIONAL, CONSISTS OF ONE EAST/WEST RUNWAY, 2,240-BY 48-METERS. THE EAST END OF THE RUNWAY HAD BEEN SURFACED AND A SMALL TAXIWAY HAD BEEN GRADED FROM THE MIDPOINT OF THE RUNWAY, SOUTH TO A RECTANGULAR AIRCRAFT PARKING AREA. TRENCHING FOR AIRFIELD UTILITIES WAS OBSERVED IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY. POSSIBLE FOOTINGS AND PILINGS, PROBABLY FOR AIRFIELD SUPPORT FACILITIES, WERE ALSO OBSERVED. 3. (S) 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. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved SECRET 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/09: CIA-RDP90T00784R000200400004-6

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