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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
T'OT SFk(RET The SNAF received about five more TU-22's during the past year and now has approx- imately 55 to 60 of these aircraft assigned to two regiments. Some of the TU-22's may be equipped with the_AS-4 Kitchen ASM, but this cannot be confirmed. To ate, owever, neither of the SNAF TU-2 bases as been provided with ASM facilities such as are present at the Long Range Aviation (LRA) bases with TU-22/AS-4 units. In addition, both of the SNAF units have a long history as reconnaissance regiments. There has been no significant change in the TU-16 force during the past year. The current force consists of about 470 aircraft, including approximately 70 Badger. B's equipped with the AS-5 Kelt ASM and about 210 Badger C's equipped with the AS-2 Kipper ASM. These 280 ASM carriers provide the main striking power of the SNAF, which also operates another 190 TU-16's for reconnaissance, aerial refueling, training, and ASW. This total of 190 also includes one regiment of about 25 TU-16's of an unidentified model. This unit was equipped with standard bomber aircraft at one time, but there is some evidence that it may have been converted to the AS-5 missile system. In addition to the regular TU-16 units assigned to the four fleet air forces, the SNAF also:has a reconnaissance s uadron of about six TU-16's based- in the UAR. / his is the firsttime a SNAF uni has been based outside the USSR. The SNAF also has two regiments of IL-28 Beagle light jet bombers--about 60 aircraft --based in the Baltic Sea area where their limited range is not a major drawback. These units perform a variety of reconnaissance and light strike missions, including some participation in ASW operations. - 88 - TOP'S ERET
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