Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
Withheld tinder statutory authority of the C0 1197697 -+Ht-~1-eHt-H Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50
section teP 5CitiT
WARNING NOTa-INTBUGIHCI SOIACiSOtMEJHOOS INIOYIO
NOT EUAsyLI TO PORION NA10NALSI
I THIS DOCUMENT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED
18 July 1988
MEMORANDUM FOR The Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT USSR GENERAL STAFF ~~CAtEtfY LESSON The Soviet Air Forces
1 The enclosed Intelligence Information Special Report is part of a series now 1n preparation classified ~P seeRe prepared in 1985 for use in the Voro3hilov General Staff Academy
this document beL--oh-=-a-nd--le-d--on_a_s--tr-i-c--t-need------k-n--__-= to ow--=-ba-s--is-wi~th-in-r-ec--1-p-i-e=-nLt agencies bull
25Xl E013526
L c lSEolz ( ~eputy Director for Operations
TS 1888k0 Copy I
ALL PORTIONS CARRl CLASSIFICATHgtrJ AWgt CONTROLS OF OVERALl OOCUHBNT
Withheld under statutory authority of the Page 1 of 8 Pages Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 USC section 403g)
DECLASSIFIED UNDE R AUTHORITY OF THE INTERAGENCY SECURITY CLASSTFlCATlON APPEALS PANEL E O 13526 SECTION 53(b)(3)
ISCAP APPEAL NO 2012-026 document no 15 DECLASSIFICATION DATE May 14 2015
------------------------------~
TOP 5EEREl
TOP SECRET
C01197697 TOP SECRET
iGPSEERFT
WAAHINO HOTICI-IHTIWCJNCI SOOIICU Ott MnHOOS lfiVOtWD MOT UWSAIU TO P0121GN NATIOfWSJ
I
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (SO USC section 403g) middot
Distribution
The Director of Certral Intelligence
The Director of Intelligence and Research Department of State middot
The Joint Chiet~ of Staff
The Director Defense Intelligenre Agency
The Assistant to the Chief of Staff for Intelligence Oepartaent of the Army
Director of Naval IntelligencG Department of the Navy
The lissistant Chief of Staff Intelligence u s Air Force
Director National Security Agency
Deputy Director or Central Inlelligence
Deputy Direc tor for Intelligence
Director of Soviet Analysis
Director of Scientific and Weapons Research
Page 2 of 8 Pages
TS 1888620 Copy 11_
lGP SEERpoundf
TOP SECRET
Withheld under statutory authority of theCentral Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 USC section
CD1197697
f6 SEERET
WARNING NOliCpound-INTEtUGINCt SOURCtS OR MITHODS INVOtVUl NOT UlJASAIIlf TO fOIIIGN NATIONAISj
I THS DOCUMENT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED
Intelligence In fo rmation Special Report Page 3 of 8 Pages
COUNTRY USSR
DATE Of INfO 1985
DATE 18 July 1988
SUBJECT
USSR GENERAL STAfF ACADEI-li LESSON The Sovie t Ur fo rces
-------middot-middot-middot- middot---- middot-middot-middotmiddot- ---- - -- ___ ___
SOURCE Documentary middot Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 USC section 403g)
Summary
The following intelligence report is a translation from Russian of a fragment of the text of a lecture at the VoroshUov General Staff Academy on middot the subject of the Soviet Air Forces The text covers i n brier outline form the mission tasks and organization of t he Sov iet Ai r Forbullt es Interspersed with this are a few facts and figures such as tha scale of pazbullticpation of airbOrne landng forces in the exerc i se ZA iJ D-8 lld some smmiddotpri singly candid commen t s particularly on the BACKFIRE bomber
End of Summary
TS 1888620 Cqpy u-t-
TOP ~JCRH
TOP SECRET
CD1197697 TOP SECRET
TQP SECJET
WAIIMNG NOTJCI-IHJIW(iHQ ~aS 011 MITHOOS IHVltliVID HOT IIUASAIUI TO FOIIBGN NAOONAISj
I --
Withheld under statutory authority of the middotCentral Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 Page ~ of 8 PagesUSC section 403g)
THE SOVII Ail rORCES
[First part of sentcmcltJ Ulegble] mfsson tasks co~position weaponsdevelopment ln the post1tnJ period 1 and cur-ent status
Misslon and tasks
The Air Forces are a highly maneuverable branch of the Armed Forces whose mission is to perform strategic and operational tasks in the airspace oyer continental and ocean theaters of 111ilitary operations in coordination with the other Araed Forces branches and independently If we refer to the Principles we see that the mission of the Air Forces is set forth somewhat differently there with all the main tasks inclnrlltd
The uin tasks of tile Air forces are
1 Defeating e1~my aviation groupings ground forces groupings and naval groupings
2 Gaining air supremacy and nuclear superiority
3 Air $upport for ground force~ and naval forces
4 Combat with enemymiddot reserves ihis is one of the middot mosmiddott important tasks At the pre~ent time 50 to 60 percent of the forces and means in a theater of military operations are in ihe second eche lbullJn or in the reserve It is therefore difficult to sa~r~ particularly when nuclear ~lteapons armiddote employed which is raore imporiant t c1estroyi ng the ~middotnemy s first echelon or destroying his second echelons and reserves
5 Cover for troop groupings and installations from attacks and reconnaissance by the air enemybull
6 ~-str_~~~9_n a_E~ a~~-~~~ la~~~n of__~i t~L_~ili tary-industrial and energy-produci11g inStaffiiaons admini~trativEmiddotmiddotpolitical centilrs ancl
-loll4L19~~llHQJJJSJJler~ PertormlnJ t hs tclsk leads Eo undermining of [ the ene11y s 1 military and economc capab1Hty cmiddotnd dLsruption of government and military co11mand and middotccbullnttbullol
1 Dropping a1rhorne landing for~es Which is also a very iraport ant task In re5ponse to tirLand Battle our mili tary science is developing the soshycalled three-dimensional operation 11 Hhich is a front offensive operation in which a large number of a lrborne landing forces areemployed In the ZAPAD-81 exercise this theoretical idea was put to a practical test In the course or a
TS 8888620 Copy i __
IcentP 51CliFT
TOP SECRET
CO 1197 697 TO~ SECRET
bull
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (SO USC section 403g) Page 5 of 8 Pages
~ offensive operation -- 15 days -- 1~-0 airborne landing forces of various types were dropped Three or these were operational two were operationalshytactical and all the rest were tactical ~or-~as The total number of personnel in the airborne landinr rr~es rearhtm 80 000 rccordlng to data fro11 the classified publf)lttion 11 ~llltalY Thogbt or 50000 eccording to the fila on ZAPAD-81 Tha totcl nUltiomiddot f ct~n it a ccibirelti~crmiddotms arDJy [line illegible1 bull bullbullbull that is virtually an entire combined~arms army is dropped into the rear of the enea~y
8 Aerial reconnampJssance Aerial reconnaissance is carried out in the tactical operational and strategic depth forces and means permitting
9 InterdictinK ere~y troop maneuver nd transport movements
10 Air t1bullansport of troops anct materi ei
11 Special tasks electronic~ warf armiddote supplyi ng troops and aviation with POL troop transJl()r t evaltuatioramp of the sick and Wounded and a number of other ta~ks
12 Disruption or the operation of the enebullys rear services and tran~portation
1he Air Forces are equipped with manned and unmanned means to perform these taaks
Com~-3Sition
[The AJr Forces consist of Long-rvnge~ A_V iation f2~ Aviation Army Aviation and Military Tr-ansprt w1ationJ Thee liCrbull previously referred to as aviation oranche$ [ vicly ~viatsii] nott the Principles simply state The Air Forces consist of Long-Wnge Aviaton Front Aviation ~rmy Aviation and Hilitary Transport Avfatton and include the following components [roda av1ats1 ] bomber aviation fighter~bomber aviation attack aviation fighter aviation reconnalssance ~vition~ transport aviation and special aviation The rirst three air compon~nt$ -- bomberbull1 fighter-bomber 1 and attack aviation were sometimes reterred to in the literature as strike aviation
Long-Range Aviation
Long-Range Aviation is a aeans of the Supreme High Comnand Its ~i~sion is to per form tasks in the opera tionsl cr~ libullatesio dep t h lhe components of Long-Range Avint i on are oo~1ber aviation reconnaissance aviation ) and special aviation long-Range iw iation is PQu ippeo wHh the following aircraft the 3-M the flJ-95 which i s subsonic t no t tha latest aircraft in any event the TU-22 which i gt newer n d thP TU- 22M wh1c h i s someti~tes called BAGKFIRE
TS 1888620 Copy a__
TeP EEIItEi
middot()i GECIltET
CD1197 697 TOP SECRET
VGJgt SEEiRei
WAAlINO NOJICimiddot-mJeIG~ SOIJlla$ OR METKOOS INVltll12D f(()f IIELIASADI TO ~NIVIOI~r~~~
I _l
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50
Page ~ of 8 Pagesmiddot USC section 403g)
As far as the Tll-22 and TU-22M are concerned they are amiddotre completely different aircraft notwithstanding tht i-~ that they have the same designation There are t bullrlt~ ~~(l~)nl r-~ - ~hJ~ 1h9 nr~t rsa~cn is that the design bureau omiddotl itt lIC1 lbullbulltJmiddottgth i1()iltlJ ( t vL ld e 1Clt liCCi3ft bull t~ut they did have 11oney fomiddotmiddot upgrbulludi1~~ t~middot tU--22 Jinc0 ~h~ l0middot-22i~ lil[ ipe it t~lmiddotms of the
- [RampD) work it was decided to begin construction using the money allocated for updating the TU-22 At this time SALT II had been negotiated and [the Americans] were supposed to sign it When they aooused us of building a (new]middot strategic bOmber we responded that it was an upgraded bomber Th~ refueling device was quickly removed (and they started to include it in the set that came with the aircraft) When the aircraft enters service in the field these sets fshycoae with it and [will be] (word illegiblel for in-flight refueling When_ necessary all this can be (rord Ulegible J within a rew hours While (the TU-22 ) does not h~ve vnrablP~sweep 111ngs1 ~~ the TU-22H) does andmiddot it has completely dUerent equJpment and dHferent chractPristlcs
Long-range reconna1ssance avlatJltJn is eq11tppPd with the TU-22R and TU-22MR the IL-20ii and ihe 1095 middot
Special aviation has ~he M-3 and the TU-160 Note the differ~nce t~ 3~M i3 a combat aircrait the ~-3 1s the same alrctmiddotaft but a tanker
Front Aviation
Proni aviaUon is- the lffigest bra1xh of aviation 1t is intended for joint acticrswlti frbullont la~oops as well a q~rmiddota ~ons lt)f i~he other branches of the Armed For-ce~ - middoty-is the liiHtr attntlk lbull t~r gtf ihltbull ftbullont commanltSermiddot The componlinb of flllii a1Ja t-~bulllJ ar brihlbetbull aviailtlonmiddotmiddot -rTglter-borrbullbEr aviation attack avSatlon f1gttter aviation rnconnai~ance aviation transpltgtrt aviation and spel~Jal ~middotiat ion
Front bomber aviat ton is equi~d with the SU-24 which has replaced the YAK-2lrmiddotmiddot-middotmiddotrmiddothe bullatcsG 1mrs1ltm Js the SU-~JHf Nhich has improved charact~ristics and in-flight refu~Ung ltapal)1lity
The 1111$slon of fighter-bomber ltWiatinn ts to destroy targets in the imDedate operatlonC1 and tacttcal depth It ts equipped with various versions of the SU-lr suer llS thf Slimiddotmiddot 17H3 tnd fiJJbull iHii and the HIG-27 These are all variable-gemi11r ~ ir~rbullgtit
The mfsMon ct attack aviaiion is o ~errorm ai r support tasks for troops in the batt)eflPlcL 1n thEbull trtci i cal ~nd imr1eaiate operatlonal depth It is equipped lllth the SU-middot25 [Line illegible ) bull It is in the field H proved its worth quite well ln Afrhanistan (Linmiddote ill-egible l an aircraft with
TS 888620 Copy 1__
r w HertH
TOP SECRET
C01197697 TOP SECRET
TO Selln
YA~~I NG NOTIC-INYSU31Na SOURCES Olt MfTHOOS NlQlYED NOT aanAUIU Tbull) IOl8Gtf Nlllellf~d I
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50
Page 1 of middot8 PagesUSC section 403g)
the wings and engines mounted high It is subsonic it does not need to rush about the battlefield middotat high speed~
The mission of figt~~ w3tion 10 t tI-IPt-oy thf r ir ene~ry It is equipped with the MIG-~3 ttte J1TCl 2 hh~ll 1~ lt 1pound1~middot n~u aircbullart~ and th~lt KlG- 21bis which ts rtnishig LlJ ~loJ lt~vice llf il~ the ielcl It is a p1middotet~f good aircraft the Fmiddotl5 was built to counter it as an air combat aircraft It provedits worth as an air-superiority fi~ter quite well in the Near East bull
(Several lines lllegtbleJ
bullbullbull in some ways it Is better and in so~e ways it is inferior In what ways fs tt inferior llot in the avion1C$ as you might think but in the range and enduranca this is our lllisfGrtune which [word illegible j
Other aircraft ~-e the long-range f1ghter-inter~eptors the MIG-31 and the SU-27
the llission of rt~connaissance aviation is to conduct air reconnaissance in ~upport of a front offensive operation rt is equipped wi th aircraft which are baHd on cobull~t afrcra1t the SU- i Mjll S0-17M4Flt SU-24HR HIG-25lltV and HIC-21R The HIG-25 is considered the world champion It has a very high speed -- 3000+ (krshr ] -- anci its ceiling is higher than 30 km Tills is the aircraft which ~~as [ taken] to Japan
Front tra)~UIrl aviatimt 16 ewzipp~a tdt h the Ai-26 s01oett111es the AN-12 and theHi-26 Hl-6 ard fij-~~ hmiddot~1icbullJt)itrs
fhe mission of spEeh~l avtetion is to 11-~fOlbullm speuia l tasks refueling of aircraft ja1RII1ng (ther ts electronic worrare) freight transport evacuation of thP sick ltmel wounded atc middot It is mostly equipped with transport aircraft
iirlt~~y h1aiton
Army Aviation is a ms ans of the commanders o t combined-arms armies army corps and moto~fzed rifle and tank divisions Its mission is air support for troops in th~ battlefiellti The compmiddotm-ents of Army Aviation are attack aviation trantport avJatfon ancl ~=Ed~J avhtbn
[Army a~tack aviation) is equipped with various versions of the HI-24 attack helicopter thG latest l(rsion L~~ th ~U- t~ a
[Arny ) transport avlation is e~uipped with t he H-6 which is the main heavy transpor t ttampl-gtpter i Chf 1-H-26 a nEw hel t copter- which is larger 1 perhaps not as much a~ half aga in a l~rge but nltwertheless larger and the MI-8
TS 888620 Copy 1L
TCH [CXltET
co 1197 69 7 TOP SECRET
611 i~middotY
WALI6NO NOJICI-11lT~ 5JUIIQS 01 MfI19DS INYQIVUI ~lUASAN TO ggNAI(XMlSJI
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (SO
Page 8 of 8 PagesUSC section 403g)
In aabull11y special aviacion HI-8Slli MALTA helicopters are used to jam [com~un1cat1ons ) and HI -2RTR helicopters are used for electronic and technical reconnaissance The iU- l~ll TANGOYZER L ~~ Longer in service 1 t was not costshyeffective
The components of Military Transport Aviation are transport and specialaviation
Organizationally the Air Forces consist of formations large units unitsand subunits Forrtations are the Ope1bullational Air Armies of the Supreme HighCOmmand (VAVGKON)
[ Ene1 or ciocUJuent a5 r~ceivelti I
TS 888~0 Copy IL
TOP SECRET
C01197697 TOP SECRET
iGPSEERFT
WAAHINO HOTICI-IHTIWCJNCI SOOIICU Ott MnHOOS lfiVOtWD MOT UWSAIU TO P0121GN NATIOfWSJ
I
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (SO USC section 403g) middot
Distribution
The Director of Certral Intelligence
The Director of Intelligence and Research Department of State middot
The Joint Chiet~ of Staff
The Director Defense Intelligenre Agency
The Assistant to the Chief of Staff for Intelligence Oepartaent of the Army
Director of Naval IntelligencG Department of the Navy
The lissistant Chief of Staff Intelligence u s Air Force
Director National Security Agency
Deputy Director or Central Inlelligence
Deputy Direc tor for Intelligence
Director of Soviet Analysis
Director of Scientific and Weapons Research
Page 2 of 8 Pages
TS 1888620 Copy 11_
lGP SEERpoundf
TOP SECRET
Withheld under statutory authority of theCentral Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 USC section
CD1197697
f6 SEERET
WARNING NOliCpound-INTEtUGINCt SOURCtS OR MITHODS INVOtVUl NOT UlJASAIIlf TO fOIIIGN NATIONAISj
I THS DOCUMENT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED
Intelligence In fo rmation Special Report Page 3 of 8 Pages
COUNTRY USSR
DATE Of INfO 1985
DATE 18 July 1988
SUBJECT
USSR GENERAL STAfF ACADEI-li LESSON The Sovie t Ur fo rces
-------middot-middot-middot- middot---- middot-middot-middotmiddot- ---- - -- ___ ___
SOURCE Documentary middot Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 USC section 403g)
Summary
The following intelligence report is a translation from Russian of a fragment of the text of a lecture at the VoroshUov General Staff Academy on middot the subject of the Soviet Air Forces The text covers i n brier outline form the mission tasks and organization of t he Sov iet Ai r Forbullt es Interspersed with this are a few facts and figures such as tha scale of pazbullticpation of airbOrne landng forces in the exerc i se ZA iJ D-8 lld some smmiddotpri singly candid commen t s particularly on the BACKFIRE bomber
End of Summary
TS 1888620 Cqpy u-t-
TOP ~JCRH
TOP SECRET
CD1197697 TOP SECRET
TQP SECJET
WAIIMNG NOTJCI-IHJIW(iHQ ~aS 011 MITHOOS IHVltliVID HOT IIUASAIUI TO FOIIBGN NAOONAISj
I --
Withheld under statutory authority of the middotCentral Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 Page ~ of 8 PagesUSC section 403g)
THE SOVII Ail rORCES
[First part of sentcmcltJ Ulegble] mfsson tasks co~position weaponsdevelopment ln the post1tnJ period 1 and cur-ent status
Misslon and tasks
The Air Forces are a highly maneuverable branch of the Armed Forces whose mission is to perform strategic and operational tasks in the airspace oyer continental and ocean theaters of 111ilitary operations in coordination with the other Araed Forces branches and independently If we refer to the Principles we see that the mission of the Air Forces is set forth somewhat differently there with all the main tasks inclnrlltd
The uin tasks of tile Air forces are
1 Defeating e1~my aviation groupings ground forces groupings and naval groupings
2 Gaining air supremacy and nuclear superiority
3 Air $upport for ground force~ and naval forces
4 Combat with enemymiddot reserves ihis is one of the middot mosmiddott important tasks At the pre~ent time 50 to 60 percent of the forces and means in a theater of military operations are in ihe second eche lbullJn or in the reserve It is therefore difficult to sa~r~ particularly when nuclear ~lteapons armiddote employed which is raore imporiant t c1estroyi ng the ~middotnemy s first echelon or destroying his second echelons and reserves
5 Cover for troop groupings and installations from attacks and reconnaissance by the air enemybull
6 ~-str_~~~9_n a_E~ a~~-~~~ la~~~n of__~i t~L_~ili tary-industrial and energy-produci11g inStaffiiaons admini~trativEmiddotmiddotpolitical centilrs ancl
-loll4L19~~llHQJJJSJJler~ PertormlnJ t hs tclsk leads Eo undermining of [ the ene11y s 1 military and economc capab1Hty cmiddotnd dLsruption of government and military co11mand and middotccbullnttbullol
1 Dropping a1rhorne landing for~es Which is also a very iraport ant task In re5ponse to tirLand Battle our mili tary science is developing the soshycalled three-dimensional operation 11 Hhich is a front offensive operation in which a large number of a lrborne landing forces areemployed In the ZAPAD-81 exercise this theoretical idea was put to a practical test In the course or a
TS 8888620 Copy i __
IcentP 51CliFT
TOP SECRET
CO 1197 697 TO~ SECRET
bull
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (SO USC section 403g) Page 5 of 8 Pages
~ offensive operation -- 15 days -- 1~-0 airborne landing forces of various types were dropped Three or these were operational two were operationalshytactical and all the rest were tactical ~or-~as The total number of personnel in the airborne landinr rr~es rearhtm 80 000 rccordlng to data fro11 the classified publf)lttion 11 ~llltalY Thogbt or 50000 eccording to the fila on ZAPAD-81 Tha totcl nUltiomiddot f ct~n it a ccibirelti~crmiddotms arDJy [line illegible1 bull bullbullbull that is virtually an entire combined~arms army is dropped into the rear of the enea~y
8 Aerial reconnampJssance Aerial reconnaissance is carried out in the tactical operational and strategic depth forces and means permitting
9 InterdictinK ere~y troop maneuver nd transport movements
10 Air t1bullansport of troops anct materi ei
11 Special tasks electronic~ warf armiddote supplyi ng troops and aviation with POL troop transJl()r t evaltuatioramp of the sick and Wounded and a number of other ta~ks
12 Disruption or the operation of the enebullys rear services and tran~portation
1he Air Forces are equipped with manned and unmanned means to perform these taaks
Com~-3Sition
[The AJr Forces consist of Long-rvnge~ A_V iation f2~ Aviation Army Aviation and Military Tr-ansprt w1ationJ Thee liCrbull previously referred to as aviation oranche$ [ vicly ~viatsii] nott the Principles simply state The Air Forces consist of Long-Wnge Aviaton Front Aviation ~rmy Aviation and Hilitary Transport Avfatton and include the following components [roda av1ats1 ] bomber aviation fighter~bomber aviation attack aviation fighter aviation reconnalssance ~vition~ transport aviation and special aviation The rirst three air compon~nt$ -- bomberbull1 fighter-bomber 1 and attack aviation were sometimes reterred to in the literature as strike aviation
Long-Range Aviation
Long-Range Aviation is a aeans of the Supreme High Comnand Its ~i~sion is to per form tasks in the opera tionsl cr~ libullatesio dep t h lhe components of Long-Range Avint i on are oo~1ber aviation reconnaissance aviation ) and special aviation long-Range iw iation is PQu ippeo wHh the following aircraft the 3-M the flJ-95 which i s subsonic t no t tha latest aircraft in any event the TU-22 which i gt newer n d thP TU- 22M wh1c h i s someti~tes called BAGKFIRE
TS 1888620 Copy a__
TeP EEIItEi
middot()i GECIltET
CD1197 697 TOP SECRET
VGJgt SEEiRei
WAAlINO NOJICimiddot-mJeIG~ SOIJlla$ OR METKOOS INVltll12D f(()f IIELIASADI TO ~NIVIOI~r~~~
I _l
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50
Page ~ of 8 Pagesmiddot USC section 403g)
As far as the Tll-22 and TU-22M are concerned they are amiddotre completely different aircraft notwithstanding tht i-~ that they have the same designation There are t bullrlt~ ~~(l~)nl r-~ - ~hJ~ 1h9 nr~t rsa~cn is that the design bureau omiddotl itt lIC1 lbullbulltJmiddottgth i1()iltlJ ( t vL ld e 1Clt liCCi3ft bull t~ut they did have 11oney fomiddotmiddot upgrbulludi1~~ t~middot tU--22 Jinc0 ~h~ l0middot-22i~ lil[ ipe it t~lmiddotms of the
- [RampD) work it was decided to begin construction using the money allocated for updating the TU-22 At this time SALT II had been negotiated and [the Americans] were supposed to sign it When they aooused us of building a (new]middot strategic bOmber we responded that it was an upgraded bomber Th~ refueling device was quickly removed (and they started to include it in the set that came with the aircraft) When the aircraft enters service in the field these sets fshycoae with it and [will be] (word illegiblel for in-flight refueling When_ necessary all this can be (rord Ulegible J within a rew hours While (the TU-22 ) does not h~ve vnrablP~sweep 111ngs1 ~~ the TU-22H) does andmiddot it has completely dUerent equJpment and dHferent chractPristlcs
Long-range reconna1ssance avlatJltJn is eq11tppPd with the TU-22R and TU-22MR the IL-20ii and ihe 1095 middot
Special aviation has ~he M-3 and the TU-160 Note the differ~nce t~ 3~M i3 a combat aircrait the ~-3 1s the same alrctmiddotaft but a tanker
Front Aviation
Proni aviaUon is- the lffigest bra1xh of aviation 1t is intended for joint acticrswlti frbullont la~oops as well a q~rmiddota ~ons lt)f i~he other branches of the Armed For-ce~ - middoty-is the liiHtr attntlk lbull t~r gtf ihltbull ftbullont commanltSermiddot The componlinb of flllii a1Ja t-~bulllJ ar brihlbetbull aviailtlonmiddotmiddot -rTglter-borrbullbEr aviation attack avSatlon f1gttter aviation rnconnai~ance aviation transpltgtrt aviation and spel~Jal ~middotiat ion
Front bomber aviat ton is equi~d with the SU-24 which has replaced the YAK-2lrmiddotmiddot-middotmiddotrmiddothe bullatcsG 1mrs1ltm Js the SU-~JHf Nhich has improved charact~ristics and in-flight refu~Ung ltapal)1lity
The 1111$slon of fighter-bomber ltWiatinn ts to destroy targets in the imDedate operatlonC1 and tacttcal depth It ts equipped with various versions of the SU-lr suer llS thf Slimiddotmiddot 17H3 tnd fiJJbull iHii and the HIG-27 These are all variable-gemi11r ~ ir~rbullgtit
The mfsMon ct attack aviaiion is o ~errorm ai r support tasks for troops in the batt)eflPlcL 1n thEbull trtci i cal ~nd imr1eaiate operatlonal depth It is equipped lllth the SU-middot25 [Line illegible ) bull It is in the field H proved its worth quite well ln Afrhanistan (Linmiddote ill-egible l an aircraft with
TS 888620 Copy 1__
r w HertH
TOP SECRET
C01197697 TOP SECRET
TO Selln
YA~~I NG NOTIC-INYSU31Na SOURCES Olt MfTHOOS NlQlYED NOT aanAUIU Tbull) IOl8Gtf Nlllellf~d I
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50
Page 1 of middot8 PagesUSC section 403g)
the wings and engines mounted high It is subsonic it does not need to rush about the battlefield middotat high speed~
The mission of figt~~ w3tion 10 t tI-IPt-oy thf r ir ene~ry It is equipped with the MIG-~3 ttte J1TCl 2 hh~ll 1~ lt 1pound1~middot n~u aircbullart~ and th~lt KlG- 21bis which ts rtnishig LlJ ~loJ lt~vice llf il~ the ielcl It is a p1middotet~f good aircraft the Fmiddotl5 was built to counter it as an air combat aircraft It provedits worth as an air-superiority fi~ter quite well in the Near East bull
(Several lines lllegtbleJ
bullbullbull in some ways it Is better and in so~e ways it is inferior In what ways fs tt inferior llot in the avion1C$ as you might think but in the range and enduranca this is our lllisfGrtune which [word illegible j
Other aircraft ~-e the long-range f1ghter-inter~eptors the MIG-31 and the SU-27
the llission of rt~connaissance aviation is to conduct air reconnaissance in ~upport of a front offensive operation rt is equipped wi th aircraft which are baHd on cobull~t afrcra1t the SU- i Mjll S0-17M4Flt SU-24HR HIG-25lltV and HIC-21R The HIG-25 is considered the world champion It has a very high speed -- 3000+ (krshr ] -- anci its ceiling is higher than 30 km Tills is the aircraft which ~~as [ taken] to Japan
Front tra)~UIrl aviatimt 16 ewzipp~a tdt h the Ai-26 s01oett111es the AN-12 and theHi-26 Hl-6 ard fij-~~ hmiddot~1icbullJt)itrs
fhe mission of spEeh~l avtetion is to 11-~fOlbullm speuia l tasks refueling of aircraft ja1RII1ng (ther ts electronic worrare) freight transport evacuation of thP sick ltmel wounded atc middot It is mostly equipped with transport aircraft
iirlt~~y h1aiton
Army Aviation is a ms ans of the commanders o t combined-arms armies army corps and moto~fzed rifle and tank divisions Its mission is air support for troops in th~ battlefiellti The compmiddotm-ents of Army Aviation are attack aviation trantport avJatfon ancl ~=Ed~J avhtbn
[Army a~tack aviation) is equipped with various versions of the HI-24 attack helicopter thG latest l(rsion L~~ th ~U- t~ a
[Arny ) transport avlation is e~uipped with t he H-6 which is the main heavy transpor t ttampl-gtpter i Chf 1-H-26 a nEw hel t copter- which is larger 1 perhaps not as much a~ half aga in a l~rge but nltwertheless larger and the MI-8
TS 888620 Copy 1L
TCH [CXltET
co 1197 69 7 TOP SECRET
611 i~middotY
WALI6NO NOJICI-11lT~ 5JUIIQS 01 MfI19DS INYQIVUI ~lUASAN TO ggNAI(XMlSJI
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (SO
Page 8 of 8 PagesUSC section 403g)
In aabull11y special aviacion HI-8Slli MALTA helicopters are used to jam [com~un1cat1ons ) and HI -2RTR helicopters are used for electronic and technical reconnaissance The iU- l~ll TANGOYZER L ~~ Longer in service 1 t was not costshyeffective
The components of Military Transport Aviation are transport and specialaviation
Organizationally the Air Forces consist of formations large units unitsand subunits Forrtations are the Ope1bullational Air Armies of the Supreme HighCOmmand (VAVGKON)
[ Ene1 or ciocUJuent a5 r~ceivelti I
TS 888~0 Copy IL
TOP SECRET
Withheld under statutory authority of theCentral Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 USC section
CD1197697
f6 SEERET
WARNING NOliCpound-INTEtUGINCt SOURCtS OR MITHODS INVOtVUl NOT UlJASAIIlf TO fOIIIGN NATIONAISj
I THS DOCUMENT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED
Intelligence In fo rmation Special Report Page 3 of 8 Pages
COUNTRY USSR
DATE Of INfO 1985
DATE 18 July 1988
SUBJECT
USSR GENERAL STAfF ACADEI-li LESSON The Sovie t Ur fo rces
-------middot-middot-middot- middot---- middot-middot-middotmiddot- ---- - -- ___ ___
SOURCE Documentary middot Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 USC section 403g)
Summary
The following intelligence report is a translation from Russian of a fragment of the text of a lecture at the VoroshUov General Staff Academy on middot the subject of the Soviet Air Forces The text covers i n brier outline form the mission tasks and organization of t he Sov iet Ai r Forbullt es Interspersed with this are a few facts and figures such as tha scale of pazbullticpation of airbOrne landng forces in the exerc i se ZA iJ D-8 lld some smmiddotpri singly candid commen t s particularly on the BACKFIRE bomber
End of Summary
TS 1888620 Cqpy u-t-
TOP ~JCRH
TOP SECRET
CD1197697 TOP SECRET
TQP SECJET
WAIIMNG NOTJCI-IHJIW(iHQ ~aS 011 MITHOOS IHVltliVID HOT IIUASAIUI TO FOIIBGN NAOONAISj
I --
Withheld under statutory authority of the middotCentral Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 Page ~ of 8 PagesUSC section 403g)
THE SOVII Ail rORCES
[First part of sentcmcltJ Ulegble] mfsson tasks co~position weaponsdevelopment ln the post1tnJ period 1 and cur-ent status
Misslon and tasks
The Air Forces are a highly maneuverable branch of the Armed Forces whose mission is to perform strategic and operational tasks in the airspace oyer continental and ocean theaters of 111ilitary operations in coordination with the other Araed Forces branches and independently If we refer to the Principles we see that the mission of the Air Forces is set forth somewhat differently there with all the main tasks inclnrlltd
The uin tasks of tile Air forces are
1 Defeating e1~my aviation groupings ground forces groupings and naval groupings
2 Gaining air supremacy and nuclear superiority
3 Air $upport for ground force~ and naval forces
4 Combat with enemymiddot reserves ihis is one of the middot mosmiddott important tasks At the pre~ent time 50 to 60 percent of the forces and means in a theater of military operations are in ihe second eche lbullJn or in the reserve It is therefore difficult to sa~r~ particularly when nuclear ~lteapons armiddote employed which is raore imporiant t c1estroyi ng the ~middotnemy s first echelon or destroying his second echelons and reserves
5 Cover for troop groupings and installations from attacks and reconnaissance by the air enemybull
6 ~-str_~~~9_n a_E~ a~~-~~~ la~~~n of__~i t~L_~ili tary-industrial and energy-produci11g inStaffiiaons admini~trativEmiddotmiddotpolitical centilrs ancl
-loll4L19~~llHQJJJSJJler~ PertormlnJ t hs tclsk leads Eo undermining of [ the ene11y s 1 military and economc capab1Hty cmiddotnd dLsruption of government and military co11mand and middotccbullnttbullol
1 Dropping a1rhorne landing for~es Which is also a very iraport ant task In re5ponse to tirLand Battle our mili tary science is developing the soshycalled three-dimensional operation 11 Hhich is a front offensive operation in which a large number of a lrborne landing forces areemployed In the ZAPAD-81 exercise this theoretical idea was put to a practical test In the course or a
TS 8888620 Copy i __
IcentP 51CliFT
TOP SECRET
CO 1197 697 TO~ SECRET
bull
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (SO USC section 403g) Page 5 of 8 Pages
~ offensive operation -- 15 days -- 1~-0 airborne landing forces of various types were dropped Three or these were operational two were operationalshytactical and all the rest were tactical ~or-~as The total number of personnel in the airborne landinr rr~es rearhtm 80 000 rccordlng to data fro11 the classified publf)lttion 11 ~llltalY Thogbt or 50000 eccording to the fila on ZAPAD-81 Tha totcl nUltiomiddot f ct~n it a ccibirelti~crmiddotms arDJy [line illegible1 bull bullbullbull that is virtually an entire combined~arms army is dropped into the rear of the enea~y
8 Aerial reconnampJssance Aerial reconnaissance is carried out in the tactical operational and strategic depth forces and means permitting
9 InterdictinK ere~y troop maneuver nd transport movements
10 Air t1bullansport of troops anct materi ei
11 Special tasks electronic~ warf armiddote supplyi ng troops and aviation with POL troop transJl()r t evaltuatioramp of the sick and Wounded and a number of other ta~ks
12 Disruption or the operation of the enebullys rear services and tran~portation
1he Air Forces are equipped with manned and unmanned means to perform these taaks
Com~-3Sition
[The AJr Forces consist of Long-rvnge~ A_V iation f2~ Aviation Army Aviation and Military Tr-ansprt w1ationJ Thee liCrbull previously referred to as aviation oranche$ [ vicly ~viatsii] nott the Principles simply state The Air Forces consist of Long-Wnge Aviaton Front Aviation ~rmy Aviation and Hilitary Transport Avfatton and include the following components [roda av1ats1 ] bomber aviation fighter~bomber aviation attack aviation fighter aviation reconnalssance ~vition~ transport aviation and special aviation The rirst three air compon~nt$ -- bomberbull1 fighter-bomber 1 and attack aviation were sometimes reterred to in the literature as strike aviation
Long-Range Aviation
Long-Range Aviation is a aeans of the Supreme High Comnand Its ~i~sion is to per form tasks in the opera tionsl cr~ libullatesio dep t h lhe components of Long-Range Avint i on are oo~1ber aviation reconnaissance aviation ) and special aviation long-Range iw iation is PQu ippeo wHh the following aircraft the 3-M the flJ-95 which i s subsonic t no t tha latest aircraft in any event the TU-22 which i gt newer n d thP TU- 22M wh1c h i s someti~tes called BAGKFIRE
TS 1888620 Copy a__
TeP EEIItEi
middot()i GECIltET
CD1197 697 TOP SECRET
VGJgt SEEiRei
WAAlINO NOJICimiddot-mJeIG~ SOIJlla$ OR METKOOS INVltll12D f(()f IIELIASADI TO ~NIVIOI~r~~~
I _l
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50
Page ~ of 8 Pagesmiddot USC section 403g)
As far as the Tll-22 and TU-22M are concerned they are amiddotre completely different aircraft notwithstanding tht i-~ that they have the same designation There are t bullrlt~ ~~(l~)nl r-~ - ~hJ~ 1h9 nr~t rsa~cn is that the design bureau omiddotl itt lIC1 lbullbulltJmiddottgth i1()iltlJ ( t vL ld e 1Clt liCCi3ft bull t~ut they did have 11oney fomiddotmiddot upgrbulludi1~~ t~middot tU--22 Jinc0 ~h~ l0middot-22i~ lil[ ipe it t~lmiddotms of the
- [RampD) work it was decided to begin construction using the money allocated for updating the TU-22 At this time SALT II had been negotiated and [the Americans] were supposed to sign it When they aooused us of building a (new]middot strategic bOmber we responded that it was an upgraded bomber Th~ refueling device was quickly removed (and they started to include it in the set that came with the aircraft) When the aircraft enters service in the field these sets fshycoae with it and [will be] (word illegiblel for in-flight refueling When_ necessary all this can be (rord Ulegible J within a rew hours While (the TU-22 ) does not h~ve vnrablP~sweep 111ngs1 ~~ the TU-22H) does andmiddot it has completely dUerent equJpment and dHferent chractPristlcs
Long-range reconna1ssance avlatJltJn is eq11tppPd with the TU-22R and TU-22MR the IL-20ii and ihe 1095 middot
Special aviation has ~he M-3 and the TU-160 Note the differ~nce t~ 3~M i3 a combat aircrait the ~-3 1s the same alrctmiddotaft but a tanker
Front Aviation
Proni aviaUon is- the lffigest bra1xh of aviation 1t is intended for joint acticrswlti frbullont la~oops as well a q~rmiddota ~ons lt)f i~he other branches of the Armed For-ce~ - middoty-is the liiHtr attntlk lbull t~r gtf ihltbull ftbullont commanltSermiddot The componlinb of flllii a1Ja t-~bulllJ ar brihlbetbull aviailtlonmiddotmiddot -rTglter-borrbullbEr aviation attack avSatlon f1gttter aviation rnconnai~ance aviation transpltgtrt aviation and spel~Jal ~middotiat ion
Front bomber aviat ton is equi~d with the SU-24 which has replaced the YAK-2lrmiddotmiddot-middotmiddotrmiddothe bullatcsG 1mrs1ltm Js the SU-~JHf Nhich has improved charact~ristics and in-flight refu~Ung ltapal)1lity
The 1111$slon of fighter-bomber ltWiatinn ts to destroy targets in the imDedate operatlonC1 and tacttcal depth It ts equipped with various versions of the SU-lr suer llS thf Slimiddotmiddot 17H3 tnd fiJJbull iHii and the HIG-27 These are all variable-gemi11r ~ ir~rbullgtit
The mfsMon ct attack aviaiion is o ~errorm ai r support tasks for troops in the batt)eflPlcL 1n thEbull trtci i cal ~nd imr1eaiate operatlonal depth It is equipped lllth the SU-middot25 [Line illegible ) bull It is in the field H proved its worth quite well ln Afrhanistan (Linmiddote ill-egible l an aircraft with
TS 888620 Copy 1__
r w HertH
TOP SECRET
C01197697 TOP SECRET
TO Selln
YA~~I NG NOTIC-INYSU31Na SOURCES Olt MfTHOOS NlQlYED NOT aanAUIU Tbull) IOl8Gtf Nlllellf~d I
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50
Page 1 of middot8 PagesUSC section 403g)
the wings and engines mounted high It is subsonic it does not need to rush about the battlefield middotat high speed~
The mission of figt~~ w3tion 10 t tI-IPt-oy thf r ir ene~ry It is equipped with the MIG-~3 ttte J1TCl 2 hh~ll 1~ lt 1pound1~middot n~u aircbullart~ and th~lt KlG- 21bis which ts rtnishig LlJ ~loJ lt~vice llf il~ the ielcl It is a p1middotet~f good aircraft the Fmiddotl5 was built to counter it as an air combat aircraft It provedits worth as an air-superiority fi~ter quite well in the Near East bull
(Several lines lllegtbleJ
bullbullbull in some ways it Is better and in so~e ways it is inferior In what ways fs tt inferior llot in the avion1C$ as you might think but in the range and enduranca this is our lllisfGrtune which [word illegible j
Other aircraft ~-e the long-range f1ghter-inter~eptors the MIG-31 and the SU-27
the llission of rt~connaissance aviation is to conduct air reconnaissance in ~upport of a front offensive operation rt is equipped wi th aircraft which are baHd on cobull~t afrcra1t the SU- i Mjll S0-17M4Flt SU-24HR HIG-25lltV and HIC-21R The HIG-25 is considered the world champion It has a very high speed -- 3000+ (krshr ] -- anci its ceiling is higher than 30 km Tills is the aircraft which ~~as [ taken] to Japan
Front tra)~UIrl aviatimt 16 ewzipp~a tdt h the Ai-26 s01oett111es the AN-12 and theHi-26 Hl-6 ard fij-~~ hmiddot~1icbullJt)itrs
fhe mission of spEeh~l avtetion is to 11-~fOlbullm speuia l tasks refueling of aircraft ja1RII1ng (ther ts electronic worrare) freight transport evacuation of thP sick ltmel wounded atc middot It is mostly equipped with transport aircraft
iirlt~~y h1aiton
Army Aviation is a ms ans of the commanders o t combined-arms armies army corps and moto~fzed rifle and tank divisions Its mission is air support for troops in th~ battlefiellti The compmiddotm-ents of Army Aviation are attack aviation trantport avJatfon ancl ~=Ed~J avhtbn
[Army a~tack aviation) is equipped with various versions of the HI-24 attack helicopter thG latest l(rsion L~~ th ~U- t~ a
[Arny ) transport avlation is e~uipped with t he H-6 which is the main heavy transpor t ttampl-gtpter i Chf 1-H-26 a nEw hel t copter- which is larger 1 perhaps not as much a~ half aga in a l~rge but nltwertheless larger and the MI-8
TS 888620 Copy 1L
TCH [CXltET
co 1197 69 7 TOP SECRET
611 i~middotY
WALI6NO NOJICI-11lT~ 5JUIIQS 01 MfI19DS INYQIVUI ~lUASAN TO ggNAI(XMlSJI
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (SO
Page 8 of 8 PagesUSC section 403g)
In aabull11y special aviacion HI-8Slli MALTA helicopters are used to jam [com~un1cat1ons ) and HI -2RTR helicopters are used for electronic and technical reconnaissance The iU- l~ll TANGOYZER L ~~ Longer in service 1 t was not costshyeffective
The components of Military Transport Aviation are transport and specialaviation
Organizationally the Air Forces consist of formations large units unitsand subunits Forrtations are the Ope1bullational Air Armies of the Supreme HighCOmmand (VAVGKON)
[ Ene1 or ciocUJuent a5 r~ceivelti I
TS 888~0 Copy IL
TOP SECRET
CD1197697 TOP SECRET
TQP SECJET
WAIIMNG NOTJCI-IHJIW(iHQ ~aS 011 MITHOOS IHVltliVID HOT IIUASAIUI TO FOIIBGN NAOONAISj
I --
Withheld under statutory authority of the middotCentral Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 Page ~ of 8 PagesUSC section 403g)
THE SOVII Ail rORCES
[First part of sentcmcltJ Ulegble] mfsson tasks co~position weaponsdevelopment ln the post1tnJ period 1 and cur-ent status
Misslon and tasks
The Air Forces are a highly maneuverable branch of the Armed Forces whose mission is to perform strategic and operational tasks in the airspace oyer continental and ocean theaters of 111ilitary operations in coordination with the other Araed Forces branches and independently If we refer to the Principles we see that the mission of the Air Forces is set forth somewhat differently there with all the main tasks inclnrlltd
The uin tasks of tile Air forces are
1 Defeating e1~my aviation groupings ground forces groupings and naval groupings
2 Gaining air supremacy and nuclear superiority
3 Air $upport for ground force~ and naval forces
4 Combat with enemymiddot reserves ihis is one of the middot mosmiddott important tasks At the pre~ent time 50 to 60 percent of the forces and means in a theater of military operations are in ihe second eche lbullJn or in the reserve It is therefore difficult to sa~r~ particularly when nuclear ~lteapons armiddote employed which is raore imporiant t c1estroyi ng the ~middotnemy s first echelon or destroying his second echelons and reserves
5 Cover for troop groupings and installations from attacks and reconnaissance by the air enemybull
6 ~-str_~~~9_n a_E~ a~~-~~~ la~~~n of__~i t~L_~ili tary-industrial and energy-produci11g inStaffiiaons admini~trativEmiddotmiddotpolitical centilrs ancl
-loll4L19~~llHQJJJSJJler~ PertormlnJ t hs tclsk leads Eo undermining of [ the ene11y s 1 military and economc capab1Hty cmiddotnd dLsruption of government and military co11mand and middotccbullnttbullol
1 Dropping a1rhorne landing for~es Which is also a very iraport ant task In re5ponse to tirLand Battle our mili tary science is developing the soshycalled three-dimensional operation 11 Hhich is a front offensive operation in which a large number of a lrborne landing forces areemployed In the ZAPAD-81 exercise this theoretical idea was put to a practical test In the course or a
TS 8888620 Copy i __
IcentP 51CliFT
TOP SECRET
CO 1197 697 TO~ SECRET
bull
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (SO USC section 403g) Page 5 of 8 Pages
~ offensive operation -- 15 days -- 1~-0 airborne landing forces of various types were dropped Three or these were operational two were operationalshytactical and all the rest were tactical ~or-~as The total number of personnel in the airborne landinr rr~es rearhtm 80 000 rccordlng to data fro11 the classified publf)lttion 11 ~llltalY Thogbt or 50000 eccording to the fila on ZAPAD-81 Tha totcl nUltiomiddot f ct~n it a ccibirelti~crmiddotms arDJy [line illegible1 bull bullbullbull that is virtually an entire combined~arms army is dropped into the rear of the enea~y
8 Aerial reconnampJssance Aerial reconnaissance is carried out in the tactical operational and strategic depth forces and means permitting
9 InterdictinK ere~y troop maneuver nd transport movements
10 Air t1bullansport of troops anct materi ei
11 Special tasks electronic~ warf armiddote supplyi ng troops and aviation with POL troop transJl()r t evaltuatioramp of the sick and Wounded and a number of other ta~ks
12 Disruption or the operation of the enebullys rear services and tran~portation
1he Air Forces are equipped with manned and unmanned means to perform these taaks
Com~-3Sition
[The AJr Forces consist of Long-rvnge~ A_V iation f2~ Aviation Army Aviation and Military Tr-ansprt w1ationJ Thee liCrbull previously referred to as aviation oranche$ [ vicly ~viatsii] nott the Principles simply state The Air Forces consist of Long-Wnge Aviaton Front Aviation ~rmy Aviation and Hilitary Transport Avfatton and include the following components [roda av1ats1 ] bomber aviation fighter~bomber aviation attack aviation fighter aviation reconnalssance ~vition~ transport aviation and special aviation The rirst three air compon~nt$ -- bomberbull1 fighter-bomber 1 and attack aviation were sometimes reterred to in the literature as strike aviation
Long-Range Aviation
Long-Range Aviation is a aeans of the Supreme High Comnand Its ~i~sion is to per form tasks in the opera tionsl cr~ libullatesio dep t h lhe components of Long-Range Avint i on are oo~1ber aviation reconnaissance aviation ) and special aviation long-Range iw iation is PQu ippeo wHh the following aircraft the 3-M the flJ-95 which i s subsonic t no t tha latest aircraft in any event the TU-22 which i gt newer n d thP TU- 22M wh1c h i s someti~tes called BAGKFIRE
TS 1888620 Copy a__
TeP EEIItEi
middot()i GECIltET
CD1197 697 TOP SECRET
VGJgt SEEiRei
WAAlINO NOJICimiddot-mJeIG~ SOIJlla$ OR METKOOS INVltll12D f(()f IIELIASADI TO ~NIVIOI~r~~~
I _l
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50
Page ~ of 8 Pagesmiddot USC section 403g)
As far as the Tll-22 and TU-22M are concerned they are amiddotre completely different aircraft notwithstanding tht i-~ that they have the same designation There are t bullrlt~ ~~(l~)nl r-~ - ~hJ~ 1h9 nr~t rsa~cn is that the design bureau omiddotl itt lIC1 lbullbulltJmiddottgth i1()iltlJ ( t vL ld e 1Clt liCCi3ft bull t~ut they did have 11oney fomiddotmiddot upgrbulludi1~~ t~middot tU--22 Jinc0 ~h~ l0middot-22i~ lil[ ipe it t~lmiddotms of the
- [RampD) work it was decided to begin construction using the money allocated for updating the TU-22 At this time SALT II had been negotiated and [the Americans] were supposed to sign it When they aooused us of building a (new]middot strategic bOmber we responded that it was an upgraded bomber Th~ refueling device was quickly removed (and they started to include it in the set that came with the aircraft) When the aircraft enters service in the field these sets fshycoae with it and [will be] (word illegiblel for in-flight refueling When_ necessary all this can be (rord Ulegible J within a rew hours While (the TU-22 ) does not h~ve vnrablP~sweep 111ngs1 ~~ the TU-22H) does andmiddot it has completely dUerent equJpment and dHferent chractPristlcs
Long-range reconna1ssance avlatJltJn is eq11tppPd with the TU-22R and TU-22MR the IL-20ii and ihe 1095 middot
Special aviation has ~he M-3 and the TU-160 Note the differ~nce t~ 3~M i3 a combat aircrait the ~-3 1s the same alrctmiddotaft but a tanker
Front Aviation
Proni aviaUon is- the lffigest bra1xh of aviation 1t is intended for joint acticrswlti frbullont la~oops as well a q~rmiddota ~ons lt)f i~he other branches of the Armed For-ce~ - middoty-is the liiHtr attntlk lbull t~r gtf ihltbull ftbullont commanltSermiddot The componlinb of flllii a1Ja t-~bulllJ ar brihlbetbull aviailtlonmiddotmiddot -rTglter-borrbullbEr aviation attack avSatlon f1gttter aviation rnconnai~ance aviation transpltgtrt aviation and spel~Jal ~middotiat ion
Front bomber aviat ton is equi~d with the SU-24 which has replaced the YAK-2lrmiddotmiddot-middotmiddotrmiddothe bullatcsG 1mrs1ltm Js the SU-~JHf Nhich has improved charact~ristics and in-flight refu~Ung ltapal)1lity
The 1111$slon of fighter-bomber ltWiatinn ts to destroy targets in the imDedate operatlonC1 and tacttcal depth It ts equipped with various versions of the SU-lr suer llS thf Slimiddotmiddot 17H3 tnd fiJJbull iHii and the HIG-27 These are all variable-gemi11r ~ ir~rbullgtit
The mfsMon ct attack aviaiion is o ~errorm ai r support tasks for troops in the batt)eflPlcL 1n thEbull trtci i cal ~nd imr1eaiate operatlonal depth It is equipped lllth the SU-middot25 [Line illegible ) bull It is in the field H proved its worth quite well ln Afrhanistan (Linmiddote ill-egible l an aircraft with
TS 888620 Copy 1__
r w HertH
TOP SECRET
C01197697 TOP SECRET
TO Selln
YA~~I NG NOTIC-INYSU31Na SOURCES Olt MfTHOOS NlQlYED NOT aanAUIU Tbull) IOl8Gtf Nlllellf~d I
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50
Page 1 of middot8 PagesUSC section 403g)
the wings and engines mounted high It is subsonic it does not need to rush about the battlefield middotat high speed~
The mission of figt~~ w3tion 10 t tI-IPt-oy thf r ir ene~ry It is equipped with the MIG-~3 ttte J1TCl 2 hh~ll 1~ lt 1pound1~middot n~u aircbullart~ and th~lt KlG- 21bis which ts rtnishig LlJ ~loJ lt~vice llf il~ the ielcl It is a p1middotet~f good aircraft the Fmiddotl5 was built to counter it as an air combat aircraft It provedits worth as an air-superiority fi~ter quite well in the Near East bull
(Several lines lllegtbleJ
bullbullbull in some ways it Is better and in so~e ways it is inferior In what ways fs tt inferior llot in the avion1C$ as you might think but in the range and enduranca this is our lllisfGrtune which [word illegible j
Other aircraft ~-e the long-range f1ghter-inter~eptors the MIG-31 and the SU-27
the llission of rt~connaissance aviation is to conduct air reconnaissance in ~upport of a front offensive operation rt is equipped wi th aircraft which are baHd on cobull~t afrcra1t the SU- i Mjll S0-17M4Flt SU-24HR HIG-25lltV and HIC-21R The HIG-25 is considered the world champion It has a very high speed -- 3000+ (krshr ] -- anci its ceiling is higher than 30 km Tills is the aircraft which ~~as [ taken] to Japan
Front tra)~UIrl aviatimt 16 ewzipp~a tdt h the Ai-26 s01oett111es the AN-12 and theHi-26 Hl-6 ard fij-~~ hmiddot~1icbullJt)itrs
fhe mission of spEeh~l avtetion is to 11-~fOlbullm speuia l tasks refueling of aircraft ja1RII1ng (ther ts electronic worrare) freight transport evacuation of thP sick ltmel wounded atc middot It is mostly equipped with transport aircraft
iirlt~~y h1aiton
Army Aviation is a ms ans of the commanders o t combined-arms armies army corps and moto~fzed rifle and tank divisions Its mission is air support for troops in th~ battlefiellti The compmiddotm-ents of Army Aviation are attack aviation trantport avJatfon ancl ~=Ed~J avhtbn
[Army a~tack aviation) is equipped with various versions of the HI-24 attack helicopter thG latest l(rsion L~~ th ~U- t~ a
[Arny ) transport avlation is e~uipped with t he H-6 which is the main heavy transpor t ttampl-gtpter i Chf 1-H-26 a nEw hel t copter- which is larger 1 perhaps not as much a~ half aga in a l~rge but nltwertheless larger and the MI-8
TS 888620 Copy 1L
TCH [CXltET
co 1197 69 7 TOP SECRET
611 i~middotY
WALI6NO NOJICI-11lT~ 5JUIIQS 01 MfI19DS INYQIVUI ~lUASAN TO ggNAI(XMlSJI
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (SO
Page 8 of 8 PagesUSC section 403g)
In aabull11y special aviacion HI-8Slli MALTA helicopters are used to jam [com~un1cat1ons ) and HI -2RTR helicopters are used for electronic and technical reconnaissance The iU- l~ll TANGOYZER L ~~ Longer in service 1 t was not costshyeffective
The components of Military Transport Aviation are transport and specialaviation
Organizationally the Air Forces consist of formations large units unitsand subunits Forrtations are the Ope1bullational Air Armies of the Supreme HighCOmmand (VAVGKON)
[ Ene1 or ciocUJuent a5 r~ceivelti I
TS 888~0 Copy IL
TOP SECRET
CO 1197 697 TO~ SECRET
bull
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (SO USC section 403g) Page 5 of 8 Pages
~ offensive operation -- 15 days -- 1~-0 airborne landing forces of various types were dropped Three or these were operational two were operationalshytactical and all the rest were tactical ~or-~as The total number of personnel in the airborne landinr rr~es rearhtm 80 000 rccordlng to data fro11 the classified publf)lttion 11 ~llltalY Thogbt or 50000 eccording to the fila on ZAPAD-81 Tha totcl nUltiomiddot f ct~n it a ccibirelti~crmiddotms arDJy [line illegible1 bull bullbullbull that is virtually an entire combined~arms army is dropped into the rear of the enea~y
8 Aerial reconnampJssance Aerial reconnaissance is carried out in the tactical operational and strategic depth forces and means permitting
9 InterdictinK ere~y troop maneuver nd transport movements
10 Air t1bullansport of troops anct materi ei
11 Special tasks electronic~ warf armiddote supplyi ng troops and aviation with POL troop transJl()r t evaltuatioramp of the sick and Wounded and a number of other ta~ks
12 Disruption or the operation of the enebullys rear services and tran~portation
1he Air Forces are equipped with manned and unmanned means to perform these taaks
Com~-3Sition
[The AJr Forces consist of Long-rvnge~ A_V iation f2~ Aviation Army Aviation and Military Tr-ansprt w1ationJ Thee liCrbull previously referred to as aviation oranche$ [ vicly ~viatsii] nott the Principles simply state The Air Forces consist of Long-Wnge Aviaton Front Aviation ~rmy Aviation and Hilitary Transport Avfatton and include the following components [roda av1ats1 ] bomber aviation fighter~bomber aviation attack aviation fighter aviation reconnalssance ~vition~ transport aviation and special aviation The rirst three air compon~nt$ -- bomberbull1 fighter-bomber 1 and attack aviation were sometimes reterred to in the literature as strike aviation
Long-Range Aviation
Long-Range Aviation is a aeans of the Supreme High Comnand Its ~i~sion is to per form tasks in the opera tionsl cr~ libullatesio dep t h lhe components of Long-Range Avint i on are oo~1ber aviation reconnaissance aviation ) and special aviation long-Range iw iation is PQu ippeo wHh the following aircraft the 3-M the flJ-95 which i s subsonic t no t tha latest aircraft in any event the TU-22 which i gt newer n d thP TU- 22M wh1c h i s someti~tes called BAGKFIRE
TS 1888620 Copy a__
TeP EEIItEi
middot()i GECIltET
CD1197 697 TOP SECRET
VGJgt SEEiRei
WAAlINO NOJICimiddot-mJeIG~ SOIJlla$ OR METKOOS INVltll12D f(()f IIELIASADI TO ~NIVIOI~r~~~
I _l
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50
Page ~ of 8 Pagesmiddot USC section 403g)
As far as the Tll-22 and TU-22M are concerned they are amiddotre completely different aircraft notwithstanding tht i-~ that they have the same designation There are t bullrlt~ ~~(l~)nl r-~ - ~hJ~ 1h9 nr~t rsa~cn is that the design bureau omiddotl itt lIC1 lbullbulltJmiddottgth i1()iltlJ ( t vL ld e 1Clt liCCi3ft bull t~ut they did have 11oney fomiddotmiddot upgrbulludi1~~ t~middot tU--22 Jinc0 ~h~ l0middot-22i~ lil[ ipe it t~lmiddotms of the
- [RampD) work it was decided to begin construction using the money allocated for updating the TU-22 At this time SALT II had been negotiated and [the Americans] were supposed to sign it When they aooused us of building a (new]middot strategic bOmber we responded that it was an upgraded bomber Th~ refueling device was quickly removed (and they started to include it in the set that came with the aircraft) When the aircraft enters service in the field these sets fshycoae with it and [will be] (word illegiblel for in-flight refueling When_ necessary all this can be (rord Ulegible J within a rew hours While (the TU-22 ) does not h~ve vnrablP~sweep 111ngs1 ~~ the TU-22H) does andmiddot it has completely dUerent equJpment and dHferent chractPristlcs
Long-range reconna1ssance avlatJltJn is eq11tppPd with the TU-22R and TU-22MR the IL-20ii and ihe 1095 middot
Special aviation has ~he M-3 and the TU-160 Note the differ~nce t~ 3~M i3 a combat aircrait the ~-3 1s the same alrctmiddotaft but a tanker
Front Aviation
Proni aviaUon is- the lffigest bra1xh of aviation 1t is intended for joint acticrswlti frbullont la~oops as well a q~rmiddota ~ons lt)f i~he other branches of the Armed For-ce~ - middoty-is the liiHtr attntlk lbull t~r gtf ihltbull ftbullont commanltSermiddot The componlinb of flllii a1Ja t-~bulllJ ar brihlbetbull aviailtlonmiddotmiddot -rTglter-borrbullbEr aviation attack avSatlon f1gttter aviation rnconnai~ance aviation transpltgtrt aviation and spel~Jal ~middotiat ion
Front bomber aviat ton is equi~d with the SU-24 which has replaced the YAK-2lrmiddotmiddot-middotmiddotrmiddothe bullatcsG 1mrs1ltm Js the SU-~JHf Nhich has improved charact~ristics and in-flight refu~Ung ltapal)1lity
The 1111$slon of fighter-bomber ltWiatinn ts to destroy targets in the imDedate operatlonC1 and tacttcal depth It ts equipped with various versions of the SU-lr suer llS thf Slimiddotmiddot 17H3 tnd fiJJbull iHii and the HIG-27 These are all variable-gemi11r ~ ir~rbullgtit
The mfsMon ct attack aviaiion is o ~errorm ai r support tasks for troops in the batt)eflPlcL 1n thEbull trtci i cal ~nd imr1eaiate operatlonal depth It is equipped lllth the SU-middot25 [Line illegible ) bull It is in the field H proved its worth quite well ln Afrhanistan (Linmiddote ill-egible l an aircraft with
TS 888620 Copy 1__
r w HertH
TOP SECRET
C01197697 TOP SECRET
TO Selln
YA~~I NG NOTIC-INYSU31Na SOURCES Olt MfTHOOS NlQlYED NOT aanAUIU Tbull) IOl8Gtf Nlllellf~d I
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50
Page 1 of middot8 PagesUSC section 403g)
the wings and engines mounted high It is subsonic it does not need to rush about the battlefield middotat high speed~
The mission of figt~~ w3tion 10 t tI-IPt-oy thf r ir ene~ry It is equipped with the MIG-~3 ttte J1TCl 2 hh~ll 1~ lt 1pound1~middot n~u aircbullart~ and th~lt KlG- 21bis which ts rtnishig LlJ ~loJ lt~vice llf il~ the ielcl It is a p1middotet~f good aircraft the Fmiddotl5 was built to counter it as an air combat aircraft It provedits worth as an air-superiority fi~ter quite well in the Near East bull
(Several lines lllegtbleJ
bullbullbull in some ways it Is better and in so~e ways it is inferior In what ways fs tt inferior llot in the avion1C$ as you might think but in the range and enduranca this is our lllisfGrtune which [word illegible j
Other aircraft ~-e the long-range f1ghter-inter~eptors the MIG-31 and the SU-27
the llission of rt~connaissance aviation is to conduct air reconnaissance in ~upport of a front offensive operation rt is equipped wi th aircraft which are baHd on cobull~t afrcra1t the SU- i Mjll S0-17M4Flt SU-24HR HIG-25lltV and HIC-21R The HIG-25 is considered the world champion It has a very high speed -- 3000+ (krshr ] -- anci its ceiling is higher than 30 km Tills is the aircraft which ~~as [ taken] to Japan
Front tra)~UIrl aviatimt 16 ewzipp~a tdt h the Ai-26 s01oett111es the AN-12 and theHi-26 Hl-6 ard fij-~~ hmiddot~1icbullJt)itrs
fhe mission of spEeh~l avtetion is to 11-~fOlbullm speuia l tasks refueling of aircraft ja1RII1ng (ther ts electronic worrare) freight transport evacuation of thP sick ltmel wounded atc middot It is mostly equipped with transport aircraft
iirlt~~y h1aiton
Army Aviation is a ms ans of the commanders o t combined-arms armies army corps and moto~fzed rifle and tank divisions Its mission is air support for troops in th~ battlefiellti The compmiddotm-ents of Army Aviation are attack aviation trantport avJatfon ancl ~=Ed~J avhtbn
[Army a~tack aviation) is equipped with various versions of the HI-24 attack helicopter thG latest l(rsion L~~ th ~U- t~ a
[Arny ) transport avlation is e~uipped with t he H-6 which is the main heavy transpor t ttampl-gtpter i Chf 1-H-26 a nEw hel t copter- which is larger 1 perhaps not as much a~ half aga in a l~rge but nltwertheless larger and the MI-8
TS 888620 Copy 1L
TCH [CXltET
co 1197 69 7 TOP SECRET
611 i~middotY
WALI6NO NOJICI-11lT~ 5JUIIQS 01 MfI19DS INYQIVUI ~lUASAN TO ggNAI(XMlSJI
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (SO
Page 8 of 8 PagesUSC section 403g)
In aabull11y special aviacion HI-8Slli MALTA helicopters are used to jam [com~un1cat1ons ) and HI -2RTR helicopters are used for electronic and technical reconnaissance The iU- l~ll TANGOYZER L ~~ Longer in service 1 t was not costshyeffective
The components of Military Transport Aviation are transport and specialaviation
Organizationally the Air Forces consist of formations large units unitsand subunits Forrtations are the Ope1bullational Air Armies of the Supreme HighCOmmand (VAVGKON)
[ Ene1 or ciocUJuent a5 r~ceivelti I
TS 888~0 Copy IL
TOP SECRET
CD1197 697 TOP SECRET
VGJgt SEEiRei
WAAlINO NOJICimiddot-mJeIG~ SOIJlla$ OR METKOOS INVltll12D f(()f IIELIASADI TO ~NIVIOI~r~~~
I _l
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50
Page ~ of 8 Pagesmiddot USC section 403g)
As far as the Tll-22 and TU-22M are concerned they are amiddotre completely different aircraft notwithstanding tht i-~ that they have the same designation There are t bullrlt~ ~~(l~)nl r-~ - ~hJ~ 1h9 nr~t rsa~cn is that the design bureau omiddotl itt lIC1 lbullbulltJmiddottgth i1()iltlJ ( t vL ld e 1Clt liCCi3ft bull t~ut they did have 11oney fomiddotmiddot upgrbulludi1~~ t~middot tU--22 Jinc0 ~h~ l0middot-22i~ lil[ ipe it t~lmiddotms of the
- [RampD) work it was decided to begin construction using the money allocated for updating the TU-22 At this time SALT II had been negotiated and [the Americans] were supposed to sign it When they aooused us of building a (new]middot strategic bOmber we responded that it was an upgraded bomber Th~ refueling device was quickly removed (and they started to include it in the set that came with the aircraft) When the aircraft enters service in the field these sets fshycoae with it and [will be] (word illegiblel for in-flight refueling When_ necessary all this can be (rord Ulegible J within a rew hours While (the TU-22 ) does not h~ve vnrablP~sweep 111ngs1 ~~ the TU-22H) does andmiddot it has completely dUerent equJpment and dHferent chractPristlcs
Long-range reconna1ssance avlatJltJn is eq11tppPd with the TU-22R and TU-22MR the IL-20ii and ihe 1095 middot
Special aviation has ~he M-3 and the TU-160 Note the differ~nce t~ 3~M i3 a combat aircrait the ~-3 1s the same alrctmiddotaft but a tanker
Front Aviation
Proni aviaUon is- the lffigest bra1xh of aviation 1t is intended for joint acticrswlti frbullont la~oops as well a q~rmiddota ~ons lt)f i~he other branches of the Armed For-ce~ - middoty-is the liiHtr attntlk lbull t~r gtf ihltbull ftbullont commanltSermiddot The componlinb of flllii a1Ja t-~bulllJ ar brihlbetbull aviailtlonmiddotmiddot -rTglter-borrbullbEr aviation attack avSatlon f1gttter aviation rnconnai~ance aviation transpltgtrt aviation and spel~Jal ~middotiat ion
Front bomber aviat ton is equi~d with the SU-24 which has replaced the YAK-2lrmiddotmiddot-middotmiddotrmiddothe bullatcsG 1mrs1ltm Js the SU-~JHf Nhich has improved charact~ristics and in-flight refu~Ung ltapal)1lity
The 1111$slon of fighter-bomber ltWiatinn ts to destroy targets in the imDedate operatlonC1 and tacttcal depth It ts equipped with various versions of the SU-lr suer llS thf Slimiddotmiddot 17H3 tnd fiJJbull iHii and the HIG-27 These are all variable-gemi11r ~ ir~rbullgtit
The mfsMon ct attack aviaiion is o ~errorm ai r support tasks for troops in the batt)eflPlcL 1n thEbull trtci i cal ~nd imr1eaiate operatlonal depth It is equipped lllth the SU-middot25 [Line illegible ) bull It is in the field H proved its worth quite well ln Afrhanistan (Linmiddote ill-egible l an aircraft with
TS 888620 Copy 1__
r w HertH
TOP SECRET
C01197697 TOP SECRET
TO Selln
YA~~I NG NOTIC-INYSU31Na SOURCES Olt MfTHOOS NlQlYED NOT aanAUIU Tbull) IOl8Gtf Nlllellf~d I
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50
Page 1 of middot8 PagesUSC section 403g)
the wings and engines mounted high It is subsonic it does not need to rush about the battlefield middotat high speed~
The mission of figt~~ w3tion 10 t tI-IPt-oy thf r ir ene~ry It is equipped with the MIG-~3 ttte J1TCl 2 hh~ll 1~ lt 1pound1~middot n~u aircbullart~ and th~lt KlG- 21bis which ts rtnishig LlJ ~loJ lt~vice llf il~ the ielcl It is a p1middotet~f good aircraft the Fmiddotl5 was built to counter it as an air combat aircraft It provedits worth as an air-superiority fi~ter quite well in the Near East bull
(Several lines lllegtbleJ
bullbullbull in some ways it Is better and in so~e ways it is inferior In what ways fs tt inferior llot in the avion1C$ as you might think but in the range and enduranca this is our lllisfGrtune which [word illegible j
Other aircraft ~-e the long-range f1ghter-inter~eptors the MIG-31 and the SU-27
the llission of rt~connaissance aviation is to conduct air reconnaissance in ~upport of a front offensive operation rt is equipped wi th aircraft which are baHd on cobull~t afrcra1t the SU- i Mjll S0-17M4Flt SU-24HR HIG-25lltV and HIC-21R The HIG-25 is considered the world champion It has a very high speed -- 3000+ (krshr ] -- anci its ceiling is higher than 30 km Tills is the aircraft which ~~as [ taken] to Japan
Front tra)~UIrl aviatimt 16 ewzipp~a tdt h the Ai-26 s01oett111es the AN-12 and theHi-26 Hl-6 ard fij-~~ hmiddot~1icbullJt)itrs
fhe mission of spEeh~l avtetion is to 11-~fOlbullm speuia l tasks refueling of aircraft ja1RII1ng (ther ts electronic worrare) freight transport evacuation of thP sick ltmel wounded atc middot It is mostly equipped with transport aircraft
iirlt~~y h1aiton
Army Aviation is a ms ans of the commanders o t combined-arms armies army corps and moto~fzed rifle and tank divisions Its mission is air support for troops in th~ battlefiellti The compmiddotm-ents of Army Aviation are attack aviation trantport avJatfon ancl ~=Ed~J avhtbn
[Army a~tack aviation) is equipped with various versions of the HI-24 attack helicopter thG latest l(rsion L~~ th ~U- t~ a
[Arny ) transport avlation is e~uipped with t he H-6 which is the main heavy transpor t ttampl-gtpter i Chf 1-H-26 a nEw hel t copter- which is larger 1 perhaps not as much a~ half aga in a l~rge but nltwertheless larger and the MI-8
TS 888620 Copy 1L
TCH [CXltET
co 1197 69 7 TOP SECRET
611 i~middotY
WALI6NO NOJICI-11lT~ 5JUIIQS 01 MfI19DS INYQIVUI ~lUASAN TO ggNAI(XMlSJI
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (SO
Page 8 of 8 PagesUSC section 403g)
In aabull11y special aviacion HI-8Slli MALTA helicopters are used to jam [com~un1cat1ons ) and HI -2RTR helicopters are used for electronic and technical reconnaissance The iU- l~ll TANGOYZER L ~~ Longer in service 1 t was not costshyeffective
The components of Military Transport Aviation are transport and specialaviation
Organizationally the Air Forces consist of formations large units unitsand subunits Forrtations are the Ope1bullational Air Armies of the Supreme HighCOmmand (VAVGKON)
[ Ene1 or ciocUJuent a5 r~ceivelti I
TS 888~0 Copy IL
TOP SECRET
C01197697 TOP SECRET
TO Selln
YA~~I NG NOTIC-INYSU31Na SOURCES Olt MfTHOOS NlQlYED NOT aanAUIU Tbull) IOl8Gtf Nlllellf~d I
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50
Page 1 of middot8 PagesUSC section 403g)
the wings and engines mounted high It is subsonic it does not need to rush about the battlefield middotat high speed~
The mission of figt~~ w3tion 10 t tI-IPt-oy thf r ir ene~ry It is equipped with the MIG-~3 ttte J1TCl 2 hh~ll 1~ lt 1pound1~middot n~u aircbullart~ and th~lt KlG- 21bis which ts rtnishig LlJ ~loJ lt~vice llf il~ the ielcl It is a p1middotet~f good aircraft the Fmiddotl5 was built to counter it as an air combat aircraft It provedits worth as an air-superiority fi~ter quite well in the Near East bull
(Several lines lllegtbleJ
bullbullbull in some ways it Is better and in so~e ways it is inferior In what ways fs tt inferior llot in the avion1C$ as you might think but in the range and enduranca this is our lllisfGrtune which [word illegible j
Other aircraft ~-e the long-range f1ghter-inter~eptors the MIG-31 and the SU-27
the llission of rt~connaissance aviation is to conduct air reconnaissance in ~upport of a front offensive operation rt is equipped wi th aircraft which are baHd on cobull~t afrcra1t the SU- i Mjll S0-17M4Flt SU-24HR HIG-25lltV and HIC-21R The HIG-25 is considered the world champion It has a very high speed -- 3000+ (krshr ] -- anci its ceiling is higher than 30 km Tills is the aircraft which ~~as [ taken] to Japan
Front tra)~UIrl aviatimt 16 ewzipp~a tdt h the Ai-26 s01oett111es the AN-12 and theHi-26 Hl-6 ard fij-~~ hmiddot~1icbullJt)itrs
fhe mission of spEeh~l avtetion is to 11-~fOlbullm speuia l tasks refueling of aircraft ja1RII1ng (ther ts electronic worrare) freight transport evacuation of thP sick ltmel wounded atc middot It is mostly equipped with transport aircraft
iirlt~~y h1aiton
Army Aviation is a ms ans of the commanders o t combined-arms armies army corps and moto~fzed rifle and tank divisions Its mission is air support for troops in th~ battlefiellti The compmiddotm-ents of Army Aviation are attack aviation trantport avJatfon ancl ~=Ed~J avhtbn
[Army a~tack aviation) is equipped with various versions of the HI-24 attack helicopter thG latest l(rsion L~~ th ~U- t~ a
[Arny ) transport avlation is e~uipped with t he H-6 which is the main heavy transpor t ttampl-gtpter i Chf 1-H-26 a nEw hel t copter- which is larger 1 perhaps not as much a~ half aga in a l~rge but nltwertheless larger and the MI-8
TS 888620 Copy 1L
TCH [CXltET
co 1197 69 7 TOP SECRET
611 i~middotY
WALI6NO NOJICI-11lT~ 5JUIIQS 01 MfI19DS INYQIVUI ~lUASAN TO ggNAI(XMlSJI
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (SO
Page 8 of 8 PagesUSC section 403g)
In aabull11y special aviacion HI-8Slli MALTA helicopters are used to jam [com~un1cat1ons ) and HI -2RTR helicopters are used for electronic and technical reconnaissance The iU- l~ll TANGOYZER L ~~ Longer in service 1 t was not costshyeffective
The components of Military Transport Aviation are transport and specialaviation
Organizationally the Air Forces consist of formations large units unitsand subunits Forrtations are the Ope1bullational Air Armies of the Supreme HighCOmmand (VAVGKON)
[ Ene1 or ciocUJuent a5 r~ceivelti I
TS 888~0 Copy IL
TOP SECRET
co 1197 69 7 TOP SECRET
611 i~middotY
WALI6NO NOJICI-11lT~ 5JUIIQS 01 MfI19DS INYQIVUI ~lUASAN TO ggNAI(XMlSJI
Withheld under statutory authority of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (SO
Page 8 of 8 PagesUSC section 403g)
In aabull11y special aviacion HI-8Slli MALTA helicopters are used to jam [com~un1cat1ons ) and HI -2RTR helicopters are used for electronic and technical reconnaissance The iU- l~ll TANGOYZER L ~~ Longer in service 1 t was not costshyeffective
The components of Military Transport Aviation are transport and specialaviation
Organizationally the Air Forces consist of formations large units unitsand subunits Forrtations are the Ope1bullational Air Armies of the Supreme HighCOmmand (VAVGKON)
[ Ene1 or ciocUJuent a5 r~ceivelti I
TS 888~0 Copy IL
TOP SECRET
