LUKHOVITSY AIRFRAME PLANT, USSR

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
basic imagery interpretation report
Lukhovitsy Airframe Plant,
USSR (S)
STRATEGIC WEAPONS INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES
USSR
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Lukhovitsy Airframe Plant
Lukhovitsy Airfield
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GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
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1. This report updates NPIC report) I and satisfies the basic reporting requirement. It
covers construction, production, and testing at Lukhovitsy Airframe Plant
and includes activity observed at Lukhovitsy Airfield , the test and flyaway
field for the plant. (S/WN)
2. This report includes a location map, eight annotated photographs, one chart showing represen-
tative observations of FLOGGER and FULCRUM, and one table of mensural data. (S/WN)
INTRODUCTION
3. Lukhovitsy Airframe Plant is 68.5 nautical miles (nm) southeast of Moscow and 3.5 nm south of
Lukhovitsy (Figure 1). The plant is adjacent to the northern side of Lukhovitsy Airfield and is supported by
a crate assembly and transshipment facility north of the plant and a construction support facility to the
east (Figure 2). The crate assembly and transshipment facility produces containers for FLOGGER fuselages
and components, and the construction support facility provides building materials for construction proj-
ects at the plant. (S/WN)
LUKHOVITSY
AIRFRAME PLANT
CRATE FACILITY
LUKHOVITSY
AIRFIELD
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FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF LUKHOVITSY AIRFRAME PLANT AND LUKHOVITSY AIRFIELD, USSR
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4. Lukhovitsy Airframe Plant and Lukhovitsy Airfield serve as the final assembly, checkout, and
flight test point for aircraft produced at Moskva (Moscow) Airframe Plant 30 However,
aircraft activity and construction during this period suggest that Lukhovitsy Airframe Plant is being pre-
pared to take an increased role in the production of Mikoyan-designed aircraft. This possibility is indi-
cated by the new facilities under construction, which could lend themselves to the production and final
assembly of new-generation aircraft. (S/WN)
BASIC DESCRIPTION
Construction
5. The most significant construction identi-
fied during this reporting period was a new, large,
probable aircraft assembly complex in the north-
western corner of the facility. The complex con-
sists of an assembly building (Table 1 and Figure 3,
item 81), a probable engineering/shop building
(item 82), and several support buildings in various
stages of construction (items 83-85). (S/WN)
6. The new assembly building (item 81) is
divided into three sections: section A is probably
an engineering workshop; section B is a probable
subassembly hall; and section C is a probable
assembly/final assembly hall. When complete, the
building will increase the floorspace devoted to
the assembly/production of aircraft at this plant by
13,197 square meters. (S/WN)
7. In addition to the large assembly building,
a new probable engineering/shop building (item
82) was under construction at the plant. The shop,
was in
walls in place for probable offices. This building,
adjacent to the new assembly building, increases
the floorspace devoted to administration/engi-
neering by 734 square meters. Although only one
floor had been constructed, the presence of a
large overhead crane and the absence of any
attempt, thus far, to roof the building suggest that
additional floors will be added. (S/WN)
8. Other new construction at the plant dur-
ing this reporting period included an administra-
tion/support addition (item 6b) in the administra-
tion/engineering compound; a fuel storage tank
(item 34b), a support and passageway addition
(items 35b and c) to the fuel pumping station, and
a support section (item 37b) in the heating plant
area; and a transshipment building (item 88) in the
transshipment area. An addition to the test shed
(item 75b) was built, two excavations (item 80)
were dug, a storage/support building (item 87) was
constructed, and early construction on a probable
support building (item 86) was also observed
during this period in the plant area. (S/WN)
9. Construction was completed at the plant
on a probable shop building (item 57) in the
northwestern area and on an assembly subsection
(item 59d) of the assembly/final assembly building.
In addition, construction was completed on a
maintenance/checkout hangar in the southeastern
plant area (Figure 4, item 17). (S/WN)
10. The total floorspace added to the plant
during this period is 17,031 square meters (not
including buildings in such early stages of con-
struction that floorspace could not be estimated):
13,311 square meters for final assembly, checkout,
and maintenance of aircraft; 2,304 square meters
the ear y-to-mi stage of construction with several
for administration/engineering; and 1,416 square
meters for support. This brings the total floorspace
at the plant to 193,948 square meters. (S/WN)
11. At the airfield, a vehicle storage shed
(Table 1 and Figure 3, item 77) and a support
building (item 78) were constructed; an aircraft
parking apron was completed (item 72); and
construction had begun on a probable support
building (item 79) in the- operations area. In
addition, adjacent to the control tower, construc-
tion on an administration/support building (item
89) had begun and construction on a vehicle
storage addition (item 23b) to a vehicle mainte-
nance building was completed. An aircraft shelter
(Figure 4, item 21) was also constructed on the
easternmost aircraft parking apron. (S/WN)
Assembly and Transshipment Facility
12. During this reporting period, a 739-
square-meter roof was built over a work area near
the overhead crane (Figure 5, item 44c) and two
storage buildings were constructed (items 47 and
48). These additions increased the floorspace at
the facility by 1,448 square meters, bringing the
total floorspace to approximately 32,200 square
meters. (S/WN)
Production
13. The Lukhovitsy Airframe Plant and Air-
field complex is the final assembly, flight test, and
checkout point for aircraft produced at Moscow
Airframe Plant 30. Throughout most of this report-
ing period, Moscow Airframe Plant 30 was devoted
exclusively to producing FLOGGER aircraft (Figure
6). However, the initial sighting of FULCRUM As
(MiG-29, Figure 7) at the Lukhovitsy complex in
early 1982, their continued sightings throughout
1982, and the subsequent increase in sightings
during 1983 indicate that Moscow Airframe Plant
30 was also engaged in producing FULCRUM A
aircraft during the latter part of this reporting
period. (S/WN)
14. Collateral sources' have indicated FLOG-
GER E, F, G, and H are produced at Moscow
Airframe Plant 30. When imagery interpretability
was sufficient, primarily FLOGGER Gs were identi-
fied at the airfield, with FLOGGER B/E and D/F/H
identified occasionally. (S/WN)
15. Although limited coverage of Lukhovitsy
Airframe Plant was available during the first three
years of this reporting period, relatively high
counts of FLOGGER aircraft were observed during
1979-1981, with 25 to 98 present (Chart 1). How-
ever, by early 1982, a significant decline in the
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number of FLOGGERs was observed, with 2 to 30
normally observed during 1982 and 1983. The
decline was particularly evident during 1983, when
a high count of 16, a low of 0, and a normal range
of 2 to 6 were observed. (S/WN)
16. The FULCRUM A (formerly RAM L) is a
new Mikoyan-designed air superiority fighter un-
der development. The FULCRUM A (probably
similar in role to the US F-18) is characterized by
dual vertical stabilizers, twin engines, and a high-
visibility canopy (Figure 7). (S/WN)
17.I la FULCRUM
A was confirmed at the Lukhovitsy complex for the
first time. (A possible FULCRUM A may have been
here
the FULCRUM A had been observed only at
Ramenskoye Flight Test Center
and Akhtubinsk Flight Test Center
A single FULCRUM A was occasionally present at
Lukhovitsy for the remainder of 1982, but by
February 1983 the number of FULCRUM As had
increased to three.
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Chart 1.
Representative Observations of FLOGGER and FULCRUM,
Lukhovitsy Airframe Plant and Lukhovitsy Airfield,
February 1979-September 1983
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FULCRUM As were continuously present, with
counts ranging from two to seven. The only
exceptions were when a high
count of 12 FULCRUM As were present, and on
those coverages that fell on Sundays, when all
FULCRUM As were removed from sight. (S/WN)
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18. Unusual activity regarding the FULCRUM
was observed on three coverages late in the
reporting period. one of the
seven FULCRUM As present was on the parallel
taxiway with its starboard horizontal stabilizer
removed and a cable-connected service vehicle
nearby. three of the four
FULCRUM As present were canvas covered and
had both horizontal stabilizers removed; one was
without vertical stabilizers (Figure 8).
three of the seven FULCRUM As
present were without horizontal stabilizers. On all
three coverages, two to three control surfaces
(horizontal/vertical stabilizers) were visible on
probable dollies, primarily in a crating area adja-
cent to the assembly/checkout building in the
southwestern plant area. (S/WN)
19. The absence of horizontal stabilizers on
FULCRUM As on these coverages may relate to a
problem with the control surfaces of the aircraft,
or the FULCRUM As may have been recently
Other Aircraft Activity
Fighters
21. Throughout this reporting period, at least
one FITTER was observed on the parking apron
adjacent to the assembly/final assembly building.
The count ranged from one to three during 1979-
1981, decreased to one from 1982 to August 1983,
and increased to two for the remainder of this
period. The second FITTER observed in the area in
August 1983 was present as a result of an apparent
crash landing of one of the aircraft
Ona late-model, camouflage-
painted FITTER was approximately 1 nm off the
east end of the parallel taxiway, having left a skid
mark approximately 450 meters long (Figure 9).
Subsequent coverage revealed that the aircraft had
been moved to the parking apron. Another air-
craft that appears to be permanently stationed at
assembled aircraft from the plant. Alternatively,
they may have been aircraft being readied for
delivery. (S/WN)
20. Since the initial confirmed sighting of a
FULCRUM A at the complex, the aircraft have
been observed in various areas of the airfield. A
shelter has been constructed on the easternmost
aircraft parking apron to accommodate the aircraft
and an addition has been built on the aircraft test
shed. In addition to being observed on the
parking apron normally associated with newly
produced aircraft, FULCRUM As have been ob-
served on the compass rose, on the runway, in the
final production area at the southeastern end of
the plant, in the test shed area, and on the
taxiways. This activity, the continual sightings of
the FULCRUM As, the subsequent increase in the
number of FULCRUM As, and the concurrent
decrease in the number of FLOGGERs suggest that
A. the FULCRUM A has entered series pro-
duction;
B. Moscow Airframe Plant 30 is devoting more
of its capability to producing the FULCRUM A
instead of the FLOGGER;
C. the FULCRUM A is being flight tested at
Lukhovitsy Airfield; and
D. the production of FLOGGER aircraft may
soon be phased out at Plant 30. (S/WN)
the airfield is a FISHBED, which was first identified
here and which has been
present continuously ever since. (S/WN)
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The number of BEAGLE aircraft ranged 25X1
from two to six during this reporting period. While
the aircraft may have been active in 1979, they
were subsequently moved to a grassy area adja-
cent to the control tower, and appear to be in
storage. In addition, one to three BADGERs were
at the airfield from March to June 1982. (S/WN)
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Transports
a modified COOT
was present. This aircraft had a
nose extension and possibly a tail extension and is
believed to be associated with missile tests. Other
significant activity occurred when a
COCK was being loaded with a possible FLOGGER
fuselage probably for transshipment to Syria,
where FLOGGER Gs were observed in the Middle
East for the first time[: at Sayqal
Airfield Aircraft frequently ob-
served at the airfield uring this period include
COOT, COOKPOT, CUB, CRATE, and COKE/
CURL. (S/WN)
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with airborne electronics testing, as indicated by
the presence of the electronics test/calibration
facility in the north-central plant area (Figure 2).
The identification of a FLAT JACK radar at the 25X1
facility (an indication of a test program involving
airborne early warning systems), and the occa-
sional sighting of modified aircraft at the airfield
suggest that the facility is involved in the tes- 25X1
ting/calibration of several airborne electronics
systems. This activity could account for the fre-
quent observation of the previously mentioned
aircraft. (S/WN)
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DOCUMENTS
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