INFORMATION REPORT: CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY AIR FORCE INFORMATION CONCERNING STRENGTH EQUIPMENT, AND LOYALTY OF PERSONNEL TO GOVERNMENT OF FIDEL CASTRO RUZ
Originator: CIA
Document date: 08/14/1959
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

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DATE ACO.

SOURCE:

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Cuba

DEPOZT NO.

Cuban Revolutionary hir Ferce (FRa)

Inforeiiion Concerning Strenging

Equapsent, and Loyaliy

Fuzzornel

to Governoent of Fidel CiSTO Raz

DATE DISTR

NO. PAGES

CS -3/108,535

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REFERENCES

RD

July 1959

€5-3/208,636

Cưòa,

Habana

(26-29 JulY 1959)

SOUCE FVALUATICNS MIF DEF::

FIELD REPORT NO

APPRAISAL CF CONTENT IS TE:-TATIVE

Forres zeber of the Cubar, arord forces who is sycontratic to Pedro luis

DIAZ LaRa, foraco FAR cries (6).

Assoalsa? of Content:

There rollors thoration er the Cutan Revolutionary 115 Force (rA?),

1ts

strength, equi-seni, irsonnel, and traindro courses.

Leadershis - duan mbath dosue, ano replaced Pecto Luiz DLa7.

as chief of the Fi?, 1s not a pilot hisself and re Arons

nothing about aircraft co'atcut the ad-inistratica of an air

force.

He has diszissid 19 officers ires tine Fia since he

assusco Comand. 1n June 1959; several of whom nure azone the

boat pilots in the Fi?.

Prise Minister of Duba.

"3& "yés-zaa" to Fidel CASTO Puz,

b.

Persoanel - There se approxtately lu pilots in the FA? at

presenig

and cris

or seria of tres aro.compotent.

The

majorlty of the schinies a= foreGr FARISTA persorel, and

most of the repiacesenis aus repiars en tre airerast are

made ty cannibalicing.

it o. time cho cf she tro citicers

of the Fil csiablishru a pacgaradory 5ot.0o2 17 Siracao, 1n

Habana Provirce, dos mirsons ano tantel io take the

exa:: 714105050591375:

irainine.

In March 1959 "tore vere

1l1teratc.

Fided audiad told tho co-a-ding officer that

there mas no need for tuch trainablons, tad he did sce

nast "farsy boys" 1s ire il?.

cut kanied argicad allots 11ke 1

the Japanese suicide riot da mould s0 shere they sere told!

Status of Aircraft - Me Fit has the ¿olivia i airerart:

2).

Five j0t piarss,

ale fuir of chich

are 1n 12j155

cordition.

IA3.R0 1s sylig to get sore jel plancs.

Erco Venezuela.

•2)=. Jenty furles, only sit of thich are tr. fivine conuilioni

31: Your D6-33.

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2/e

Slin 18 17 300

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5a) Tro Glios, oso 0f Mileh 19 da TesT I005 CC:1iti00.

6.) To DaLs, ano 0f which 1s belriz sspalred.

7.) Seren Poll helicopiers.

8.) R-26s, nutter antrors.

do

A=munition - The Si? Las 1,500,000 =ounds os 50-caliber antaritico, lE to

25 11re hurdred-vomá bises, and so=e rocieis.

guns hare been renored ¿rea the Fia's P-L7 plares

and. tata coen sut cr

tripods I0s ground and air defeast ls a52as where attacis are expicit.

1287 dach -ECOST

0.

2o "1ch regard lo coscorciai airerart 1s Siba, Cuba Aeropostal 3ad. (Ciu17 dis

Ih1s cospary is under lie

direction of a Captain sail (inui a

every three or four dajs io sugzlo, ass baci 1ã%0 Cuba. SIT" 15 ¿

suspected Cosualsto Manh regars to Scaparla Cibara de Ailasion (CUElLi

irlines), 1t lacis expeleased pilcis icaause Fidel WiS220 asissed ali o€

the experienced piloti. Maini con carates aû a joss di sii, 000 a scatto

3.

Pollowing tho defection o lajor Pedro INas DIlZ INTZ 02 30 SITe 1959 =17.317

officers resigaed or dere diszissed tre= de Pi? dE ALEDA.

Soze of trase

sEs fled to H1a=1, sose rezained 1a Eutaù, dnd me anerestcars of otrers a=a

not knowg.

Tnero are alsa seteral In tho restited in the Il?, but tbo ara

belleved to be lojal to alla lin ini tio probably nould support tir. 11 ke

attenplei tu orariaoa CUS:Pa.3 Ine sazas

ai sana of these nza aad irtorzizie

on ches, when avallable foiloas:

a. Those who fled to l'asso

¿ajor dusa MarIo GlZ y Farraice - Forzer Aajutarneneral al the

PAR, or third-'ino=asd có se FiR."

NE - Ris bad 19 jeds di experience la the dir Ferce

and nas conside ca tre bes: pálci 1a due fil.. Le sas distissed by

ALVEIDA.

30) It. Kanuel ChasS

2 celli: 5120%0

40)

JOSe MESCOS DILE INTE L ERSILES CI PedTO LUIS DIAZ iNIZ and fOrzeI

5.) Capeila Eudor IgEste: - Scellers pilot.

Those sho rezainad 1= Habana i: les Phi.

1):

Captal- Mester diTirad

Ha ras the 11io8 dio ilow Fidel Msta back to Cusa

SsGs Sogora, ColcIbia, di 15ã2.

dt presest he 10 1a alcing 1r.

Habasa.

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Captain Rafael Bagel -Porar jaTaster of the TAB e POTICE ReDeT

of tie 26 of July Laresent, le estraca thea pedro 537 lara deiceici.

Racional del Escabray (SE, SECCiO ELONal TiCo: dl tie Escabray).

3.)

- Te carolderes the best pilot ratizain li

the FAR.

Re was dizzissed by 1a5acl. 20d Don is la citing in Babana.

These those whereabouts Ere/st kick

La) Captaja Blas BALEO - Form Easter cl te 25 al Jal5 Maresent and

qualsfied pilot, sas decaissed by inaDa, tobably is 1n tabara.

2)

Captain GARCIA Intguez (Ina) - Forses =e5005 Of tha 25 2 daly

Morcent and qualttled pilot, mas clerdised by lIltiù as potably

is 17 Habaca son.

30)

CAPESÍN JUAN TUV-20 - 139 2IIICTE 20 JOSA LarCOS JILI Lars and

reBigned nhea Pedro DIAZ liaz iÉ't.

Headgearters Cozente

sarchez, Gerardo Peignesty Mugone, ad Deniaco MadE GliTie.

DiS

3/402,325, dated 13 Jue 1959, reported tast Lose eigot sca, as tell as

another chilean by the suu w Mill aurorarez, due daricar, and smo

etzuclan pilots mera Ilying as t=11 nia is the isie ai Fises ar

arca thero directly to facarata, unges pizzes pros fezersela

2.

515 say refer to Jose Alberto Sill y Isal,59, stomas a =1lot for te

26 of Inly Nevesent during the Fircialiono t.

106-3/152,059, 5ECS:

3/380,304, and IDCS-3/579,043 fer fIneer desails on jase disesto soupel.

3.

W. CS-3/203,636 for a repoTi fIEs I: IRE DITCE Of Otter DESOrS, Dot

The officers, rio probably mould seycar Dill ina 1l he ritespted to

oTe-taron CASTRO.

L. CS. IDCS-3/103,000, datod 19 Juso 1558, mich reported ta: cuz had restgeed

as ?13 Adjutaat General.

his nes berco DIsI laz bed defrazed, bus mislo

NILAIDA NaS ACting CaLeS of tho Fil

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