RAS BANAS AIRFIELD AND MINA BARANIS EGYPT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A001800030003-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: June 13, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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RAS BANAS AIRFIELD AND MINA BARANIS
EGYPT
1. SIGNIFICANCE: RAS BANAS IS THE ONLY MAJOR EGYPTIAN AIRFIELD
ON THE RED SEA COAST SOUTH OF AS SUWAYS.
2. REMARKS: THE AIRFIELD WAS CONSTRUCTED BY THE EGYPTIAN
AIR FORCE ON THE SITE OF THE OLD MINA BARANIS
LANDING GROUND AND BECAME OPERATIONAL IN LATE
1862. ALTHOUGH AIRCRAFT ARE NOT BELIEVED TO
BE PERMANENTLY ASSIGNED TO THE FIELD, IT HAS
BEEN USED TO SUPPORT THE EGYPTIAN EFFORT IN
YEMEN. MINA BARANIS (PORT BERENICE) IS A
SMALL PORT FACILITY SERVING RAS BANAS AIRFIELD
AND THE INLAND TALC MINES.
3. LOCATION: IN SOUTHEAST EGYPT ON THE RED SEA COAST
APPROXIMATELY 140 NM EAST OF ASWAN AND 1g
NM WNW OF RAS BANAS AT 2358N o3528E. MINA
BARANIS IS LOCATED ONE NM SE OF THE AIRFIELD
AT 2355N o3528E.
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5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION:
6. NEGATION DATE: NOT AVAILABLE.
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: 2 KH-I+ MISSIONS AND 6 KH-7 MISSIONS.
8. DIMENSIONS
SPECIFICATIONS: RUNWAY: 8,125 X 150 FT, NW~SE, BLACKTOP.
g. MISSION READOUT: I I REVEALS A BLACKTOP RUNWAY
WITH A PARALLEL TAXIWAY CONNECTED AT EACH END BY A SEMICIRCULAR TAXIWAY
CONTAINING ~+ HARDSTANDS. FOUR ADDITIONAL HARDSTANDS ARE LOCATED NORTH
OF THE TAXIWAY. SUPPORT FACILITIES INCLUDE POL STORAGE AND APPROXIMATELY
35 BUILDINGS. NO AIRCRAFT OBSERVED. ONE NM SE OF THE AIRFIELD IS A
SMALL PORT FACILITY. THE MOLE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED UNDER CONSTRUCTION
APPEARS COMPLETE, THE MOLE APPEARS TO TAPPER INTO THE WATER TO FORM A
BRESTING PLATFORM. TWO BUOYS ARE OBSERVED IMMEDIATELY NE AND SE OF
THE BRESTING PLATFORM AND A LANDING IS LOCATED NNE OF THE BRESTING
PLATFORM.
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 re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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