PREPARATIONS FOR TROOP MOVEMENT ONDANGWA AIRFIELD, NAMIBIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Publication Date: March 19, 1982
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PREPARATIONS FOR TROOP MOVEMENT
ONDANGWA AIRFIELD, NAMIBIA
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: PREPARATIONS FOR TROOP MOVEMENT, POSSIBLY
RELATED TO RE 1 SOUTH AFRICAN INCURSIONS INTO SOUTHWEST
ANGOLA, ARE OBSERVED AT ONDANGWA AIRFIELD.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: THREE CAMOUFLAGE-PAINTED AIRCRAFT (ONE C-160,
ONE c-477 AND ONE C-54) ARE ON THE PARKING APRON AND
APPROXIMATELY 150 TROOPS, WITH PROBABLE FIELD PACKS, ARE JUST
OFF THE WEST END OF THE PARKING APRON. APPROXIMATELY
25 PERSONNEL AND THREE TRUCKS ARE IN THE AREA BETWEEN THE
OPERATIONS BUILDING AND THE C-160. THESE AIRCRAFT AND
TROOPS/PERSONNEL NORMALLY ARE NOT HERE AND WERE NOT PRESENT ON
(S/D) IN ADDITION, A SOUTH AFRICAN ENCAMPMENT (NOT ON GRAPHIC)
IS OBSERVED AT NGIVA AIRFIELD ANGOLA,
APPROXIMATELY 55 NM NORTH OF ONDANGWA. AT LEAST SEVEN TWO-MAN
TENTS, FOUR MORTAR PITS, AND FOUR TRUCKS ARE NEAR THE APRON OF
THE AIRFIELD. THIS ENCAMPMENT MAY HAVE BEEN PRESENT AS EARLY
ONE TWIN OTTER (PROBABLE MEDICAL
EVACUATION , NOT HERE ON IS,PRESENT.
(S/D) ONDANGWA AIRFIELD IS IN NORTHWEST NAMIBIA 36 NM SOUTH OF
THE ANGOLA-NAMIBIA BORDER.
COORDINATES 17-52-42S 015-57-OOE
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