LIBYA-CHAD CONFLICT

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• Publication Date: August 25, 1983
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LIBYA-CHAD CONFLICT
1. SIGNIFICANCE: LIBYAN FORCES CONTINUE TO RESUPPLY AND DEPLOY IN
LIBYA AND LIBYAN-CONTROLLED NORTHERN CHAD IN SUPPORT OF CHADIAN
DISSIDENTS. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: LIBYAN FORCES ARE AT FADA, THE SOUTHERNMOST CONFIRMED
DEPLOYMENT, AND FRENCH/GOVERNMENT FORCES CONTINUE TO DEPLOY AT
BILTINE. THE STATUS/NATIONALITY OF FORCES IN KORO TORO AND OUM
CHALOUBA CANNOT BE DETERMINED. (SWN)
LIBYAN COMBAT MANEUVER ELEMENTS HAVE RECENTLY DEPLOYED IN THE
VICINITY OF FADA AIRFIELD (GRAPHICS 2-4).
ELEMENTS OF A LIBYAN MECHANIZED (MECH) INFANTRY (INF) BATTALION
(BN), A TANK COMPANY, A PROBABLE LIGHT ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY
BATTERY, A HEAVY-LIFT UNIT AND A SUPPORT UNIT ARE DEPLOYED IN A
LARGE FAN-SHAPED AREA IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE AIRFIELD.
EQUIPMENT INCLUDES AT LEAST 14 BTR-60 ARMORED PERSONNEL
CARRIERS (APC), FOUR T-54/55 MEDIUM TANKS, TWO PROBABLE LIGHT
ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS, 15 HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTERS, AND NUMEROUS
VEHICLES/TRUCKS. (SWN)
THIS IS THE SOUTHERNMOST CONFIRMED DEPLOYMENT OF LIBYAN ARMOR
IN CHAD DURING THIS INCURSION. FADA IS APPROXIMATELY 135 NM
NORTHEAST OF THE PROBABLE GOVERNMENT/FRENCH-CONTROLLED TOWN OF
ARADA.
(SWN)
ELEMENT
S OF A LIBYAN
ME
CH INF COMPANY ARE DEPLOYED IN THE
VICINIT
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REMAIN AT OGOUI MILITARY CAMP 1 (BE
S TO GROUND FORCE DEPLOYMENTS HAVE
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HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTERS (ONE WITH A POSSIBLE HORIZONTAL
POL/WATER TANK) AND NUMEROUS TRUCKS/LAND ROVER-TYPE VEHICLES
REMAIN IN THE AREA. AT LEAST THREE PROBABLE MEDIUM TANKS
REMAIN DEPLOYED IN DEFENSIVE POSITIONS AROUND OGOUI AIRFIELD
. AIR ORDER-OF-BATTLE (AOB) INCLUDES FIVE 25X1
SF.260 LIGHT-ATTACK AIRCRAFT, ONE CH-47 MEDIUM HELICOPTER, AND
TWO HIND ATTACK HELICOPTERS. ONE SF.260 LIGHT-ATTACK AIRCRAFT
HAS DEPARTED SINCE (SWN) 25X1
FRENCH/CHADIAN GOVERNMENT FORCES ARE DEPLOYED IN TOWN JUST EAST
OF BILTINE AIRFIELD (GRAPHIC 5). AT LEAST 32 25X1
TRUCKS, SIX JEEPS, AND AT LEAST 40 OTHER VEHICLES ARE DISPERSED
THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. APPROXIMATELY 15 VEHICLES WERE HERE ON 0 25X1
NO AIRCRAFT ARE PRESENT. (SWN) 25X1
FOUR SF.260 LIGHT-ATTACK AIRCRAFT, ONE C.222T LIGHT TRANSPORT,
AND TWO TWIN OTTER LIGHT UTILITY AIRCRAFT HAVE ARRIVED AND FOUR
FISHBED FIGHTER AIRCRAFT, ONE CANDID MEDIUM JET TRANSPORT, AND
TWO C-130 MEDIUM TRANSPORTS DEPARTED KUFRA. AIRFIELD (BE
AOB CONSISTS OF 10 FLOGGER
FIGHTER AIRCRAFT (THREE WITH SERVICE VEHICLES NEARBY), EIGHT
FISHBED, 12 SF.260, TWO G.222T, TWO TWIN OTTER, AND TWO SUPER
FRELON MEDIUM HELICOPTERS. (SWN)
ONE POSSIBLE LIBYAN ARAB AIRLINES 707 AND ONE C.222T HAVE
ARRIVED AND ONE SF.260 HAS DEPARTED SEBHA AIRFIELD (BE
THE CANDID REMAINS IN THE SAME
POSITION OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. ONE OF THE THREE CURL IS
ON THE AUXILIARY RUNWAY. OTHER AOB INCLUDES THREE BLINDER, 19
FOXBAT (TWO HAVE SERVICE VEHICLES NEARBY), 21 SF.260, ONE
C-130, FOUR F.27, THREE TWIN OTTER, TWO CH-47, TWO BUSINESS
JETS, AND THREE STRAIGHT-WING AIRCRAFT. THIRTEEN BTR-60 APC
(12 ON TRANSPORTERS) ARE IN THE ASSEMBLY AREA NORTH OF THE
AIRFIELD. TWO OF THE FIVE ETR-60 APC NEAR THE SECURED PARKING
APRON HAVE DEPARTED (SWN)
3. BE N/A, COORDINATES N/A
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