DIVISIONAL FIELD COMMAND POST BAGRAM AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN - (SANITIZED)

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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 15, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 5, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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I..' SIGNIFICANCE: A SOVIET DIVISIONAL FIELD COMMAND POST WAS
IDENTIFIED AT BAGRAM AIRFIELD ON IMAGERY OF
THIS IS THE FIRST IDENTIFICATION ON IMAGERY OF A SOVIET
DIVISIONAL FIELD COMMAND POST IN EITHER THE WARSAW PACT
COUNTRIES OR AFGHANISTAN. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE DIVISIONAL FIELD COMMAND POST, WAS SUPPORTING
A MAJOR SOVIET COMBAT OPERATION IN THE BAGRAM AREA. IT
CONSISTED OF A STAFF OPERATIONS AREA, A COMMUNICATIONS
AREA, A FORWARD COMMAND POST, A. SERVICE/SUPPORT AREA, A
PARK DRIVE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SET, AND A. TWIN EAR A
TROPOSCATTER RELAY SET. THE STAFF OPERATIONS AREA
CONTAINED TWO BABOCHKA VAN TRUCKS, THREE FIELD OPERATIONS
VAN SETS, ONE RADIO VAN TRUCK (RVT), AND ONE LARGE
GENERAL-PURPOSE TENT. MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT IN THIS AREA
WAS ENCLOSED BY A VISUAL SCREEN. THE COMMUNICATIONS AREA
INCLUDED AT LEAST THREE R-409 CATS PAW, FOUR PROBABLE
R-405, AND SEVEN RVT. MOST OF THESE VEHICLES WERE
NET COVERED. THE FORWARD COMMAND POST HAD SEVEN ARMORED
COMMAND VEHICLES (FOUR BTR-60PA AND THREE BRDM), ONE R-405,
FOUR RVT, AND NINE TRUCKS. FIVE SMALL TENTS WERE ALSO IN
THIS AREA. (SWN)
THIS DIVISIONAL FIELD COMMAND POST INCLUDED ELEMENTS OF THE
108TH MOTORIZED RIFLE DIVISION'S SIGNAL BATTALION AND
COMMANDANT COMPANY FROM BAGRAM SOVIET BARRACKS AREA (BE
SERVICE AND SECURITY BATTALION FROM KABUL DEPLOYMENT AREA
SW THE PARK DRIVE SET CAME FROM THE 108TH
MOTORIZED RIFLE DIVISION HEADQUARTERS AT BAGRAM.SOVIET
BARRACKS AREA,AND THE TWIN EAR .A SET PROBABLY CAME FROM THE
COMMAND STAFF SIGNAL REGIMENT AT KABUL DEPLOYMENT AREA SW.
THE TWIN EAR A IS PROBABLY PROVIDING A LINK TO THE COMMAND
STAFF SIGNAL REGIMENT WHERE ANOTHER TWIN EAR A WAS DEPLOYED
FACING NORTH TOWARD BAGRAM ON (SWN)
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5 DECEMBER 1983
DIVISIONAL FIELD COMMAND POST
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN SWN)
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REANALYSIS OF C3 CENTERS SUPPORTING FOUR PREVIOUS MAJOR
MILITARY OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN REVEALED THAT THEY ALSO
WERE DIVISIONAL FIELD COMMAND POSTS. THESE DIVISIONAL
FIELD COMMAND POSTS WERE DEPLOYED AT BAGPAM AIRFIELD DURING
THE PANJSER VALLEY V OPERATION IN MAY-JUNE 1982, PANJSER
VALLEY VI OPERATION IN AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1982, AND THE
CHARIKAR/JABAL OS SARAJ OPERATION IN DECEMBER 1982. A
DIVISIONAL FIELD COMMAND POST WAS ALSO PRESENT AT KABUL
INTERNATIONAL AIRFIELD IN SUPPORT OF A
MILITARY OPERATION IN THE KABUL AREA IN OCTOBER 1982.
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3. COORDINATES 34-57-OON 069-16-02E (S)
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