AIRFIELD RENOVATION COMPLETED NGIVA AIRFIELD, ANGOLA

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CIA-RDP91T00712R000100230004-4
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March 16, 2011
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August 27, 1983
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/16: CIA-RDP91T00712R000100230004-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/16: CIA-RDP91T00712R000100230004-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/16: CIA-RDP91T00712R000100230004-4 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET 62 (Security Classification) (See inside cover) Z-14931/83 NPIC/PEG (8/83) COPY OF Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/16: CIA-RDP91T00712R000100230004-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/16: CIA-RDP91T00712R000100230004-4 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ... This Information has been Authorized for Release to .. . Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/16: CIA-RDP91T00712R000100230004-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/16: CIA-RDP91T00712R000100230004-4 SECRET 25X1 (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Copy 1. SIGNIFICANCE: AIRFIELD UPGRADING HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND THE RUNWAY IS ONCE AGAIN OPERATIONAL. (SWN) 2. REMARKS: THE AIRFIELD IMPROVEMENTS, IN PROGRESS SINCE MID-JUNE 1983, INCLUDE RESURFACING OF THE RUNWAY AND PARKING APRON. A NEW PROBABLE RADAR MOUND AND A SECOND REVETTED SUPPORT AREA HAVE ALSO BEEN CONSTRUCTED WEST OF THE MAIN SUPPORT AREA. THE ARRIVAL OF ONE KUDU LIGHT TRANSPORT INDICATES THAT THE RUNWAY IS OPERATIONAL. THIS IS THE FIRST FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT OBSERVED HERE SINCE MID-JULY. A SMALL UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT IS ON THE PROBABLE RADAR MOUND. THREE CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES, INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE SCRAPER AND ONE PROBABLE BULLDOZER, ARE LOADED ON THREE OF FOUR HEAVY-LIFT TRANSPORTERS EAST OF THE MAIN SUPPORT AREA, PROBABLY IN PREPARATION FOR REMOVAL OF THE EQUIPMENT FROM THE AREA. THE NUMBER OF TRUCKS IN THE SUPPORT AREA, INCLUDING THE FOUR P AXlV-T.TFT TRANSPORTERS, HAS INCREASED FROM 15 TO 27 SINCE Attachment to Z-14931/83 NPIC/PEG (08/83) AIRFIELD RENOVATION COMPLETED NCI17A AIRFIELD. ANGOLA (SWN) NGIVA AIRFIELD, 25 NM NORTH OF THE ANGOLA-NAMIBIA BORDER, IS A STAGING BASE FOR SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES OPERATING IN SOUTHERN ANGOLA. (SWN) CCORDINATES 17-02-40S 015-41-25E These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/16: CIA-RDP91T00712R000100230004-4