SUMMARY OF AIR FORCE DEVELOPMENTS PEKING MILITARY REGION APRIL 1974 - MAY 1975 CHINA

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NTERPRETATION
REPORT
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
SUMMARY OF AIR FORCE DEVELOPMENTS
PEKING MILITARY REGION
APRIL 1974 - MAY 1975
CHINA
AUGUST 1975
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SUMMARY OF AIR FORCE DEVELOPMENTS, PEKING MILITARY REGION,
APRIL 1974 - MAY 1975
1. This report summarizes the major air developments in the Peking Military Region (PMR)
A table lists all of the
airfields in the PMR, the aircraft count at each airfield on the latest coverage, and units occupying
the airfields. The report also contains a location map and three photographs.
2. several important developments were observed at airfields
in the PMR (Figure 1 and Table 1). Significant changes in aircraft order-of-battle (AOB) were noted
at seven airfields, new construction activity was observed at three airfields, and surface-to-air
missile-(SAM) and cruise-missile-related activity was evidenced at three airfields.
Aircraft Deployments
3. Three FARMER and three FRESCO were observed at Ta-tung/Ching-shui-ho Airfield (item
9, Figure 1 and Table 1) in June 1974, which was the first observation of fighters at this field
since 1966. The fighters were not present on subsequent coverage in October 1974, indicating that
they were probably either in transit or temporarily assigned to the airbase.
4. Elements of a fighter/bomber regiment of FANTAN A were observed at Ling-chiu Airfield
(item 10) for the first time in November 1974. The FANTAN A aircraft were presen~
rid are probably permanently assigned here. The field now houses one fighter and
one fig ter/ omber regiment.
5. Six FISHBED were identified at Chang-chia-kou Airfield Southeast (item 11) in November
1974. This was the first time since March 1973 that FISHBED have been sighted there. A corresponding
decrease in FISHBED was noted at Yung-ning Airfield (item 15), where a small detachment of eight
FISHBED had been stationed. A regiment of FARMER aircraft was also sighted at Chang-chia-kou
in November 1974. Twenty-two FARMER were present on 1 November 1974. This is the highest
count of FARMER observed here since October 1973, when two FARMER were sighted.
6. Two FISHBED were observed at Tung-hsien-chung Airfield (item 24) for the first time
This sighting of FISHBED corresponds in time to the probable redeployment
of the six FISHBED from Yung-ning to Chang-chia-kou Southeast and may be related.
FARMER aircraft at Tung-hsien-chuang had decreased to 49 from a previous high of 65
7. Between August and November 1974, shortly after the FISHBED detachment had left
Yung-ning Airfield, a regiment of FARMER was deployed to Yung-ning. A total of 26 FARMER
were observed there for the first time
8. Since the initial delivery of Soviet CURL (AN-26) aircraft to China in mid-1974, the CURL
has been sighted at three airfields in the PMR. Two CURL were seen at Pi-ko-chi Airfield (item
7) in late October 1974 and three CURL were seen at Liang-hsiang Airfield (item 13) in November.
The three CURL at Liang-hsiang have been observed regularly and are probably assigned there with
two COKE (AN-24). The bort numbers on the wings of the CURL have been identified as 744,
745, and probably 748. One CURL was identified in November 1974 at Pei-ching Airfield Capital
(item 17), where new aircraft from foreign manufacturers are usually delivered. This aircraft has
been observed in the aircraft maintenance area at this field since its initial sighting.
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FIGURE 1. LOCATIONS OFAIRFIELDS, PEKING MILITARY REGION, CHINA
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Item Installation Name, BE, & Coordinates
No
11
12
13
14
15
16
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Hsi-Iin-hao-te Airfield
43-55-40N 1 1 6-04-40E
No-nai-i-miao Airfield
Wu-mao-chieh Airfield
40-36-47N 108-59-38E
Tung-sheng Airfield
Pao-tou Airfield
40-33-50N 1 1 0-00-1 8E
Wu-chai Airfield North
39-03-31 N 111-44-57 E
Id
40-44-12N 1 1 1-13-45E
Hu-ho-hao-te Airfield
40-50-56N 111-49.25 E
Ta-tun /Chin -shui-ho Airfield
39-43-05N 1 13-08-38E
10 Lin -chiu Airfield
Chang-chia-kou Airfield SE
40-44-21 N 1 14-55-42E
Cho-hsien Airfield
39-2]-24N 1 1 5-59-59E
Liang-hsiang Airfield
39-45-14N 116-07-21 E
Pei-chin /Sha-ho-chen Airfield
40-08-56N 1 16-19-25E
Yung-ning Airfield
40-30-04N 116-06-25E
Feng-ning Probable Airfield
41-14-50N 116-38-20E
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7,900x 175, E/W,
concrete
Table 1. Activity at Airfields in Peking Military Region, China
(Item Nos keyed to Figure 1)
Runway Length, & Width (ft),
Orientation, & Surface
4,625 x 330 N E/SW,
graded earth
3,870 x 210, NW/SE,
graded earth
3,280 x 210, WNW/ESE,
graded earth
1,960 x 170, E/W,
sod
2,000 x 210, N E/SW,
sod
4 950 x 130, SE/NW,
concrete
8,940 x 155, NNW/SSE,
concrete
7,960x 160, E/W,
concrete
4,580 x 210, ENE/WSW,
concrete
10,490 x 210, NE/SW,
concrete
7,880 x 165, E/W,
concrete
7,590 x 160, ESE/WNW,
concrete
6,680 x 4,270,
omnidirectional, sod
6,950 x 165, NNE/SSW,
concrete
6,510 x 200, NW/SE,
concrete
con Crete
Latest AOB &
Photography
1 CRATE
May 74
None discernible
Nov 74
17 FAGOT/FRESCO
Oct 74
None discernible
Oct 74
None discernible
Oct 74
24 FAGOT
6 FRESCO
May 75
27 FARMER
8 FAGOT/FRESCO
2CURL
Oct 74
2COLT
Oct 74
18 BADGER
21 BEAGLE
3 COLT
Oct 74
18 prob FANTAN A 1 fighter regiment,
1 poss FANTAN A 1 fighter/bomber
24 prob FAGOT/ regiment
FRESCO
Nov 74
6 FISHBED 2 fighter regiments, First identificatio
22 FARMER 1 FISHBED detach- and largest number of FARMER seen at this
28 FRESCO ment field.
1 CRATE
Nov 74
2 FAGOT/FRESCO 1 training unit Probable training field. High count of 26 HOUND
1 FAGOT
2 COLT
21 MAX/MOOSE
24 HOUND
Nov 74
3CURL
2 COKE
May 75
1 COOKPOT 1 transport unit
2 CAB
8 HIP-C
18 HOUND
Nov 74
26 FARMER
6 FAGOT/FRESCO
Nov 74
None discernible
Nov 74
Units
1 transport unit
Transport field
None Transport-commercial field
None Transport-commercial field
1 fighter regiment
None Transport-commercial field
None Transport-commercial field
2 fighter regiments Probable training field
1 fighter regiment CURL first observed in
None Transport-commercial field
Remarks
2 bomber regiments Three FNMER and three ESCO were ob-
served i hese were the
first fighters observed here since 1966.
FANTAN A were first observed here in Nov
Transport field. First CURL observed here
First Super Frelon observed here in
ipment was
seen here in
1 fighter regiment Twenty-six FARMER observed here for the first
tim The 4-8 FISH BED
usually seen here have probably been redeployed.
No runway construction noted since airfield
first identified.
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No
18
40-04-24N 1 1 6-35-43E
Pei-ching/Hsi-chiao Airfield
39-57-28N 1 1 6-15-22E
19 Pei-chin Nan- uan Airfield
39-46-52N 1 1 6-23-1 OE
20 Pei-ching/Tung-hsien Airfield
21 Wu-ching Airfield
0
39-22-21 N 117-05-26E
22 Wu-chin East Highway Strip
39-22-05N 117-09-50E
23 Cheng-te Airfield
0
40-57-OON 117-57-23E
24 Tun -hsien-chuang Airfield
40-05-51N 117-53-12E
25 Tang-shan Airfield NW
39-39-1 6N 1 1 8-08-1 2E
26 Ping-chtian Airfield
27 Shan-hal-kuan Airfield
28 Huang-ko-chuang Airfield
39-24-/IN 118-08-//E
29 Tien-ching/Chang-kueichuang Airfield
39-07-08N 117-20-49E
30 Tana-kuan-tun Airfield
38-46-49N 117-03-57E
31 Tsang-hsien Airfield
38-24-09N 1 1 6-55-42E
32 Tirig-hsing Airfield
39-15-13N 115-49-58E
33 Pao-zing Airfield
38-49-54N 115-31-18E
34 Pao-ting Airfield West
Runway Length, & Width (ft),
Orientation, & Surface
10,900 x 260, N/S,
concrete
6,600 x 165, N/S,
concrete
concrete
7,240 x 205, NIS,
concrete
concrete
6,065 x 75, ESEIWNW,
graded earth
macadam;
macadam
7,395 x 155, N E/SIN,
concrete;
concrete
concrete
concrete
2,100 x 230, NNW/SSE,
sod
concrete
concrete
8,530 x 260, NNW/SSE,
concrete
NNW/SSE,
NW/SE,
NNW/SSE,
8,280x 245, NE/SW,
concrete
6,200 x 4,475,
omnidirectional, sod
24 MAX/MOOSE
Jan 75
3,500 x 1,500, NE/SW, None discernible None
sod May 75
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Runway Length, Width (ft), Latest AOB & Units Remarks
Orientation, & Surface
8,260 x 230, NW/SE,
concrete
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7,250 x 165, NE/SW, 34 FAGOT/FRESCO 2 fighter regiments
concrete 31 FARMER
3COLT
Nov 74
6,400 x 6,000,
omnidirectional, sod
6,600 in diameter,
omnidirectional, sod
6,500 x 4,725,
omnidirectional, sod
8,245 x 160, ENE/WSW,
concrete
concrete
concrete
concrete
concrete
concrete
1,985 x 175, NIS,
sod
concrete
4,900 x 200, N/S,
concrete
7,860 x 155, ENE/WSW,
concrete
4,955 x 235, NW/SE,
graded earth
5,850 In diameter
omnidirectional, sod
2,900x 115, N E/SW,
graded earth
8,235 x 200, N E/SW,
concrete
Photography
44 MAX/MOOSE
52 MAX/MOOSE
Nov 74
17 MAX/MOOSE 1 training unit Probable training field
18 MAX/MOOSE
fuselages
Nov 74
40 FAGOT/FRESCO 2 fighter regiments
3 COLT
Nov 74
18 BEAGLE
Oct 74
4 CAB
5 CRATE
1 HIP-C
Oct 74
None discernible 1 training unit Probable training field. Usual AOB consists of 2
Oct 74 BEAGLE, 2 BAT, & 9 FAGOT/FRESCO.
ENE/WSW, None discernible This field has not yet been occupied. The aircraft
7t storage tunnels are large enough to accommodate
BADGER.
11 FRESCO
32 FAGOT
2CAB
Oct 74
57 MAX/MOOSE
Oct 74
None discernible
Oct 74
61 MAX/MOOSE
Oct 74
8,270 x 230, NNE/SSW, 62 FAGOT
2 CAB
1 COLT
4 MAX/MOOSE
Oct 74
25 COLT
Apr 75
7 HIP-C
11 HOUND
2 prob HOUND
Nov 74
5 BADGER
2 BEAGLE
2 MASCOT
Apr 75
None discernible
Nov 74
3 FISHBED
28 FARMER
18 FAGOT/FRESCO
Nov 74
1 training unit Probable training field
1 training Unit Probable training field
1 bomber regiment
1 transport Unit Transport field
2 fighter regiments
1 training unit Transport field
1 transport unit Transport field
2 bomber regiments R were present in Aug
None Transport-commercial field. Returned to
agriculture.
2 fighter regiments
Probable training field. A four-position CSA-1
site was field deployed at this field
and was abandoned by
1 training unit Training field
1 training unit Training field. Usual AOB is 19 MAX/MOOSE.
1 training unit Training field
2 fighter regiments
Table 1. (Co
ntinued)
Latest AOB &
Photography
Units Remarks
Item Installation Name, BE, & Coordinates
No
4 CLASSIC
1 transport unit Transport/cargo, terminal/international field. One
35 Tung-lin-chuan Airfield
7 Boeing 707
('I 10 I -fn ',r H IP-C first identified here in Nov
2 Trident
A new runway is under construction
39-08-52N 115-17-14E
5 COOT
parallel to the main runway. The initial grading
1 Viscount
was 11,765 by 775
1 CURL
36 Kao-cheng Airfield
5COKE
6 CRATE
1 CAB
37-59-31N 114-46-14E
37 Yuan-shih Airfield
Jan 75
37-46-37N 1 14-34-09E
5 Trident
1 transport unit Transport-cargo, terminal field.
38 Kao-l Airfield
6 COOT
3 COKE
2 CRATE
Nov 74
37-31-49N 1 14-36-33E
39 Shih-chia-chuang/Ta-kuo-tsun
15 COKE
1 transport unit Supports guided missile development center, Run-
Airfield
8 CRATE
way is being extended and new parking aprons added.
Jul 74
38-04-50N 1 14-24-52E
40 Hsin.hsien Airfield
2CAB
1 transport unit Transport field
25 COLT
38-35-55N 1 1 2-58-06E
19 HOUND
41 Tai-yuan/Wu-su Airfield
Nov 74
37-45-05N 1 1 2-37-1 9E
29 FARMER
27 FAGOT/FRESCO
2 fighter regiments
42 Tai.yuan/Chin-hsien Airfield
Nov 74
37-49-40N 1 1 2-33-34E
None discernible
None Transport-commercial field
43 Wen-shui Airfield
Nov 74
None discernible
None Transport-commercial field. One CSA-1 missile
44 Yung-chi Airfield
Aug 74
transporter was near north end of runway in
34-52-19N 1lO-21-49E
52 FARMER
2 fighter regiments First identification of FISHBED at this field
8 FAGOT/FRESCO
45 Yun-cheng Airfield NW
4 COLT
1 CAB
Jan 75
35-03-09N 1 1 0-56-30E
46 An-I Airfield
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20 FARMER
23 FAGOT/FRESCO
4] Chu.wu Airfield
Nov 74
35-39-42N 1 1 1-24-48E
None discernible Under cOnstruction
48 Lin-fen Airfield
Jun 74
3b-U2-3.3N 1 ii -29-37E
10 BEAGLE 1 bomber regiment
Feb 74
None discernible None Trans
ort-commercial field
49 Chang-chih Airfield
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Nov 74
36-14-48N 113-07-48E
None discernible None Under construction since Jun 74.
Nrsi 74
50 Han-tan Heliport
44 FAGOT/FRESCO 2 fighter regiments Probable training field
Nov 74
36-31-23N 1 14-25-31 E
31 FARMER 2 fi
hter re
iments Probable trainin
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51 Sha-ho Airfield
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27 FAGOT/FRESCO
1 COLT
Nov 74
35-52-53N 114-25-45E
57 FAGOT/FRESCO 2fi
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52
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1 FAGOT/FRESCO 1 training unit Probable training school
53 Ku-cheng Airfield
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9. A French Super Frelon helicopter was sighted at Liang-hsiang Airfield in January 1975.
Only on ' known to exist in China and it was sighted one other time at Ching-te-chen
Airfield in southeast China in August 1974.
10. New construction activity was noted at three airfields in the PMR during the reporting
period. A new runway paralleling the existing main runway, but west of the support facilities, was
under construction at Pei-ching Airfield Capital (Figure 2). The new runway was in the early stage
of construction, with only the initial scarring under way. No end points were visible, but the scarring
was approximately 11,765 by 775 feet*. Actual construction began after June 1974, although
preparations for the supporting construction camps and rail spur were evident earlier. The airfield
remains operational since the construction of the new runway does not interfere with existing facilities.
11. New construction was observed at Pei-thing/Nan-yuan Airfield (item 19; Figure 3), adjacent
to the Pei-ching/Nan-yuan Guided Missile Airframe Plant . The runway was being
extended at the south end to approximately 10,590 by 200 feet*. New ladder-type parking aprons
were also being added, and the existing runway was being resurfaced. When observed
the transport aircraft usually stationed there had been removed and the runway was
unserviceable. This construction activity was new since June 1974.
12. Construction also was observed at Tien-thing/Chang-kuei-chuang Airfield (item 29; Figure
4). The runway was being extended at both ends to approximately 10,655 by 205 feet*. New end
connecting links and taxiways were being added to the runway extensions, and the existing runway
was being resurfaced. The runway was unserviceable and no aircraft were observed when the field
was covered This construction began between November 1973 and June 1974.
Missile Activity
13. A four-pncitiun field-rlenlnvecl CSA-1 site was identified at Shih-chia-chuang/Ta-kuo-tsun
Airfield (item 39)L_
Also, one CSA-1 missile transporter was sighted near the north end of the runway at ieng e it ie
(item 23) in August 1974. The transporter was not present on later coverage.
14. Cruise-missile equipment was identified at Liang-hsiang Airfield in November 1974. Six
cruise-missile transporters and several other pieces of cruise-missile-associated equipment were sighted
in November 1974, with a high count of 12 transporters seen in January 1975. The transporters
and other equipment were not observed
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