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This is an October 1968 contribution by the Central Intelligence Agency's Office of Strategic Research to National Intelligence Estimate 11-14-68 on Soviet and East European general purpose forces. It covers Warsaw Pact war plans for Central Europe, the effects of the Czechoslovak crisis, and the doubling of Soviet forces on the Chinese border since 1965. It also assesses ground, tactical air, naval and coastal defense forces. The text does not mention UFOs or unidentified aerial phenomena.
“Headquarters”5 pages
no jet-powered military transports such as the C-141 and C-5 under development, however, to provide a faster response to high-priority airlift requirements. c. Military Potential of Civil Aircraft The civil airline Aeroflot--with some 2,100 active multiengine transports in the light, medium, and heavy categories and with crews accustomed to operating under austere field conditions--could significantly augment Soviet military airlift capa- bilities. Many would be so tasked during wartime. The light piston-engine and turboprop aircraft which make up over one-half the Aeroflot multiengine force would be used effectively on tempo- rary airstrips. However, many of the medium and all of the heavy transports would have to use improved airfields with permanent runways. They could be effectively used for ferrying troops to well-developed airfields, routine delivery of small cargo, and air evacuation. Medium transport strength in Aeroflot will probably increase through at least 1968 with the continued delivery of IL-18 Coot four-turboprop trans- ports, and.is expected to rise again. after 1970 when the TU-154 triple-turbofan aircraft becomes available. Heavy transport strength should in- crease with the delivery of increasing numbers of IL-62 Classics and possibly the introduction of AN-22 Cock heavy assault transports. Although it is expected that initially most, if not all, AN-22's. will be delivered to VTA-Abn, there are numerous indications that these aircraft will be extensively used either by.Aeroflot or by the military in support of Aeroflot operations. The total number of light transports may show some increase during the next several years. The retirement of older piston-engine models probably will continue, but this reduction should be more than offset as newer models with greater lift capabilities. are obtained. - 52 - IO<~Pi
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 115 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.