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DUMMY MIRAGE III/5 MARIANO MELGAR AIRFIELD, PERU

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP91T00712R000200360008-5
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
2
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
March 29, 2011
Sequence Number: 
8
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
October 17, 1983
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/29: CIA-RDP91T00712R000200360008-5 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/29: CIA-RDP91T00712R000200360008-5 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/29: CIA-RDP91T00712R000200360008-5 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER 1 1 Z-15378/83 Page of Attachment to NP IC/PEG (10/83) Copy DUMMY MIRAGE 111/5 MARIAN PERU 1. SIGNIFICANCE: DECEPTION ACTIVITY CONTINUES AT THIS AIRFIELD IN SOUTHERN PERU. (SWN) 2. REMARKS: ASSEMBLY OF THREE DUMMY MIRAGE 111/5 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT HAS BEGUN ON A GRADED-EARTH HARDSTAND AT THE SOUTH END OF THE RUNWAY THE FUSELAGES HAVE BEEN ASSEMBLED 25X1 AND ARE POSITIONED OVER MOCK-UP DELTA WINGS WHICH ARE FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. THE NOSE SECTIONS AND VERTICAL STABILIZERS ARE ON THE GROUND AND HAVE NOT BEEN ATTACHED TO THE FUSELAGES. THIS IS THE SECOND SIGHTING OF DUMMY EQUIPMENT HERE. TWO DUMMY SA-3 SAM SITES WERE COMPLETED EAST OF THE AIRFIELD BY E OF DUMMY EQUIPMENT HERE AND AT PISCO 25X1 , 120 NM NORTHWEST, IS PROBABLY DUE TO 25X1 CONTINUED TENSION WITH NEIGHBORING CHILE. THE USE OF DUMMY EQUIPMENT IN PERU WAS FIRST OBSERVED AT PISCO 25X1 WHEN FIVE CAMOUFLAGE-NETTED DUMMY/DERELICT CANBERRA LIGHT 25X1 BOMBERS WERE POSITIONED ON MOCK-UP HARDSTANDS. (SWN) MARIANO MELGAR AIRFIELD, 130 NM NORTH OF THE PERU-CHILE BORDER, SUPPORTS A FITTER FIGHTER-BOMBER UNIT AND OCCASIONAL MIRAGE 111/5 DEPLOYMENTS. (SWN) 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 SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/29: CIA-RDP91T00712R000200360008-5
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