UNUSUAL PRESENCE OF AIRCRAFT

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 31, 1983
• Content Type: MISC

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31 MAY 1983
UNUSUAL PRESENCE OF AIRCRAFT
L A CARRER N /NO FORN )
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A C-47 CARGO TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED
R ~R AIRFIELD IN SOUTHERN EL SALVADOR'S USULUTAN
DEPARTMENT. (SINN )
2. REMARKS: THE LIGHT-TONED C-47 AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED NEAR A
SMALL HANGAR AT LA CARRERA AIRFIELD ON 0 AT LEAST
TEN PEOPLE WERE BETWEEN THE AIRCRAFT AND THE HANGAR. (SINN)
THE AIRFIELD CONSISTS OF A DIRT LANDING STRIP APPROXIMATELY
700 BY 30 METERS AND SERVES A LARGE FARM 7.5 NM NORTH OF EL
SALVADOR'S PACIFIC COAST. ALTHOUGH THE AIRFIELD APPEARS TO
BE LIGHTLY USED, AIRCRAFT ARE NOT NORMALLY SEEN HERE. (SINN)
FEAR OF INSURGENT ATTACKS ALONG ROADWAYS CONNECTING
USULUTAN DEPARTMENT WITH EL SALVADOR'S CENTRAL REGIONS MAY
NECESSITATE THE USE OF AIRCRAFT TO BRING IN SUPPLIES, OR
FOR TRAVEL TO AND FROM TtiE FARM. ADDITIONALLY, GOVERNMENT
MILITARY FORCES THAT MAY BE OPERATING NEARBY COULD ALSO BE
USING THIS AIRFIELD FOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT. C-47 AIRCRAFT
ARE KNOWN TO BE IN TEiE SALVADORAN AIR FORCE INVENTORY.
(SINN )
THE COASTAL AREA OF USULUTAN DEPARTMENT IS REPORTEDLY USED
BY INSURGENT FORCES IN EL SALVADOR FOR AIR AND SEABORNE
RESUPPLY. THE UNUSUAL PRESENCE OF THE C-47 AT THE AIRFIELD
MAY INDICATE THIS ACTIVITY. HOIVEVER, AIR DELIVERY OF
SUPPLIES TO THE INSURGENTS IS BELIEVED TO USUALLY OCCUR AT
NIGHT, WITH THE AIRCRAFT RETURNING TO ITS POINT OF ORIGIN
BEFORE DAYLIGHT. (SWN /NOFORN)
COORDINATES 13-10-31N 088-30-25W (S)
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4. COLLATERAL REFERENCE: AFSAC OL-P, IR 1-505-0005-83,
SUSPECT ARb9S FLOW AIRFIELDS (U), 15 FEB 83 (SECRET /NOFORN)
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