LIMITED FIGHTER OPERATIONS MATAN AS SARRA AIRFIELD, LIBYA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91T00712R000200530005-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 15, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 28, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. SIGNIFICANCE: LIMITED FIGHTER OPERATIONS NOW EXIST AT THIS
AIRFIELD IN SOUTHEAST LIBYA. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: ONE FLOGGER F FIGHTER-BOMBER AIRCRAFT, WITH
WING-MOUNTED FUEL TANKS, HAS ARRIVED AND 25X1
IS PARKED ON THE PARTIALLY COMPLETED CROSSOVER LINK NEAR A HIND
A ATTACK HELICOPTER. THIS IS THE FIRST SIGHTING OF JET FIGHTER
AIRCRAFT AT THIS AIRFIELD WHICH IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION
HIND HAVE BEEN HERE PREVIOUSLY. SUPPORT FACILITIES, NECESSARY
FOR LIMITED FIGHTER OPERATIONS, ARE ALSO PRESENT. A SMALL TENT
CAMP, NEXT TO THE CROSSOVER LINK, CONTAINS GROUND SUPPORT
VEHICLES, FUEL TRUCKS, UTILITY VEHICLES, AND PROBABLE ORDNANCE
CONTAINERS. THE TENT CAMP, FIRST OBSERVED ON 20 DECEMBER, WAS
NOT PRESENT WHEN A C-130/L-100 WAS PARKED 25X1
NEARBY. THE PROBABLE ORDNANCE. CONTAINERS HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 0 25X1
A PROBABLE AIR-TO-GROUND COMMUNICATIONS SITE HAS 25X1
BEEN ESTABLISHED APPROXIMATELY 500 METERS NORTH-NORTHEAST OF
THE CROSSOVER FOUR MAST-MOUNTED ANTENNAS, 25X1
TWO GENERATOR VANS, AND A COMMAND VEHICLE ARE PRESENT.
ARRESTING GEAR IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT EACH END OF THE
RUNWAY. (SWN)
Attachment to Z-15984/83
NPIC/PEG (12/83)
LIMITED FIGHTER OPERATIONS
MATAN AS SARRA AIRFIELD, LIBYA
MATAN AS SARRA AIRFIELD, 75 NM, NORTH OF THE LIBYA-CHAD BORDER
IN SOUTHEAST LIBYA, HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION SINCE FEBRUARY
1983 AND IS IN THE LATE STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. RECENTLY, THE
AIRFIELD HAS SUPPORTED SMALL NUMBERS OF LIGHT TACTICAL
AIRCRAFT. (SWN)
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and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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