BACKFIRE C WITH KITCHEN ASM POLTAVA AIRFIELD, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: June 8, 1982
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BACKFIRE C WITH KITCHEN ASM
POLTAVA AIRFIELD, USSR
3 JUNE 1982
(S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: THE KITCHEN AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE
(ASM) LOAD FOR THE BACKFIRE C WAS CONFIRMED AT POLTAVA
AIRFIELD ON IMAGERY
(S/D) REMARKS: A BACKFIRE C WAS OBSERVED FOR THE FIRST
TIME WITH TWO KITCHEN ASM MOUNTED ON THE WING GLOVE WEAPON
PYLONS IMAGERY OF POLTAVA AIRFIELD. TWO BACKFIRE 25X1
B WITH KITCHEN WERE NEARBY. A BACKFIRE C HAD BEEN OBSERVED
HERE WITH ONE PROBABLE KITCHEN MOUNTED UNDER THE WINGF 25X1
LOA I
(S/D) ADDITIONALLYI I A NEW HIGH COUNT OF 15 25X1
BACKFIRE C WAS OBSERVED AT POLTAVA. TEN BACKFIRE B WERE
ALSO PR THE PREVIOUS HIGH COUNT OF 14 BACKFIRE C WAS 25X1
PRESENT COVERAGE OF KAZAN AIRFRAME PLANT
GORBUNOV 22 = INDICATED THAT ONE 25X1
BACKFIRE C HAD DEPARTED THE PLANT 25X1
(S/D) PROBABLE PRE-FLIGHT ACTIVITY WAS ALSO IN PROGRESS AT
POLTAVA TWO BACKFIRE B WERE TAXIING TOWARD THE 25X1
EASTERN END OF THE RUNWAY. SEVEN BACKFIRE C (INCLUDING THE
ARMED AIRCRAFT) AND TWO BACKFIRE B WERE BEING SERVICED BY
GSE.
(S/D) POLTAVA AIRFIELD SUPPORTS A BACKFIRE B/C ASM REGIMENT
AND A BADGER RECONNAISSANCE REGIMENT SUBORDINATE TO THE
SMOLENSK AIR ARMY.
3. I COORDINATES 49-37-41N 034-29-20E
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