SWATOW AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05694A000200540004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 11, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: October 26, 1955
• Content Type: IM

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PHOTO INTELLIGENC ; MEMORANDUM
SWATOW AIRFIELD
23?22'N - 116?I3'E
GP/I-134
26 October 1955
Declass Review by
NIMA/DOD
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Research and Reports
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t mo.> iI rf i a.1d i OI,(i Swatow* Airf i el.d) is located 1 1/2 `:J_7_ --s east
of 3watow on the north shore of Swatou rL rbor (see Photo e::lo~ .are L,
yun rays d i`he rain hard surface runway 300 t x 'L6o c or'-,_: njted
_i ,a FONT,/EWSW direction,
`Lomb crater uaina e was repaired in
and the rain runway is now considered se:rn;ice:abl_e for limited use?
t 3e ;oria sod-surface or gravel runway, 33001 x 330', oriented in
a ?7`1f1.':/SSE direction is not, serviceable..
ine sma]_1, barrack type oui.lcj have been constructed on the
runway,
y'3'uild:inejs: Of eleven bull ?in;rs located near the southwest end of
25X1 D
the main runway, nine consist of a small haangar t
t
wo s
orage
;sheds 25' x 1,5', two small barrack tylie buildinmrs and four sma" 1 sheds,
uo onus's-ory 3ui idi r~;-;a 90' x 40' are of recent construction a.s indi
d by photo-Pre-0
hy dated
I'h barracks area on the secondary runway consists of six buildings
7?' x 351. to buildings aid one building 25, x I t:#,
'ie ferises s 1he airfield is currently de fended by a four cn;n medium
`)atter, r - nd a searchl.i.==ht,
+ iii i oral Install.a.t a ons s "o additional. 1 n: Lel'3;; ti. srxs wer:~
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in the airfield area.
CCoommee tt 't'here are no indications to date that the runway is
being lengthened. Activity within the past year has been limited to
the repair of the bone craters on the in runway, construction of
the buildings on the secondary runway, the construction of the two
buildings near the southwest end of the main runway and limited impm
provement of drainage facilities.
REFERENCESt
AI`4S,map aeries L-500 Sheet No, NF 50.2.
USAF Aeronautical Approach Chart 614 BI.
Airfields and Seaplane Stations of the World, Volume No. 31.
Aerial photographic coverage as recent as
has been used in the preparation of this report.
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