SNB AIR FORCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004400650003-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 30, 2004
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: February 9, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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REPORT NO_ _25X1
TOPic ,T; , A i M V n r f_- n CONFI?EIV, IAL-
EVALUATION
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DATE OF CONTENT 3 August 1949
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES---- 2 X1_
PLACE OBTAIN? D,
DATE PREPARED 9, Fe'hruenr 19517 -----
PAGES 1s ENCLOSURES (NO. u TYPE)
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REMARKS
25X1 id tl helicopter with a three-man crew of the P ILSL d (N 50/L 04)
SIN air unit landed in f;,LSTYS Z JL ANA F,JDA (LIS hGTLI} - N 50/
Q 07) at 5 p.m. on 3 August 1949. It wawa. a double hel,co ter
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2., The pilot, an SNB captain, stai.ed:
a, SNB units are now making increased use' of helicopters, par-
ticularly for border patrols. A maxis urn speed of 100 mph was
reached during the flight from PILS-~N to 7:_.ESTYS ZJ LLLNt, RUDA.
b. SNB air units equipped with T.ie-logs. and elicopters of Cze-
choslovakian design, all v?ith red angthe cowlings, were sta-
tioned in PRAT UFO, HR iiD,-,C KRALOVL ((. 51/U 71), P ILS ~N, and
C-BUDLJOVICL (0 49/Q 96). **
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a. The information that SUB air units are equipped with heli-
copters is received for the first t:.me. The helicopters used
are probably a version of the FA-223 German design,, which is
manuft cared in CAKOVICE,
25X1 b? The presence of :BNB air units at tae airfields mentioned
f
was conirmed
Th s s hereby regraded to
n ^ cco;dance with the
ct~
er 1978
from the
Archivist o t.~?'..... teii gen,~e to the
he Unjted Stases.
next Revie v mate: 2008
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CON I DEN ~IAL
COUNTRY
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