FROGFOOT A DEPLOYMENT USSR AND AFGHANISTAN(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: February 8, 1984
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NPIC/IEG (2/84)
8 FEBRUARY 1984
FROGFOOT A DEPLOYMENT
USSR AND AFGHANISTAN 340
1.
SIGNIFICANCE: SINCE APRIL 1981 FROGFOOT A ACTIVITY HAS BEEN
HIGHLIGHTED BY THE FORMATION OF FOUR PROGFOOT SQUADRONS IN
THE SOVIET UNION AND THE SUBSEQUENT DEPLOYMENT OF ONE OF THE
SQUADRONS TO AFGHANISTAN. ;SWN)
2. REMARKS: FROGFOOT A IS A S[NGLE-SEAT, TWIN-JET, FIXED-WING
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AIRCRAFT DESIGNED FOR CLOSE SUPPORT OF GROUND FORCES.
ARE CURRENTLY TWO OPERATIONAL FROGFOOT SQUADRONS, TWO
TRAINING SQUADRONS AND ONE TRAINING UNIT. ;SWN)
TILE FIRST OPERATIONALLY DEPLOYED FROGFOOT A SQUADRON '12
AIRCRAFT) WAS AT SITAL CHAY, AN OPERATIONAL AIRFIELD THAT
ALSO SUPPORTS PILOT CONVERSION TRAINING,
THESE AIRCRAFT WERE SUBSEQUENTLY DEPLOYED TO Si1[NDAND
AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN, WHERE TEN WERE OBSERVED ON
TILE FROGFOOT REMAINED AT SHINDAND UNTIL
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JANUARY 1984 WHEN THEY WERE TRANSFERRED TO BAGRAM AIRFIELD,
AFGHANISTAN. FOOTINGS WERE OBSERVED FOR
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THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SECURITY FENCE/BARRIER AROUND THE
FROGFOOT PARKING AREA AT BAGRAM SUGGESTING THAT THE
DEPLOYMENT IS PERMANENT. (SWN)
NO FROGFOOT WERE OBSERVED AT SITAL CRAY FROM LATE
NOVEMBER 1981 WHEN THREE WERE PRESENT.
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THE FROGFOOT AND FLAGON HAD RETURNED TO
WINGSPAN OF THE FROGFOOT A. NO INDICATIONS OF CONSTRUCTION
OF HAB TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR THE FROGFOOT A HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED AT TIRASPOL OR AT CHERVONO-GLINSKOYE AIRFIELDS.
(SWN)
HAS TYPE B HAB, TOO SMALL TO ACCOMMODATE
CHERVONO-GLINSKOYE. TEN FROGFOOT A WERE IN THE NORTH
AIRCRAFT DISPERSAL AREA IN FRONT OF HARDENED AIRCRAFT BUNKERS
,HAB) PREVIOUSLY USED BY THE FLAGON. THE FLAGON REGIMENT WAS
DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE AIRFIELD. (SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- THE FROGFOOT NOW AT CHERVONO-GLINSKOYE
PROBABLY HAD BEEN DEPLOYED TO TIRASPOL FROM TBILISI/SOGANLUG
AIRFIELD, THE FLYAWAY AIRFIELD FOR TBILISI AIRFRAME PLANT 31
WHERE THE FROGFOOT IS PRODUCED. ON
20 FROGFOOT WERE AT THE PLANT; ON
NLY SIX WERE PRESENT. CHERVONO-GLINSKOYE
FROGFOOT A WERE FIRST OBSERVED ON PARTIAL COVERAGE OF
CHIRCHIK AIRFIELD WHEN THREE WERE IN THE
HIND MAINTENANCE/REPAIR FACILITY. THREE FROGFOOT A WERE
PRESENT ON COMPLETE COVERAGE (SWN)
PRIOR TO ONE FROGFOOT A WAS NORMALLY IN THE
MAINTENANCE AREA AT MARY NORTH. SINCE THEN, FOUR TO SIX HAVE
BEEN OBSERVED IN THE MAINTENANCE AREA, ON THE AUXILIARY
PARKING APRON, OR ON THE MAIN APRON, EXCEPT ON
WHEN FOUR CANVAS-COVERED FROGFOOT A WERE IN
THE SOUTHWEST FITTER DISPERSAL AREA. THE PRESENCE OF
FROGFOOT A IN THE MAINTENANCE/REPAIR FACILITIES AT MARY
AIRFIELD NORTH AND CHIRCHIK AIRFIELD INDICATE THAT THESE
AIRFIELDS ARE PROBABLY MAINTENANCE/REPAIR FACILITIES FOR
AIRCRAFT IN AFGHANISTAN. MARY AIRFIELD NORTH IS
APPROXIMATELY 40S NM WEST, AND CHIRCHIK IS APPROXIMATELY 415
NM NORTHWEST OF BAGRAM AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN. ,SWN)
AT LEAST SEVEN FROGFOOT A HAVE BEEN AT LIPETSK AIRFIELD WEST,
PREVIOUSLY, ONLY ONE TO FOUR FR OOT A WERE PRESENT.
FROGFOOT A WERE FIRST OBSERVED AT LIPETSK AIRFIELD WEST IN
MAY 1982 WHEN THREE WERE PRESENT. (SWN)
AN ADVANCED FIGHTER TRAINING AIRFIELD,
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TWO TO FOUR FROGFOOT ARE NORMALLY AT AKHTUBINSK/VLADIMIROVKA
AIRFIELD AND AT RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER. THE NUMBER OF
FROGFOOT OBSERVED AT THE PRODUCTION FACILITY FLYAWAY AIRFIELD
AT TBILISI/SOGANLUG HAS WIDELY FLUCTUATED. A HIGH COUNT OF
20 FROGFOOT A WAS AT THE AIRFIELD ON
SUBSEQUENT COVERAGES ONLY THREE AND TWO
FROGFOOT, RESPECTIVELY, WERE PRESENT. SOME OF THESE FROGFOOT
HAD PROBABLY BEEN DEPLOYED TO TIRASPOL AIRFIELD, WHERE 11
WERE OBSERVED FOR THE FIRST TIME AND FOUR
PROBABLY HAD BEEN DEPLOYED TO LIPETSK AIRFIELD WEST, WHERE AN
INCREASE OF FOUR FROGFOOT A WAS OBSERVED
(SWN)
ONE FROGFOOT A WAS SEEN ON A REVETTED HARDSTAND AT SAKI
AIRFIELD FOR THE FIRST TIME ON ONE
OF THE TWO FROGFOOT AT SAKI WAS IN FRONT OF THE SKI-JUMP RAMP
POSSIBLY PREPARING FOR A COMPATIBILITY TEST FOR A
RAMP-ASSISTED LAUNCH. THE OTHER FROGFOOT WAS IN THE
DISPERSAL AREA NOW USED BY AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATED WITH TESTING
FOR THE CATAPULT AND THE SKI-JUMP RAMP. BOTH FROGFOOT HAD
DEPARTED THE AIRFIELD (SWN)
CIIERNOVO-GLINSKOYE
TIRASPOL
BAGRAM
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NONE (PROBABLY DEPLOYED TO
CHERVONO-GLINSKOYE)
NONE (PROBABLY DEPLOYED TO
BAGRAM)
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NPIC/IEG (2/84)
8 FEBRUARY 1984
TRAINING AIRFIELDS
SITAL CHAY
LIPETSK WEST
MAINTENANCE FACILITIES
TWO TO SEVEN FROGFOOT A
PRODUCTION AND TEST FACILITIES
TBILISI/SOGANLUG FOUR TO NINE FROGFOOT A
RAMENSKOYE F HT TEST CENTER TWO TO THREE FROGFOOT A
AKHTUBINSK VLADIMIROVKA TWO TO FOUR FROGFOOT A
THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS CLASSIFIED SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- ONE PREPRODUCTION VARIANT IS INCLUDED
IN THE TOTAL AT RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER. THE ONLY
NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PRODUCTION VARIANT AND
PREPRODUCTION MODEL IS THE LACK OF WING FENCES ON THE
PRODUCTION MODEL. (SWN)
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