POLONIA AIRFIELD MEDAN, INDONESIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A000400010007-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 1, 2006
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 8, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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POLONIA AIRFIELD
MEDAN, INDONESIA
0334N 9841E
1. COLLATERAL REPORTS POLONIA AIRFIELD LOCATED IN NORTHEAST
SUMATRA, NEAR THE STRATEGIC STRAITS OF MALACCA, AND
APPROXIMATELY 185 NM WEST-NORTHWEST OF KUALA LUMPUR
(CAPITAL OF MALAYSIA). DUE TO ITS SUPERIOR LOGISTIC
FACILITIES, JAVA HAS BEEN THE SITE OF MOST INDONESIAN
AIR ACTIVITY; HOWEVER, AIRCRAFT HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO
THE OUTER ISLANDS FOR OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND FOR
PROTECTION AGAINST ANY POSSIBLE RETALIATORY BRITISH AIR
STRIKES. THERE ARE USUALLY SEVERAL MIG-21 (FISHBED),
IL-28 (BEAGLE), AND TU-16 (BADGER) AIRCRAFT AT POLONIA.
COMINT INDICATED THREE MIG-21 AIRCRAFT LEFT FOR POLONIA
FROM ISWAi-IJUDI AT THE END OF MARCH 1964 TO JOIN THE TWO
OR THREE BADGERS AND THREE IL-28'S ALREADY DEPLOYED THERE.
THE INDONESIAN AIR ORDER OF BATTLE INCLUDES 18 MIG-21
(FISHBED) (OUT OF ORIGINAL 20 DELIVERED BY THE USSR),
24 TU-16 (BADGER), AND 23 IL-28 (BEAGLE)" AIRCRAFT.
2. COLLATERAL ALSO REVEALS THAT IN NOVEMBER 1963 A NEW
TAXIWAY WAS REPORTED TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE NORTH-
NORTHEAST END OF THE RUNWAY. THE TAXIWAY WAS TO EXTEND
SOUTH TO A NEW HARDSTAND CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING TU-16'S.
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THE FIRST 300 METERS OF THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST END OF THE
RUNWAY WAS CLOSED AND REHABILITATED FROM APRIL TO AUGUST
1964.
3. AIRFIELD HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN COVERED BY TALENT PHOTOGRAPHY
2 BADGER, 3 BEAGLE, AND 3 POSSIBLE SMALL SWEPT-WING"
AIRCRAFT.
4. THIS MISSION
7,850 X 170 FT, SERVICEABLE BLACKTOP RUNWAY, ORIENTED
NNE/SSW,. LOCATED ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF MEDAN. AIRCRAFT
OBSERVED ARE 4 TU-16 (BADGER), 1 IL-28 (BEAGLE), AND
6 MIG-_21 (F-ISHBED).
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MEDAN,, INDONESIA
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