{RIGS-SPILVE AIRFIELD}

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R016200400010-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 11, 2003
• Sequence Number: 10
• Content Type: REPORT

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ew ti,o ";a' st? The e.I_q 'El( a s^ur trncl: c0?11.?.27~' frrm the s1L1.1 and ,?.
C,?Xinected by a read ;, 1 th the cement d ant x(111 L. t' a r
by sCr. St of the l''~d
pied had r r- ass ('r)vea+.- concrete runway was not observedi ho ,,ie s
the now r the i.n va741ati on V:..1s obst'r'ucted . _',lrcr z `t ^hie 5 .E cok o
used to raisc nsavvy c1.011d a of dus+. 'N'n ham, W
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wire seen. There seeded to be a taxiway in' the southern "poxtion of
installation, A high radio to.?;er with a rea ohatacle light )
was seen at the sea plane base bordering th ai.rfiald to ti-le 2~noits
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Ten to 14 ci_r;{?le-seat.ery swept-back Jet fi _rhters were almost c r F ,s31
nt r_u.ri,L _f
seen en ?""arl;cd at the east side of the field, about 1.00 meters west of
Y parallelin ? the :7vi.na di.ver,. The planes had an air intake in the
nose'. and se air` outlet. in the rear, "rivept.,.bnck tail assemblies, elevator
assr,~ li.e;-,: ,yet rntt-ar 1147h, and tree r" were fi. I~,ted .A.th nose wheals and
auxiliary fuel tank:-, in the out-wnrd third of the wine s, The jet fir- -c-(Drs
,;ere --uarded by oviet sa'ntries? About 40 aircraft of various tyner,
ar"arent1 riston engine aircr.aftviere "irked. `_n high brtls!-a-cod' in th6
western. ccrti_cn of the J. i_e d
ar1L then cre'~ sf -a t;,e Jvina River at, a!, altittr of 50 to 200 minters arid
headed towaTT.', the yea, o pin"'es ti+tiL2iC ta:,e off at intervals of about
30 rC",Cods JLly, 'cur aircraft to :i off n Cr.i w
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