HUSEIN SASTRANEGARA AIRFIELD BANDUNG, INDONESIA 0654S 10734E

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R000200040007-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 8, 2007
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 24, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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HUSEIN SASTRANEGARA AIRFIELD
BANDUNG, INDONESIA
0654S 10734E
1. COLLATERAL REPORTS:
A. HUSEIN SASTRANEGARA AIRFIELD IS THE AURI
(INDONESIAN AIR FORCE) MAINTENANCE DEPOT FOR
RECIPROCATING-ENGINE AIRCRAFT. THE MAINTENANCE
FACILITIES ARE FAIRLY GOOD AND THE CALIBER OF
WORK IS REPORTEDLY SATISFACTORY, ALTHOUGH
MAINTENANCE ORDINARILY TAKES FIVE TIMES AS
LONG AS IN THE USAF.
B. IN THE SPRING OF 1964, A SOVIET MILITARY
MISSION SUGGESTED THE CREATION OF A MAINTENANCE
DEPOT AT HUSEIN SASTRANEGARA FOR SOVIET-SUPPLIED
HELICOPTERS. (THE SOVIET HELICOPTERS HAVE
SUFFERED A SIEGE OF CRACKED ROTOR BLADES.)
C. OVERALL AURI MAINTENANCE WEAKNESSES INCLUDE
THE LACK OF A JET ENGINE OVERHAUL FACILITY,
THE SHORTAGES OF PARTS AND TOOLS, AND A
SCARCITY OF TRAINED PERSONNEL.
D. IN MARCH 1964, A RESERVE SUPPORT WING
CONSISTING OF FOUR GARUDA AIRWAYS (AN INDONESIAN
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COMMERCIAL AIRLINE) C-47 AIRCRAFT WAS
REACTIVATED. THE AIRCRAFT WERE STATIONED AT
HUSEIN SASTRANEGARA WHERE THEY WERE MODIFIED
TO COMBAT CONFIGURATION AND ARE NOW USED BY
AURI FOR PARATROOP TRAINING.
3. THIS BOARD IS FROM I kERTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY 25X1
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IT WAS TAKEN AT AN ALTITUDE OF 7,500 FEET.
4. THIS PHOTOGRAPHY REVEALS A 6,500 X 150 FT ASPHALT
RUNWAY, ORIENTED WNW/ESE, LOCATED 2 NM WEST-NORTHWEST OF
BANDUNG. FACILITIES INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN HANGARS,
THIRTY MAINTENANCE BUILDINGS, APPROXIMATELY THIRTY-TWO
BARRACKS-TYPE BUILDINGS, TEN ADMINISTRATION-TYPE BUILDINGS,
SEVEN LARGE STORAGE-TYPE BUILDINGS, APPROXIMATELY THIRTY-FIVE
STORAGE/SUPPORT BUILDINGS AND NUMEROUS ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS.
THE FOLLOWING AIRCRAFT WERE OBSERVED:
6 FRESCO
1 PROBABLE C-130
1 SA-16
8 C-47
1 B-25
1 B-25 (WITHOUT ENGINES)
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4 DERELICT B-25
2 DERELICT C-47
3 DERELICT PBY-S
3 DERELICT T-6
1 DERELICT HELICOPTER
1 HOUND-TYPE HELICOPTER (WITHOUT ROTORS)
S. THE MAJORITY OF THE DERELICT AIRCRAFT ARE CAMOUFLAGED
AND ARE POSSIBLY OF WORLD WAR II VINTAGE.
6. THE AIRFIELD HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN COVERED BY SEVEN
TALENT MISSIONS IN 1958.
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