FIRST CANDID TANKER DEPLOYMENT IVANOVO NORTH AIRFIELD, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: December 15, 1984
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FIRST CANDID TANKER DEPLOYMENT
IVANOVO NORTH AIRFIELD, U ST TSWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THIS WAS THE FIRST CANDID TANKER IDENTIFIED AT AN
OPERATIONAL AIRFIELD. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE FIRST DEPLOYMENT OF THE CANDID TANKER WAS OBSERVED
AT IVANOVO NORTH AIRFIELD ON IMAGERY OF THE 25X1
AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED ON A CANDID HARDSTAND IN THE CANDID
DISPERSAL AREA AND IS PROBABLY ASSIGNED TO THE CANDID TRAINING
UNIT HOUSED AT THIS AIRFIELD. THE WINGS WERE CANVAS COVERED
WHICH PRECLUDED THE IDENTIFICATION OF A BORT NUMBER. THE CANDID
TANKER IS DISTINGUISHED BY THE PRESENCE OF A RECTANGULAR
PEDESTAL WHICH SUPPORTS A REFUELING POD ON THE PORT SIDE OF THE
FUSELAGE BELOW THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND A REFUELING POD
UNDER EACH WING OUTBOARD OF THE ENGINE. A HIGH COUNT OF 18
CANDID WAS PRESENT; NORMALLY ONLY 15 ARE OBSERVED. IVANOVO
NORTH AIRFIELD IS A SOVIET MILITARY TRANSPORT AVIATION (VTA)
AIRFIELD WHICH SUPPORTS A COCK REGIMENT, A CANDID TRAINING UNIT,
AND A CUB UNIT IN THE MOSCOW MILITARY DISTRICT. (SWN)
THE CANDID TANKER WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED AT RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST
CENTER IN DECEMBER 1978. A TOTAL OF SIX CANDID 25X1
TANKERS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED. THE PROTOTYPE CANDID WAS
RETROFITTED AT RAMENSKOYE AND THE OTHER FIVE WERE PRODUCED AT
TASHKENT AIRFRAME PLANT B CHKALOV 84 THE MOST 25X1
RECENT OBSERVATION OF A CANDID TANKER WAS ON 25X1
IMAGERY OF TASHKENT AIRFIELD, THE FLY-AWAY FIELD FOR TASHKENT
AIRFRAME PLANT B CHKALOV 84. (SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- THE PRESENCE OF THE CANDID TANKER IN THE
TRAINING UNIT AT IVANOVO NORTH AIRFIELD SUGGESTS THAT THE TANKER
PROGRAM HAS ENTERED A NEW PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT AND MAY SOON BE
OPERATIONALLY DEPLOYED WITHIN VTA. (SWN)
4. ANALYSTS:
TUB
COORDINATES 57-03-31N 040-58-45E (S)
25X1
25X1
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