SOVIET TROOP ROTATION KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

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• Publication Date: May 20, 1981
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SOVIET TROOP ROTATION
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: SOVIET TROOP ROTATION IN PROGRESS, IN
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: SOVIET TROOP ROTATION WAS IN PROGRESS AT
KABUL INTERNATIONAL AIRFIELD ON ONE IL-76 25X1
CANDID WAS THE TAXIWAY WITH 25X1
THE REAR DOOR OPEN AND TWO COLUMNS OF TROOPS WERE IN FORMATION.
ALTHOUGH CANDID ARE USED ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR THE DELIVERY
OF CARGO TO AFGHANISTAN, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY WERE
OBSERVED BEING USED IN A TROOP ROTATION. ELEVEN CARGO TRUCKS
WERE ALSO PRESENT. ADDITIONALLY, ONE AN-12 CUB WAS PARKED ON
THE CENTER CROSSOVER LINK AND TROOPS WERE BOARDING FROM EACH
SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. FIVE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL FORMATIONS,
FIVE BUSES. AND SIX CARGO TRUCKS WERE ADJACENT TO THE CUB.
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