AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH FACILITY SHENYANG, CHINA (SANITIZED)

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 30, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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Copy NPIC/IEG (12/83)
30 DECEMBER 1983
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THIS IS THE FIRST IDENTIFICATION OF A RESEARCH
FACILITY FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF FOREIGN AIRCRAFT. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: AN AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH FACILITY WAS IDENTIFIED AT A
FACILITY PREVIOUSLY TARGETED AS AREA C OF SHENYANG ARMY
DEPOT/BARRACKS HAUNG-KU-TUN NW 3.S NM SOUTF{WES25X1
OF THE SHENYANG AIRFRAME PLANT 1~~ ~ THIS AREA25X1
HAS BEEN REDESIGNATED AS SHENYANG AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH
FACILITY. THE PRESENCE OF THE CHINESE-BUILT FINBACK.A WITH A
VARIETY OF FOREIGN AIRCRAFT INDICATES THAT THIS FACILITY IS
INVOLVED IN A DIRECT STUDY OR COMPARISON OF FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY
WITH THEIR OLVN. A FINBACK A AND A SMALL STRAIGHT-tiVING JET
TRAINER WERE PRESENT AT THE FACILITY ON 25X1
ANALYSIS OF ALL AVAILABLE IMAGERY FROM SEPTEMBER 1979 TO THE
PRESENT REVEALED THAT SEVERAL DIFFERENT FOREIGN AIRCRAFT HAVE
ALSO BEEN AT THE FACILITY. THE SMALL STRAIGHT-WING JET TRAINER
WAS FIRST SEEN ON IMAGERY OF AND HAS BEEN 25X1
PRESENT ON ALL SUBSEQUENT IMAGERY; A FLOGGER FUSELAGE CRATE AND
THREE ASSOCIATED COMPONENT CRATES HAVE BEEN AT TI-{E FACILITY
SINCE AT LEAST (AND ALL SUBSE DENT IMAGERY); A 25X1
[J.S.-BUILT F-5 WAS OBSERVED ON A FRENCH-BUILT 25X1
1`1IRAGE WAS THERE ON AND, A 25X1
SOVIET-BUILT FLOGGER IVAS PRESENT ON THE 25X1
AIRCRAFT DEPICTED ON GRAPHIC 2 WERE ALL SEEN IN FRONT OF THE
SD4ALL HANGAR ANNOTATED ON GRAPHIC 1. (SWN)
INSTITUTE 601, REPORTED TO BE LOCATED IN THIS AREA.
3. COORDINATES 41-50-25N 123-22-32E (S)
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered
valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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