STATUS OF AW/GCI RADAR SITES PHUC YEN AIRFIELD AREA, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000800050006-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: May 16, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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16 MAY 1967
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STATUS OF AW/GCI RADAR SITES
PHUC YEN AIRFIELD AREA, NORTH VIETNAM
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS THE STATUS OF AW/GCI RADAR SITES
IN THE VICINITY OF PHUC YEN AIRFIELD.
SITE (DEPICTED ON MAP BUT NOT ON GRAPHIC), LOCATED AT 2110N 10547E
(UTM WJ826408), WHICH WAS OCCUPIED BY A PROBABLE BAR LOCK RADAR, A SIDE
NET RADAR, AN UNIDENTIFIED PROBABLE RADAR, AND AT LEAST EIGHT RADAR
VANS ON PHOTOGRAPHY OF JANUARY 1967, HAS BEEN ABANDONED.
BAR LOCK AND SIDE NET RADARS ARE NOW OBSERVED AT THE THUY HA
RADAR SITE AT 2110N 10548E (UTM WJ833423). THIS SITE NOW CONSISTS OF
A BAR LOCK RADAR WITH END BOX ON A MOUND AT UTM WJ832426, WITH TWO
REVETTED VAN TRAILERS, ONE REVETTED VAN TRUCK, AND ONE REVETTED ANTENNA
TRANSPORT TRAILER, AND A SIDE NET RADAR ON A MOUND AT UTM WJ833422,
WITH TWO REVETTED VAN TRAILERS, A PROBABLE KNIFE REST B RADAR AND A
PROBABLE VAN TRUCK ARE LOCATED AT UTM WJ833420. AN ADDITIONAL REVETMENT,
LOCATED BETWEEN THE BAR LOCK AND SIDE NET RADARS, IS PARTIALLY OBSCURED
BY TREES.
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, Collateial Support
Division, NPIC.
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THE PHUC YEN RADAR SITE (DEPICTED ON MAP BUT NOT ON GRAPHIC),
LOCATED AT 2112N 10548E (UTM WJ833452), WHICH WAS OCCUPIED BY ONE BAR LOCK
RADAR WITH END BOX, ONE BIG BAR RADAR WITH END BOX, ONE SIDE NET, AND ONE
PROBABLE ROCK CAKE/STONE CAKE RADAR ON APRIL 1966 PHOTOGRAPHY, IS EMPTY
NOW AND HAS BEEN FOR SOME TIME.
THE DUC HAU RADAR SITE I LOCATED AT 2114N 10553E (UTM
WJ918484), WAS FIRST OBSERVED IN SEPTEMBER OF 1966 AT WHICH TIME IT CONTAINED
A BIG BAR RADAR AND A SIDE NET RADAR. EQUIPMENT AT THIS SITE HAS BEEN
SHIFTED, AND IT NOW CONTAINS A BIG BAR WITH AN END BOX ON EACH REFLECTOR
ON A MOUND AT UTM WJ913487, WITH TWO REVETTED VAN TRAILERS, ONE REVETTED
ANTENNA TRANSPORT TRAILER, ONE REVETTED VAN TRUCK WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED
PROBABLE MAST, AND A TRACKED PRIME MOVER. AN ADDITIONAL REVETTED VAN
TRUCK WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED MAST IS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE BIG BAR
AT UTM WJ915488. A SIDE NET RADAR IS LOCATED ON A MOUND AT UTM WJ91248o
WITH TWO REVETTED VAN TRAILERS, A REVETTED KNIFE REST B RADAR AND A
REVETTED VAN TRUCK ARE LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE FORMER LOCATION OF THE BIG
BAR AND SIDE NET RADARS AT UTM WJ918479. A REVETTED PROBABLE FLAT FACE
RADAR AND A REVETTED GENERATOR ARE LOCATED AT UTM WJ922487.
ALL UTM COORDINATES ARE TAKEN FROM AMS SERIES L7014, SHEET 6151 II,
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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AW/GCI RADAR SITES
PHUC YEN AIRFIELD AREA
NORTH VIETNAM
PHUC YEN AIRFIELD
-' DUC HAD RADAR SITE -
`.`~?~~-~-- 21?14N 10553E
;., THUY HA RADAR SITE
~ar 2118N 105.48E
ABANDONED TANG MY RADAR SITE
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.~ VAN TRAILER