PYLONS INSTALLED ON BADGERS CAM RANHI BAY AIRFIELD, VIETNAM (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: March 6, 1984
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PYLONS INSTALLED ON BADGERS
CAM RANII BAY AIRFIELD, VIETNAM (SWN)
Z-18020/84
NPIC/IEG (03/84)
6 MARCH 1984
1.. SIGNIFICANCE: THE IDENTIFICATION OF PYLONS ON BADGER AIRCRAFT
CAM R BAY AIRFIELD PROVIDES FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT THEY
ARE CAPABLE OF CONDUCTING AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE (ASM)
OPERATIONS. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: PYLONS WERE CONFIRMED UNDER THE WINGS OF FOUR OF THE
FIVE BADGER C MODIFIED STRIKE AIRCRAFT AT CAM RANH BAY
AIRFIELD. DUE TO OBLIQUITY, PYLONS WERE OBSERVED ONLY ON Till.
PORT WINGS OF THE FOUR BADGER. NO PYLONS WERE OBSERVED ON TILE
FIFTH STRIKE AIRCRAFT. THE FIVE STRIKE AIRCRAFT WERE
REPORTEDLY FLOWN TO VIETNAM IN EARLY DECEMBER 1983 WITHOUT THE
PYLONS. THE PYLONS WERE PROBABLY MOUNTED ON THE AIRCRAFT
WHEN A DOLLY AND AT LEAST NINE CRATES,
PROBABLY CONTAINING THE PYLONS, WERE OBSERVED ON THE
FLIGHTLINE IN THE VICINITY OF THE BADGERS. THE REMAINING TWO
BADGER E/J AND TWO BADGER TANKER COMPRISE THE REST OF THE
SOVIET BADGER SQUADRON. NO ASM OR SOVIET STYLE ASM SUPPORT
FACILITIES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AT CAM RANH. (SWN)
(SOUTHEAST ASIA TEAM
3. BE 0740-08403, COORDINATES 11-59-43N 109-13-25E (S)
4. COLLATERAL REFERENCES: IIR 5 376 6013 83, TU-16 BADGER C,
PROBABLE MOD'S ENROUTE CAM RANH BAY (U) 831202 (SECRET)
CIA/OIA 232215Z FEB 84, SOVIET NAVAL BADGERS EQUIPPED FOR
AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE OPERATIONS FROM CAM RANH BAY, VIETNAM
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