CRAIOVA AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000200030022-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: April 12, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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Crlaiova Airfield
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T'Hls is UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
DATE D I STR ./ ~ APR1954
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1. The airfi~~~ s,~. 6 last ear3t of Craiova, near the first-class :Dad Craiova-Pielesti-
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Bal~-811wtintt, norms of this road and separated from it only by bar
On the west the tirtisld ie bordered by a small hill about 220 m high. Th:~s is
occupied hpt vineyards, sad ,the accompanying but;ldings, On the north the Tasliiul
brook i~ bon>andax'Yi t~ia terrain in this dil~otion is quite flat and dotted -
rti~ pM~ hN~iNN? ~~ Q~ ~s ~'~eld i:~ .~tte r~~xr~d dine ir~l4Ya~Ca~z'cea+~
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3. The airfie]~ ilk laid Duff in ari east-west direction. Tt is 3.600 by 2,600 m.
The field, is no's dlsi.ned, but the ground is dry and has been treated with gravel.
The i~!lot~"1 s~erintended this operation, bringing in thousands of truckloads of
gravel axut~rail~ it into the ground. Concrete runways were laid, and a small
hill qt, -:~ side w'a-e entirely Ott away to make room for the field.
~+. At tihe tt~e~El,~~;t~ now; two-story guardhouse; eons-story 50 by 50 m command
builitir>~, t~i+tt-;.~i~t 'else ~acupied by a battalion command, with an assembly room on
the ~eaao~$r ~,oi~ N w~i-~ltoiy dining room and canteen 3o by 35 m; a one-story)
builditrlg, 1.~ t1~- 34 .>iai s~-dio sad weather station, telephone and ~ipositr3a ~ori~tral;
-e~ary bu~adi~, 35 ~- '+~ ~, with baths, library and assembly room orl i;he,---
wooden 1~~5~ ~f-` m, in poor conditionf a wooden barraeka, one-story
10 by ZO m' oa~ied by guard cotapany and their depots. There is no radar
station.
two cow on 90 by 100 mi a concrete hangar X35 by 130 my an old
45 ~i' a #t +ao~iore~e building, 20 by 50 m, fuel depot = a motor repair shop;
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5. There are undergrowtd fuel tanks outside the field area with a capacity of 25
railroad tank cam. Rhgt are well camouflaged. Near them ~ a small building
where gssoli.ne and oil in drums are stored. There is no und~rgro,?nd plneline as
yet. The munitions depot is-also outside the field area, but the i.s no precise
infgs+~tia~ -Qn_. eta location.
6 The runway is 3,100 m by 82 m. There is a concrete apron 2~,0 by 600 m in front
of the new hangars.
7. The field has a direot railroad spur to Piele~ti railroad station, with unloading
ramps at the fuel depot.
8. At the field there ~is at~,t*ltztly a ..R~ fighter squadron with 76 to 78 MIO-15
planesz also a Rumanl.dn asr oSfioers.; school where the students are trained on
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