GALATI AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008100330002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 31, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL I ELLtCENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION RE-PORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Rmanj:.a
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Galati Airfield
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DATE DISTR. 13 July 1951
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L The Galati airport is divided into three sections, Postal, Military and TARS
(the So-triet-R.uni nian e1rline for civilian travel). TARS and the Postal
section utilize twin motor planes with Studebaker engdnes (sic). They have
a capacity of four crew members.
2 in the case of TARS, the four crew members are said to be:
Pilot
bo Guard for the pilot; he is arried with a machine gun and side a=.
c. Wireless operator.
d9 Guard for the wireless operator; he is armed with a machine gun and
side arm.
3. TARS has five or six planes stationed at the field; the Military's number
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es; There are six postal planes.
The Postal planes are either of Studebaker or IGAR malted The military are
IAR-8S, made at the IAR factory in Stalin (Brasov). This factory no
longer produces planes, but is used exclusively for tractor manufacture.
5. The Galati field is two and one half kilometers in length, one and one half
kilometers in width. It has four TARS hangars, three Postal Service hangars
and twelve Military hangars.
b. There are two other fields used by the Postal 'Service., at Tutova and I ast
The regional control office for Rumania is at the Iasi field,
This doeuwent Is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accord-once with the
letter of 16 October 197$ from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
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