AL JUFRAH AIRFIELD OPERATIONAL FOR ADVANCED JET AIRCRAFT AL JUFRAH AIRFIELD, LIBYA (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 20, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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!SIGNIFICANCE: AL JUFRAH AIRFIELD, REPORTEDLY BEING
Y THE SOVIETS, HAS BECOME AN OPERATIONAL,
ADVANCED, JET-CAPABLE AIRFIELD. (SWN)
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. REMARKS: ANALYSIS( (REVEALED THAT AL
AL JUFRAH AIRFIELD OPERATIONAL FOR ADVANCED JET AIRCRAFT
AL JUFRAH AIRFIELD. LIBYA (SWN)
AIRFIELD IS OPERATIONAL AND CAPABLE OF HANDLING
,ADVANCED JET AIRCRAFT (GRAPHIC 1). IN ADDITION TO THE
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED GROUND CONTROL INTERCEPT (GCI) SITE, A
GROUND CONTROL APPROACH (GCA) SITE, CONSISTING OF AT LEAST A
ONE.EYE AND A TWO SPOT RADAR, HAS BECOME OCCUPIED
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Attachment to Z-14447-83
INPIC/IEG (12-83)
20 DECEMBER 1983
ONE AIR NAVIGATION SITE, CONSISTING OF ONE RSBN-4N
TION BEACON, HAS ALSO BEEN NEWLY OCCUPIED NEAR THE I
CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. AT THE GCI SITE, THE SIDE NET RADAR HAS
BEEN REASSESSED AS A SIDE NET/ODD PAIR (GRAPHIC 2). OTHER
AIRFLEL IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED
INCLUDED THE PAINTING OF TOUCHDOWN MARKERS ON THE
WEST-NORTHWEST (WNW) END OF THE RUNWAY AND THE PAINTING OF
!CENTER-LINE MARKERS ON ONE-QUARTER OF THE LENGTH OF THE
RUNWAY. MAJOR AIRFIELD IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN OBSERVED
,SINCE EARLY MARCH INCLUDED THE CONSTRUCTION OF 12
FOXBAT-CAPABLE AIRCRAFT BUNKERS IN THE WNW FIGHTER DISPERSAL
AREA NOT YET EARTHEN COVERED). FOUR PROBABLE MISSILE READY
BUNKERS AND FIVE PROBABLE PERSONNEL BUNKERS ARE IN VARIOUS
STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. ONE FIRING-IN-BUTT WAS IN THE FINAL
STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. IN THE BOMBER DISPERSAL AREA,
CONSTRUCTION ON 12 MEDIUM BOMBER CAPABLE REVETMENTS, SIX
PROBABLE MISSILE-READY BUNKERS AND SIX PROBABLE PERSONNEL
BUNKERS, HAVE BEEN COMPLETED OR WERE NEARING COMPLETION.
CONSTRUCTION OF TWO LARGE AIRCRAFT HANGARS NEAR THE CENTER OF
THE AIRFIELD COMPLEX, WERE.ALSO NEARING COMPLETION. THE
MISSILE STORAGE FACILITY, 1 NM EAST OF THE WNW END OF THE
-RUNWAY WAS IN THE MID TO LATE STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION.
CONSTRUCTION ON EIGHT PROBABLE STORAGE BUNKERS WAS COMPLETE OR
WAS NEARING COMPLETION AND 14 PROBABLE FUELING/CHECKOUT AND
FACILITY SUPPORT SHELTERS HAVE BEEN ERECTED ALONG ROADS WITHIN
THE FACILITY. A HIGH FREQUENCY COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY HAS
BEEN CONSTRUCTED 1 NM NORTHEAST OF THE BOMBER DISPERSAL AREA.
AL JUFRAH AIRFIELD IS 26.0 NM SOUTHEAST OF TARABULUS (TRIPOLI)
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Attachment to , Z -14 4 4 7- 8 3
NPIC/IEG (12-83)
20 DECEMBER 1983
AND 120 NM SOUTH OF THE GULF OF SIDRA. (SWN)
ANALYST COMMENTS--A GCI SITE HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY
IDENTIFIED AT AIRFIELDS IN LIBYA; HOWEVER, THEY ARE COMMONLY
;SEEN AT WARSAW PACT AIRFIELDS. THIS IS FURTHER EVIDENCE OF
SOVIET INVOLVEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS AIRFIELD.
(SWN)
COORDINATES 29-13-OON 016-00-OOE (S)
,4. REFERENCE:
NPIC IAC 527 FOR 14 DECEMBER 1983, ITEM 3. (SWN)
NPIC/IEG BRIEFING BOARD, Z-12984/83, 25 MARCH 1983. (SWN)
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