HIND HELICOPTER DELIVERY MAPUTO AIRFIELD, MOZAMBIQUE

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 24, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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HIND HELICOPTER DELIVERY
MAPUTO AIRFIELD, MOZAMBIQUE
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE INITIAL DELIVERY OF HIND ASSAULT/GUNSHIP
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HELICOPTERS TO MOZAMBIQUE IS IDENTIFIED. (SWN)
REMARKS: EIGHT HIND FUSELAGE SHIPPING CONTAINERS AND NINE HIND
COMPONENT SHIPPING CONTAINERS ARE AT THE HELICOPTER ASSEMBLY
ASSOCIATED HANGAR ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRFIELD. THE HIND
PROBABLY ARRIVED IN MOZAMBIQUE EIGHT
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POSSIBLE AIRCRAFT SHIP
PING CONTAIN WERE ON THE QUAY AT
MAPUTO PORT FACILITIES
NEAR A SOVIET
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KOMMUNIST-CLASS MERSHIP THIS SHIPMENT OF HIND
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CONTINUES SOVIET EFFORTS TO UPGRADE THE MOZAMBIQUE AIR FORCE.
THE-SOVIETS HAVE DELIVERED FISHBED FIGHTERS AND HIP HELICOPTERS
TO MOZAMBIQUE SINCE APRIL 1983. (SWN)
MAPUTO AIRFIELD IS A JOINT MILITARY/CIVILIAN FIELD 35 NM EAST
OF THE MOZAMBIQUE-SOUTH AFRICA BORDER. (SWN)
COORDINATES 25-55-16S 032-34-10E
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