BLUE SPRINGS(Sanitized) PHUC YEN AIRFIELD NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000200030010-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: July 22, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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25X1 REFERENCE: BLUE SPRINGS I ATTACHMENT TO L-1261
22 JULY 1966
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PHUC YEN AIRFIELD
NORTH VIETNAM
2113N 10548E
0
NM NORTH-NORTHWEST OF HA NOI.
3. MISSION READOUT:
(SEE NPIC BRIEFING BOARD K-9546 FOR COMPARISON)
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS THE CONTINUING HIGH LEVEL OF ACTIVITY
AT PHUC YEN AIRFIELD, THE MOST ACTIVE MILITARY AIRFIELD IN NORTH VIETNAM.
2. LOCATION:
THE AIRFIELD IS LOCATED 5.8 NM EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PHUC YEN AND 12
PHOTOGRAPHY OF BLUE SPRINGS REVEALS PHUC YEN
AIRFIELD TO CONSIST OF A 9150 X 220 FT, WNW/ESE, SERVICEABLE CONCRETE
RUNWAY WITH 1200 FT OVERRUNS. FACILITIES INCLUDE A PARALLEL TAXIWAY
WITH TWO END-CONNECTING AND THREE CROSSOVER LINKS, TWO PARKING APRONS
1600 FT LONG (ONE AT EACH END OF THE RUNWAY), GCA FACILITIES, ILS, AND
MARKER BEACONS.
A HOUSING/SUPPORT AREA IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE RUNWAY CONTAINS
APPROXIMATELY FIFTY BARRACKS, ONE HUNDRED STORAGE/SUPPORT BUILDINGS, A
HANGAR, A CONTROL TOWER, AND AN OPERATIONS BUILDING.
AN AIRCRAFT REVETMENT AREA AT THE ESE END OF THE RUNWAY CONTAINS
EIGHT REVETMENTS, AND A SIMILAR AREA AT THE WNW END CONTAINS SIX
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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 ret
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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REVETMENTS. A TAXIWAY APPROXIMATELY FOUR NM IN LENGTH LEADS NORTH FROM
THE RUNWAY TO A NEW PARKING AREA WHICH CONTAINS THIRTY-TWO REVETMENTS,
AT LEAST THREE REVETMENTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND ONE FIRING-IN BUTT.
A SECURED POL AREA WITH A LOOP SERVICE ROAD APPROXIMATELY 5000
FT NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE RUNWAY CENTER CONTAINS SIX BURIED POL TANKS.
AIRCRAFT OBSERVED AT THE FIELD INCLUDE:
6 BEAGLE
17 FISHBED
29 FAGOT/FRESCO
1 HOUND
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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PHUC YEN AIRFIELD
NORTH VIETNAM
21-13N 105-48E
x ENLARGE
PIE 112 sit
t,7 h
6 BEAGLE
17 FISHBED
29 FAGOT/FRESCO
1 HOUND
14 PROD FISHBED
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