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PREFACE 

THIS EDITION OF THE OAK ON MISSION 1942-1 REPORTS ON TARGETS IN 

THE MIDDLE EAST. SOUTH CHINA AND NORTH VIETNAM TARGETS ~RE ~EPORTED IN TCS-89492/67. THE REMAINDER OF THE 

HIGHEST PRIORITY TARGETS, PRIMARILY IN THE USSR, ARE ~EPORTED IN TCS-8e4ee/67. 

TARGETS ARE ARRANGED IN THE OAK BY SUBJECT AND WITHIN EACH 

SUBJECT BY COMOR TARGET NUMBER. TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY OBSERVED 

DURING THE OAK REPORTING PERIOD ARE LISTED NUMERICALLY UNDER THE 

APPROPRIATE SUBJECT AFTER THE LISTING OF COMOR TARGETS. 

LOCATIONS OF TARGETS IN THIS REPORT ARE INDICATED BY THE 

COUNTRY CODE PRECEDING THE COORDINATES. 

SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHIC REFERENCES FOLLOW THE DESCRIPTION OF THE 

TARGET. PASS NUMBERS ARE SUFFIXED WITH EITHER AN A FOR ASCENDING 

(SOUTH-TO-NORTH), D FOR DESCENDING (NORTH-TO-SOUTH) OR M FOR A MIXED ASCE~DING AND DESCENDING PASS. THE LETTER F PRECEDING FRAME NUMBERS 

I~DICATES THE FORWARD CAMERA, AND THE lETTER A INDICATES THE AFT 

CAME~A. UNIVERSAL REFERENCE GRID COORDINATES ARE GIVEN IN 

PARENTHESIS AFTER THE FRAME NUMBER TO WHICH THEY.APPlY. THIS GRID 

IS UNIVERSAL GRID NO 1, FEB 64. SYMBOLS FOR CONDITIONS AFFECTING 

INTERPRETABILITY ARE -- C (CLEAR), SC (SCATTERED CLOUD COVER), 

HC (HEAVY CLOUD COVER), H (HAZE), CS (CLOUD SHADOW), S 

(SNOW),O (OBLIQUITY), SD (SEMIDARKNESS), D (DARKNESS), 

GC (GROUND COVER), CF (CAMOUFLAGE), GR (GROUND RESOLUTION), 

AND SS (SMALL SCALE). 

INTERPRETABILITY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY IS CATEGORIZED AS G (GOOD), 

F (FAIR), OR P (POOR). THE EXTENT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE 

IS DENOTED BY THE SYMBOLS T (TOTAL) OR PT (PARTIAL). THE MODE 

OF COVERAGE IS INDICATED BY ST (STEREO), NS (NON-STEREO), OR PS 

(PARTIAL STEREO). 

RECIPIENTS ARE CAUTIONED THAT THE INITIAL SCAN OF THE 

PHOTOGRAPHY IS BEING ACCOMPLISHED IN A SHORT TIME AND PRIOR TO 

FINAL REFINEMENT OF EPHEMERIS DATA. CONSEQUENTLY, FUTURE DETAILED 

ANALYSIS MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. MOREOVER, RECIPIENTS 

ARE CAUTIONED THAT THE IDENTIFICATION OF TARGETS IS BASED PRIMARILY 

ON PHOTOGRAPHY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A FINISHED INTELLIGENCE 

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~LL HIGH PRIORITY TARGETS PROGRAMMED FOR THIS MISSION IN 

~~YPT. ISRAEL, JORDAN, AND SOUTHWESTERN SYRIA ARE COVERED ON ;~0R CLOUD-FREE PASSES IMAGEO FROM 17-20 JUNE 1967. 

, A TOTAL OF 245 PROBABLY DESTROYED AIRCRAFT ARE OBSERVED AT 

~iRFIELDS IN 3 ARAB COUNTRIES -- 201 IN EGYPT, 26 IN JORDAN, A~D 18 IN SYRIA. (SEE TABLE 1 FOR TABULAR LISTING) 

THE ~ELATIVE ABSENCE OF COMBAT AIRCRAFT OBSERVED AT THE 

NORTHERN DR CENTRAL EGYPTIAN AIRFIELDS PROBABLY INDICATES 

THAT THE REMNANTS OF THE EGYPTIAN AIR FORCE HAVE BEEN 

DEPLOYED TO ASWAN, LUXOR, AND OTHER SOUTHERN AIRFIELDS 

WHICH WERE NOT IMAGED ON THIS MISSION. 

SIXTEEN CAT/CUB TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT WERE IMAGED AT CAIRO 

AIRFIELD ON 19 JUNE 1961. USUALLY, NO MORE THAN 8 OF THIS 

TYPE OF AIRCRAFT ARE OBSERVED AT THIS FIELD. 

3. A PASSENGER VESSEL HAS BEEN SUNK 3 NM SOUTH OF THE 

BUR SAID PORT FACILITIES CREATING A NAVIGATIONAL 

OBSTRUCTION IN THE SUEZ CANAL. 

Nn APPARENT DAMAGE IS DISCERNIBLE TO THE NAVAL VESSELS OR 

FACILITIES AT AL ISKANDARIYAH, EGYPT. 

NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT NAVAL, AIR, OR GROUND MILITARY 

ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED ON THIS PHOTOGRAPHY. 

4. OF THE 35 KNOWN SAM SITES IN EGYPT (INCLUDING 2 

NEWLY IDENTIFIED SITES), 30 ARE OBSERVED ON THIS MISSION. 

TWELVE ARE OCCUPIED, ONE IS POSSIBLY OCCUPIED, FIVE ARE 

OF UNDETERMINED OCCUPANCY, NINE ARE UNOCCUPIED (INCLUDING 

T r1 E T \01 0 NEW SIT E S ), AND T H R E E CAN BEl DEN T I FIE D ON L Y • F I V E 

OF THE 6 KNOWN SAM SUPPORT FACILITIES ARE ALSO OBSERVED. 

STATUS OF TARGET READOUT 

THIS OAK REPORTS ON 129 COMOR TARGETS, 12 NON-COMOR TARGETS, A~D 3 BONUS TARGETS. 

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TABLE 1. BOMB DAMAGE, ARAB AIRFIELDS 

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SYRIA 

JORDAN 

SAUDI ARABIA 

AIRFIELD NAME 

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AL ARISH 

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BIR HASANAH NEW 

BIR JIFJAFAH 

CAIRO 

CAIRO WEST 

EL MANSURA 

FAYID 

GAZA 

HURGHADA NEW 

INCHAS 

KASRIT 

GEBELlIBNI 

ALMAZA 

ISMAILIA 

PORT SAID 

RAS BANAS 

DAMASCUS 

DUMAYR 

MARJ RHAYAL 

DAMASCUS NEW 

AMMAN 

KING HUSSEIN 

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PHOTO DA TE 

18 & 19 JUNE 67 

18 JUNE 67 

19 JUNE 67 

ISJUNE67 

18 JUNE 67 

19 JUNE 67 

19 JUNE 67 

19 JUNE 67 

18 & 19 JUNE 67 

18 JUNE 67 

18 JUNE 67 

19 JUNE 67 

18 & 19 JUNE 67 

18 JUNE 67 

19 JUNE 67 

18 & 19 JUNE 67 

18 & 19 JUNE 67 

18 JUNE 67 

17 JUNE 67 

17 JUNE 67 

17 JUNE 67 

17 JUNE 67 

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PROBABLE 

DEHROYED 

AIRCRAFT 

37 

7 

12 

13 

22 

NONE 

25 

NONE 

14 

22 

7 

20 

22 

NONE 

TOT AL 201 

9 

9 

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GRAND TOTAL OF ARAB AIRCRAFT PROBABLY DESTROYED, 245 

• CARGO AND TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT ARE EXCLUDED FROM AOB COUNT 

RUNWAY DAMAGE 

24 CRATERS 

6 CRATERS 

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NONE 

8 CRA TERS 

NONE 

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:': NO DAMAGE OBSERVED 

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NONE 

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STROYED 

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CHARRED AREA IN 

SUPPORT FAC 

NONE 

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NONE 

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AOS 

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7 POSS AIC 

NONE 

NONE 

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16 SMALL SWEPT 

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NONE 

NONE 

NONE 

NONE 

NONE 

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7 SMALL SWEPT 

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NONE 

NONE 

NONE 

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NONE 

NONE 

NONE 

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BOMBERS 

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NONE 

NONE 

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I BADGER 

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~~'JSURA AIRFIELD EG 3057N 03125E 

JB -- NONE OBSERVED. 

SEVEN PROBABLE BOMB CRATERS IN THE RUNWAY AND 2 

PROBABLE BOMB CRATERS IN THE NW PARKING APRON ARE 

JBSERVED. ALL CRATERS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN FILLED-IN 

,d TH BLACKTOP. 

410 F/13 (57.0-12.0) & A/l2 C F T ST 

'lBRIT AIRFIELD EG 30l4N 03229E 

DB -- NONE OBSERVED. 

AT LEAST 8 CRATERS ON RUNWAYS AND AT LEAST 22 CHARRED 

AREAS (PROBABLY DESTROYED AIRCRAFT) ARE OBSERVED. 

250 F/65 (16.8-10.B) & A/65 C,SS F T ST 

41D F/lB & A/IB C,O,SS P T ST 

"JRGHAOA AIRFIELD NEW EG 2711N 0334BE 

DB -- NONE OBSERVED. 

SEVEN CHARRED AREAS (1 LIGHT STRAIGHT-WING AIRCRAFT 

DESTROYED AND 6 OTHER PROBABLY DESTROYED AIRCRAFT) ARE 

OBSERVED. 

250 F/87 (3B.4-13.9) & A/86 C G T ST 

': '01 SUE F A I R FIE L D EG 29l2N 03101E 

DB -- NONE OBSERVED. 

TWELVE CHARRED AREAS (PROBABLY DESTROYED AIRCRAFT) AND 

AT LEAST 13 BOMB CRATERS IN THE RUNWAY ARE OBSERVED. 

410 F/24 (35.0-11.5) & A/23 C G T ST 

i"'O'lA AIRFIELD IS 3102N 03509E 

DB -- NONE OBSERVED. 

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