HIP H ATTACK HELICOPTERS KABUL INTERNATIONAL AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 1, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 30, 1982
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOiGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
HIP H ATTACK HELICOPTERS
KABUL INTERNATIONAL AIRFIELD. AFGHANISTAN
Z-15844/82
NPIC/IEG (9/82)
1 SEPTEMBER 1982
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: HIP H ATTACK HELICOPTERS HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED-FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AFGHANISTAN.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: HIP H ATTACK HELICOPTERS WERE IDENTIFIED
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AFGHANISTAN AT KABUL INTERNATIONAL
AIRFIELD ON IMAGERY OF 0 A REVIEW OF PREVIOUS
IMAGERY INDICATES THAT HIP H HAVE BEEN IN AFGHANISTAN SINCE
AT LEAST JULY, 1980. A SQUADRON OF HIP H (12 TO 20) WAS
DEPLOYED AT KABUL (NOT ALL ON GRAPHIC). THE PRIMARY
IDENTIFICATION FEATURES OF THE HIP H INCLUDE THE LARGE
WEAPONS MOUNTS SIMILAR TO THE HIP E/F AND THE TAIL ROTOR
MOUNTED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TAIL BOOM VICE THE RIGHT
SIDE.
(SWN) ELEMENTS OF AT LEAST A SECOND HIP H SQUADRON (NOT ON
GRAPHIC) HAVE BEEN DISPERSED BETWEEN BAGRAM AIRFIELD (BE
KUNDUZ AIRFIELD
AIRFIELD Q f. HIP H HAVE ALSO BEEN OBSERVED
TEMPORARILY DEPLOYED AT ALL OTHER MAJOR SOVIET-CONTROLLED
AIRFIELDS IN AFGHANISTAN.
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