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L-39 ALBATROSS DELIVERY SAN JULIAN AIRFIELD, CUBA

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP90T00784R000100100008-6
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
2
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
February 4, 2011
Sequence Number: 
8
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
December 25, 1982
Content Type: 
REPORT
File: 
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/04: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100100008-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/04: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100100008-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/04: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100100008-6 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page of I Copy' 1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A SECOND SQUADRON OF L-39 ALBATROSS CZECH-BUILT JET TRAINERS HAS PROBABLY BEEN DELIVERED TO THIS AIRFIELD. 2. (SWN) REMARKS: FIFTEEN PROBABLE PALLETIZED L-39 (ALL NOT ON GRAPHIC WHICH EQUATE TO A SQUADRON, HAVE ARRIVED PARKING SPACES TO ACCOMODATE THIS ADDITIONAL SQUADRON ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OFF THE NORTH/SOUTH PARALLEL TAXIWAY. 25X1 LOA I (SWN) THE PRESENCE OF L-39 AIRCRAFT WAS FIRST CONFIRMED IN CUBA AT THIS AIRFIELD THE FIRST SQUADRON 25X1 CONSISTING OF 15 L-39 I CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL HERE. FOURTEEN OF THE OPERATIONAL AIRCRAFT ARE PRESENT ON TODAY'S IMAGERY. (SWN) SAN JULIAN AIRFIELD, 110 NM SOUTHWEST OF HAVANA ON THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA, SUPPORTS JET PILOT TRAINING. 3.I (COORDINATES 22-05-41N 084-09-08W COMMENTS AND QUERIES REGARDING THIS BRIEFING BOARD MAY BE DIRECTED 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 Attachment to Z-11830/82 NPIC/PEG (12/82) L-39 ALBATROSS DELIVERY SAN JULIAN ATRFTF.i T) CUBA SECRET 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/02/04: CIA-RDP90T00784R000100100008-6
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