AL JUFRAH AIRFIELD OPERATIONAL FOR ADVANCED JET AIRCRAFT AL JUFRAH AIRFIELD, LIBYA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: December 20, 1983
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NPIC/IEG (12-83)
20 DECEMBER 1983
AL JUFRAH AIRFIELD OPERATIONAL FOR ADVANCED JET AIRCRAFT
AL JUFRAH AIRFIELD, LIBYA (SWN)
. SIGNIFICANCE: AL JUFRAH AIRFIELD, REPORTEDLY BEING
1 . Y THE SOVIETS, HAS BECOME AN OPERATIONAL,
ADVANCED, JET-CAPABLE AIRFIELD. (SWN)
25X1
REMARKS: ANALYSIS REVEALED THAT AL
JUFR AIRFIELD IS OPERATIONAL AND CAPABLE OF HANDLING
ADVANCED JET AIRCRAFT (GRAPHIC 1). IN ADDITION TO THE
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED GROUND CONTROL INTERCEPT (GCI) SITE, A
GROUND CONTROL APPROACH (GCA) SITE, CONSISTING OF AT LEAST A
A TWO SPOT RADAR, HAS BECOME OCCUPIED otiul
ONE AIR NAVIGATION SITE, CONSISTING OF ONE RSBN-4N 25X1
IR NAVIGATION BEACON, HAS ALSO BEEN NEWLY OCCUPIED NEAR THE
CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. AT THE GCI SITE, THE SIDE NET RADAR HAS
BEEN REASSESSED AS A SIDE NET/ODD PAIR (GRAPHIC 2). OTHER
!AIRFIELD IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED 25X1
NCLUDED THE PAINTING OF TOUCHDOWN MARKERS ON THE 25X1
WEST-NORTHWEST (WNW) END OF THE RUNWAY AND THE PAINTING OF
(CENTER-LINE MARKERS ON ONE-QUARTER OF THE LENGTH OF THE
"RUNWAY. MAJOR AIRFIELD IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN OBSERVED
,SINCE EARLY MARCH INCLUDED THE CONSTRUCTION OF 12
FOXBAT-CAPABLE AIRCRAFT BUNKERS IN THE WNW FIGHTER DISPERSAL
AREA (NOT YET EARTHEN COVERED). FOUR PROBABLE MISSILE READY
BUNKERS AND FIVE PROBABLE PERSONNEL BUNKERS ARE IN VARIOUS
,STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. ONE FIRING-IN-BUTT WAS IN THE FINAL
STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. IN THE BOMBER DISPERSAL AREA,
CONSTRUCTION ON 12 MEDIUM BOMBER CAPABLE REVETMENTS, SIX
PROBABLE MISSILE-READY BUNKERS AND SIX PROBABLE PERSONNEL
BUNKERS, HAVE BEEN COMPLETED OR WERE NEARING COMPLETION.
CONSTRUCTION OF TWO LARGE AIRCRAFT HANGARS NEAR THE CENTER OF
THE AIRFIELD COMPLEX, WERE ALSO NEARING COMPLETION. THE
MISSILE STORAGE FACILITY, 1 NM EAST OF THE WNW. END OF THE
RUNWAY WAS IN THE MID TO LATE STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION.
CONSTRUCTION ON EIGHT PROBABLE STORAGE BUNKERS WAS COMPLETE OR
WAS NEARING COMPLETION AND 14 PROBABLE FUELING/CHECKOUT AND
FACILITY SUPPORT SHELTERS HAVE BEEN ERECTED ALONG ROADS WITHIN
THE FACILITY. A HIGH FREQUENCY COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY HAS
BEEN CONSTRUCTED 1 NM NORTHEAST OF THE BOMBER DISPERSAL AREA.
AL JUFRAH AIRFIELD IS 260 NM SOUTHEAST OF TARABULUS (TRIPOLI)
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AND 120 NM SOUTH OF THE GULF OF SIDRA. (SWN)
ANALYST COMMENTS--A GCI SITE HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY
IDENTIFIED AT AIRFIELDS IN LIBYA; HOWEVER, THEY ARE COMMONLY
SEEN AT WARSAW PACT AIRFIELDS. THIS IS FURTHER EVIDENCE OF
SOVIET TNUMMPMENT TM THE CONRTRUCTTON F THIS AIRFIELD.
;(SWN)
3. (COORDINATES 29-13-OON 016-00-OOE (S)
:4. REFERENCE:
NPIC IAC 527 FOR 14 DECEMBER 1983, ITEM 3. (SWN)
NPIC/IEG BRIEFING BOARD, Z-12984/83, 25 MARCH 1983. (SWN)
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