NEW AIRCRAFT RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER, USSR
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May 26, 1966
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NEW AIRCRAFT
RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER, USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A PROBABLE NEW GENERATION AIRCRAFT IS IDENTIFIED.
2. REMARKS:
RAMENSKOYE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FLIGHT TEST
CENTER IN THE USSR. ALL OF THE LATEST SOVIET
AIRCRAj_T UNDER DEVELOPMENT ARE USUALLY TESTED
AT THIS CENTER. THE AIRFIELD INCLUDES TWO
RUNWAYS: THE MAIN RUNWAY IS 17,000 X 350
FT NW/SE AND THE SECOND RUNWAY IS 8,200 X
250 FT E/W.
THIS IS THE FOURTH TYPE OF NEW GENERATION
AIRCRAFT OBSERVED ON KH PHOTOGRAPHY AT EITHER
THE RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER OR NOVOSIBIRSK
AIRFIELD WEST SINCE OCT 65.
3. LOCATION: 2 NM WEST OF RAMENSKOYE
4. COLLATERAL/COMINT: NONE
5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION:
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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6. NEGATION DATE:
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE:
8. DIMENSIONS/
SPECIFICATIONS:
26 KH-4 AND 2 KH-7 MISSIONS
COMPARISON OF 4 NEW GENERATION SOVIET AIRCRAFT:
NEW GENERATION - RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER -
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REMARKS - SIMILAR TO THE YAK-25 SERIES (SWEPT-
WING AND HIGH TAIL ASSEMBLY, BUT WITH 2
PROBABLE INTERNALLY MOUNTED ENGINES. THE AIR
INTAKE IS LOCATED ON FUSELAGE FORWARD OF
LEADING EDGE OF THE WING.
NEW GENERATION - NOVOSIBIRSK AIRFIELD WEST -
LENGTH :
WING SPAN:
FUSELAGE DIAMETER:
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Su ort
Division, NPIC.
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9. MISSION READOUT:
REMARKS - PROBABLE TWIN-ENGINE MID-DELTA WING
WITH FUEL TANKS ON THE WING TIPS. ENGINES
LOCATED IN REAR OF FUSELAGE WITH AIR INTAKES
PROBABLY UNDER THE WINGS.
NEW GENERATION - RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER-
REMARKS - HIGH DELTA WING WITH 2 PROBABLE
INTERNALLY MOUNTED ENGINES WITH AIR INTAKES
FORWARD OF THE WING LEADING EDGE.
V/STOL - RAMENSKOYE FLIGHT TEST CENTER -
LENGTH:
WING SPAN:
FUSELAGE DIAMETER:
OB: 1 PROBABLE NEW GENERATION AIRCRAFT
LONG WITH A 40 FT WING SPAN AND A FUSELAGE DIAMETER OF APPROXIMATELY
AIRCRAFT APPEARS SIMILAR TO THE YAK-25 SERIES BUT WITH 2 PROBABLE
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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WING WITH 2 PROBABLE INTERNALLY MOUNTED ENGINES WITH AIR INTAKES FORWARD
OF THE WING LEADING EDGE. SCAFFOLDING OVER REAR PART OF FUSELAGE PRE-
CLUDES DETERMINING WHETHER THE TAIL ASSEMBLY IS ATTACHED TO THE MAIN
FUSELAGE. AIRCRAFT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE OF THE SAME TYPE AS THE NEW
AIRCRAFT REPORTED AT NOVOSIBIRSK AIRFIELD WEST, IN APR 66. ALSO
OBSERVED ARE 2 PROBABLE V/STOL AIRCRAFT, ONE BOUNDER, ONE BEAR, 6
BISON, 10 BLINDER, 14 BADGER, 7 BEAGLE, 5 FIDDLER, 19 FISHPOT, 8 FITTER,
11 FISHBED, 16 FIREBAR-TYPE, 5 FARMER, 3 FLASHLIGHT, ONE FRESCO, 2
FAGOT (ONE WITHOUT TAIL ASSEMBLY), ONE FAGOT/FRESCO, ONE MANDRAKE, ONE
CLASSIC, ONE CLEAT, ONE COOKER, 2 CRUSTY, 8 CAMEL, 6 COOKPOT, 10 COOT,
7 CAT/CUB, 2 COKE, ONE CRATE, ONE CAB, ONE COLT, ONE MORAVA L-200, 4
MAYA, ONE MAX A, 3 HOOK, 11 HOUND, ONE PROBABLE CLEAT/CLASSIC FUSELAGE,
ONE HELICOPTER FUSELAGE, ONE POSSIBLE CAMEL TAIL ASSEMBLY PROTRUDING FROM
HANGAR, AND ONE UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE. IN DERELICT AREA ARE:
ONE BEAGLE, ONE FARMER, ONE FRESCO, ONE COOT (WITHOUT WING TIPS), AND
ONE CLASSIC FUSELAGE WITH TAIL ASSEMBLY.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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