CARANSEBES AIRFIELD

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
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• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION RFPORT
LOUNTRY Ruotan:a
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DATE D I STR.3 MA/ 1954
NO. OF PACES
NO. OF ENCLS.
SUPP. TO
REPORT NO.
1. The airfield le three tan eaat of Caransebee. It is 3,100 by 2,000 a. On the
north it is bordered by open fields and the third-class highway which connects 0breja
and DalciLig7. 0^, the south it is bordered by the Dalai-Oervesti-Caransebes
road, and by the Sebes brook, almost parellel with the,road. On the west side
there are some ruinous farmhouses. On the east the field is~bordered by the
second class road Daloi-Cicleni.
2. The ground is quite hard, but lets rain water through readily so it has a gravel
base. There is no special drainage, but as the area is a dry one, rain does not
give much trouble. The prevailing winds are west-east, except in the fall, when
there are north winds.
3. In Caraneebes, west of tho field, there are factories with chimneys 50 to 70 a
high, and about 420 m from the field itself there is a high-tension line with
tall towers.
4. The field now has: a cne-story concrete guardhouse, 6 by 10 a; a new two-story
barracks, 18 by 60 m; two two-story buildings. not quite complete, each 25 by
50 fu, for offices, already partly oooupied; five one-story barracks, each 10
by 20 in, used by the construction personnel at the field, and holding their
tools and other materiel; four concrete hangars, each 35 by 85 m, with
corrugated iron roofs, well, camouflaged; a one-story assembly hall, 20 by 40 in.
If there are radar and direction-finder stations, they have not been observed.
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5. The fields munitions depot is in a growth of young tress, north of the field.
It is concrete and underground. Even flying personnel are not allowed to visit
it, and a special crew handles all munitions.
6. The fuel dump is also north of the field, one ka west of the munitions magazine.
This also is in a giath of young trees. It consists of six underground tanks,
each of 20 cubic m capacity. There is an underground pipeline to the assembly
hall, and it is prolonged to provide outlets in front of the hangars. There is
a small oil storage tank next to the assembly hall.
7. A new and very modern radio station is included in the two new buildings under
construction. It did not begin operation until February 1954, 'and in the meanwhile
radio traffic was handled by a radio car, established near Dalai.
8. The runway, of concrete 20 cm thick, is 70 x 1,500 m running in an east-went
direction. In front of the hangars is an apron, witi, foundations 40 an deep,
covered with-15 cm of concrete. Along the runway are red lamps, and there is
a big reflector on top of the north hangar. There are e,dditional obile
reflectors on cars, usually at the east side vi''ktis 't'td'1`d'. LOrt tNWINfteotors
are used in night landings.
9. The field is now occupied by a fighter training school, with 70 to 75 air offioern,
and 360 to 380 air NOOs. The school is under combined management of the Soviot
and Rumanian Air Forces.
10. It has eight to ten training machines, including some biplanes, six LI-2s, 24 Mlas,
22 YAXs of various typos. The auto park includes 11 passenger oars,.three 12
passgn4Ar.bugqp, two radio oars, two ambulances, three tank trucks, four large
trucks.
11. Training is carried on both at night and day. When the MIAs are flown they are
rarely aloft for more than 15 to 20 minutes. The LI-2s are used by parachutists.
There were parachute exercises on a considerable scale in the summer and fall of
1953.
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