AIRFRAME PLANT PEIPING, CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A001600020003-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 17, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: February 24, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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AIRFRAME PLANT
PEIPING, CHINA
2. REMARKS:
CONSIDERABLE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IS
EVIDENT THROUGHOUT THE PLANT AREA. THE
PLANT CONTAINS STRUCTURES WHICH COULD
POSSIBLY ASSOCIATE IT WITH MISSILE PRO-
DUCTION.
IN :TUNE 1959 THE PEIPING AIRFRAME PLANT
CONTAINED 1,208,825 SQ FT OF FLOORSPACE.
BETWEEN JUNE 1959 AND AUGUST 1962, DESPITE
THE WITHDRAWAL OF SOVIET TECHNICIANS AND
THE MATERIAL SHORTAGES CAUSED BY TIM "GREAT
LEAP FORWARD," AN ADDITIONAL 1,787,325 SQ
FT WERE CONSTRUCTED. BETWEEN AUGUST 1962
AND SEPTEMBER 1965 ANOTHER 680,125 SQ FT
WERE ADDED FOR A TOTAL OF 3,676,275 SQ FT.
7.5 NM SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF PEIPING AND
ADJACENT TO THE PEIPING/NAN-YUAN AIRFIELD
AT 39148N 11625E .
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing beard(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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5. FIRST IDENTIFIED:
6. NEGATION DATE:
7. SLMSEQJENT COVERAGE:
8. DIMENSIONS/
SPECIFICATIONS:
180 FT. HIGH BAY SECTION: 195 X 110 X 75 FT.
PROBABLE HYDROSTATIC TEST TOWER: 4O X )+O X
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Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
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BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN ADDED SINCE
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9. MISSION READOUT:
LONG RAIL CARS, APPROXIMATELY I I ARE ADJACENT TO THE TRANS- 2
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I ONE OF THESE,
AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE TEST BUILDING, CONTAINS 2 ENGINE TEST CELLS. CON-
STRUCTION ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE THROUGHOUT THE PLANT AREA. THREE
IDENTIFIED AS A PROBABLE VERTICAL ASSEMBLY BUILDING AND A PROBABLE
ASSOCIATE THIS PLANT WITH MISSILE PRODUCTION. THE TWO STRUCTURES ARE
A REANALYSIS OF PHOTOGRAPHY HAS REVEALED TWO STRUCTURES WHICH COULD
NEITHER OF THESE STRUCTURES WAS PRESENT ON
AUGUST 1962; HOWEVEE, ON BOTH BUILDINGS 2
APPEARED TO BE IN THE LATE STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION.
THE FOLLOWING AIRCRAFT WERE OBSERVED AT PEIPING/NAN-YUAN AIRFIELD:
3 BEAGLE
1 FARMER
41 FAGOT
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical 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.
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AIRCRAFT
96 FARMER
2 CRATE
2 CAB
2 COLT
3 CREEK
4 HOUND
1 HARE
2 FARMER FUSELAGES
5 PROB FARMER FUSELAGE
SHIPPING CRATES
5 PROB FARMER WING
SHIPPING CRATES
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
ODESSA/FONTAN AIRFIELD
ODESSA, USSR
46-25N 30-42E
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FUSELAGES
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