AIR ACTIVITY IN COMMUNIST CHINA

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2000
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: July 12, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO. 25X1 A
SUBJECT Air Activity in Cc==.$t Chine
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1? In late Juno there were approximately 250 planes in the East China Military
Area including 70 'transports, 50 jet fighters, 100 fighter-bombers, and 30
TU-2 bombers. The Chinese Camaunist authorities were planning to increase the
number of planes in that area to 500, with approximately 50 additional planes
of Soviet manufacture.
2. In late June specially selected troops of the 3 Field ArnV, were receiving
paratroop training at Nanking, Shanghai, and Hsiohou (sic Al with special
emphasis on demolition techniques.
3. On 4 July Chinese Communist Air Force activities included the following: a
number of YAK-171s flair training missions from Tangshan (118...11, 39-38)
and 10 L11G?15's were scheduled to leave Yangtolun for Liut'ing Airfield.g
4L On 4 July Ts'angk'ou Airfield, Tsingtao, closed at 6 a?m,,, opex}od at I p,m.e
closed at 2:15 p.m,, o_.ened at 4:50 p.m., closed at 6s12 p.m,, and opened at
7:40 p.m.. All airfields in the Lluukden area opened at 8:25 a.m. Lanchow
Airfield closed at 6 a.m. because of rain and a sand atom and opened at
8 am. Chani (103..48, 25-38) Airfield closed at 8 am.
5. 4 July training missions from Anshan were as follows:
,na In the morning, 8 1T.TG.-15'5, 6 YAIval7's, and 2 YAK41's % ith
CLI?IU K o.'yi as flight leader to Hainmin (l22d?48, 41-59), Fushun
(123.54, 41-53), and back to Anshan.
bd In the afternoon, 15 UIG_152s, 2 YAM -Ills, and 4 YAK-17's with
KA0 Lien-chin as flight leader to IIainmin, Fushun, and back to Anshan
at altitudes of 1,600-32,000 feet.
6. On 4 June the foi1a1ing Chinese Ca=mnist air activities took places
a. At 6 a,za? one YAK-12 piloted by Pa-li?-shao fu ( %`- ) (y Barisov)
left Antung for ;fukda via Anshan.
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b? At IAt30 a.m. IL-12's Numbers 17, 26, and 29 left Peiping for Uankow,
where they arrived at 2115 p.m. All were scheduled to fly to Chlangtu
on S July.
o At 3:50 p.m, civil transport Number 04 arrived at Chita from Peiping,
d, At 404 pom, one YAK-type plane arrived at Anshaal.
e0 At 4x63 p,m. transport Number 8001 left Chlcmgtu for Chungking, where
it arrived at 5%55 pans,
to Plane Number 121 left Hankow for Peiping.
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