FLOGGER DEPLOYMENT AL KHUWAYMAT AIRFIELD, LIBYA
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February 7, 2011
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Publication Date:
November 22, 1982
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REPORT
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FLOGGER DEPLOYMENT
AL K M
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IBYA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: FLOGGER INTERCEPTOR AIRCRAFT ARE OBSERVED
FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THIS RECENTLY COMPLETED JET-CAPABLE
AIRFIELD NEAR THE LIBYA-EGYPT BORDER.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: THIRTY-TWO FLOGGER ;PROBABLE E MODELS) ARE
PARKED IN ROWS ON BOTH PARKING APRONS (GRAPHICS 1 AND 2). MOST
OF THE AIRCRAFT ARE PARTIALLY SHEETED, SUGGESTING THAT THEY ARE
IN STORAGE. THE FLOGGER MAY HAVE DEPLOYED HERE FROM BENINA
AIRFIELD WHERE THE FLOGGER COUNT HAS BEEN LOW 25X1
SINCE FEBRUARY 1982.
(SWN) AL KHUWAYNAT AIRFIELD WAS IN THE
EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. A NORTHWEST/SOUTHEAST
(14/32 MAGNETIC) ASPHALT RUNWAY, A PARALLEL TAXIWAY, TWO
END-CONNECTING LINKS, THREE HIGH-SPEED EXIT RAMPS, THREE LINK
TAXIWAYS, AND TWO CONCRETE PARKING APRONS ARE NOW COMPLETE
(GRAPHIC 1). SUPPORT FACILITIES, INCLUDING A CONTROL TOWER AND
A POL STORAGE FACILITY, ARE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. NO RADAR
OR OTHER SIGNIFICANT ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT ARE OBSERVED.
(SWU) AL KHUWAYTIAT AIRFIELD, 370 NM SOUTHEAST OF BENINA, IS
75 NM WEST OF THE LIBYA-EGYPT BORDER.
COORDINATES 27-15-53N 021-36-57E
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