INCREASED FINBACK A PRODUCTION CHINA

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91T00712R000200490004-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: December 7, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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INCREASED FINBACK A PRODUCTION
CHINA
1. SIGNIFICANCE: SYNOPTIC COVERAGE OF THREE FACILITIES ASSOCIATED
WITH THE FINBACK A HIGH ALTITUDE INTERCEPTOR PROGRAM REVEALS
THAT THE PRODUCTION RATE OF THE FINBACK A HAS INCREASED. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: A HIGH COUNT OF 21 FINBACK A AND ONE PROBABLE FINBACK
A FUSELAGE IS AT SHENYANG AIRFRAME 25X1
TWENTY FINBACK A WERE OBSERVED AND 16 WERE LAX"I
PRESENT NORMAL COUNTS OF FINBACK A ARE AT 25X1
BOTH CANGXIAN AIRFIELDI AND ANSHAN AIRFIELD 0 25X1
FIVE ARE PRESENT AT CANGXIAN AND EIGHT-ARE AT 25X1
ANSHAN. THE ONE FINBACK A (WITHOUT EMPENNAGE) AT XIAN AIRFRAME
PLANT YEN-LIANG 172 BRINGS THE 25X1
TOTAL COUNT OF FINBACK A IN COUNTRY TO AT LEAST 36. AN
INCREASE OF SIX FINBACK A IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AT SHENYANG
INDICATES THAT AN INCREASE IN THE PRODUCTION RATE IS NOW IN
PROGRESS. THE PRODUCTION RATE FOR THIS AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN ONE
PER MONTH SINCE SEPTEMBER 1982 . (SWN)
SHENYANG AIRFRAME PLANT 112, IN THE SHENYANG MILITARY REGION,
IS THE PRODUCTION FACILITY FOR FINBACK A AND FARMER. CANGXIAN
AIRFIELD, IN THE BEIJING MILITARY REGION, IS CHINA'S ADVANCED
JET PILOT TRAINING SCHOOL. ANSHAN AIRFIELD, IN THE SHENYANG
MILITARY REGION, SUPPORTS AN OPERATIONAL FINBACK A UNIT, A
FISHBED UNIT AND A FARMER UNIT. (SWN)
3. BE N/A, COORDINATES N/A
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.
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