OSR Contribution to NIE 11-14-68, Soviet and East European General Purpose Forces, CIA/DI/OSR, October 1968.

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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.
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