CIA Reading Room cia-rdp82-00457r009900400009-4: AIR FORCE TRAINING FIELDS

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(Co- COI; ~v T r',Y OPrrny (Soviet r~nc 2541 7PIC Air 'Force 7rainin' yields , VALUATIC N 25X1--- i LA F OB`3AINEDJ 'bATE OF CONTENT_ nrior to 17 October 12:1 25X1 .REPORT NQ DATE OBTAINED 25X1 DATE PREPARED. REFERENCES PAGES ENCLOSURES REMARKS 25)(11 - 25X1 - nk.I;m. Airfield, 25X1 25X1 Gado r izont.7o i ! o .bin ,,i.?G r c. 2 On the mc?rni,nc of 17 ~ e ~ ~epter~i-bcr 12 arc 't-back jot f i!-'rt ~ a J ers i'_i..rea at l,rownd. tar- gets at tho Schcroinrich troop trninin;; Vro mdse The tarot area was in the south :eastern corner of Lake Dr roe. `she. aiveraft a-ttackcd the to rue ~ individually one Only single shots lore fired from altitudes of 50 to 80 rriotersr, '.o other chari- Zes were observed, (1) 2_?_'; 7_9 51 lm on' 6 October 3851, jet aircraft enC.:;Edd in tar get practice at 1.nk1am airfield, followipj 10 e other from an altitude Of about 1,001 ,: cters. They approached Lhe' tar?ct from the couth in a dive and fired r, short oursta ;;5 ch plane made throe Or. 19 0eptembor, sit jet bomber S practiced bo bin at a tar '-01% area south- of :3chweinrich. The approach ; as made in level i'livht at an estimated altitude of 3,000 to 4,,000 meters, ';ach plane dropped one bomhm A c;cud caused by the explosion -.cos about thirty voters hi,h. The oa^e practice bsmbiri run was mad9 est:~matcd altitude of 2,500 to 3, 000 : betcrv o '_,;orbs were dropped, "'here was no diving or low level attack practice nor did the planes fire any weapons ?rerr the ~74Tt1'lJ..~'i 'rJeT`^ f'Qj?Cider The bombs '.!ere probably of large size t:t all sf their C3e'?.0 kn it., At 11 aam, on 5 October, three ; et bombers flying in formation. appr~oa4hed the adocr flo ,sati-7 bombing ranee, ` ? weather was clear and the nlmo flea at an by five jot bombers on 21 S0ptcr?,ber. I nations were hoard in,4_ittstoci'o l?fl ni,,;ht bombing, was, obse'rv'ed. ,opzotr Firing 7,,an ~e; o rr r ~ 5. dad; and ni;nt. J.3etrrcon 2 and porn? on 17 October, Tiring, by swept--fuck jot "very d V7 between 7 a.m. and ?, p.m. from 17 to 22 September, firing, was practiced 1w 5 to 7 swept-back Jut fighters, t: formation of nine pl ai v, flow at an csti- riated alt,itudo of 500 moters., They approached over o;gentin and turned south over Lyle ue. t s r'.ivorQ The mire area was uardod buy Soviet patrols (urine, the Approved For Release 1004/0'1128: CIA-RDP82-0045ZR009900400009-4, 25X1 fighter was o erved over r,?.opzow Sri, ; I-ae aircraft, approached from the southoast at an altitude of about X00 ;iE ,.ersv 't' ey attacked uh, targe area in fo^ma.tions of four. or five panes, (3) Kuili;lQrS(J rf 2~d ?. '-"lG'.UX'f 1.~(}?:IL17.x1?'v ivrwyl??Ga^a 25X1 flying in squadrons of nine vaircraft