er DECLASSHHED Awhm y av 43143_ # i ii E 1980 THE QEPUTV UNQKR 0F QEFHHSE POLICY REHIEH FNEJECT 1 U Thrauq the effurtg of Semaiia a 9 4 FTE team hag examine in $0m311a ria-23F and crashes both Ethiapian has returned cartai camponants to FTB Examinat1on cf tha which isc1usrd nu gurprigas and tha c011ection of f ctory markings and serial imh r wi11 belgter estimateg 0f production Examination a a crashed Libyan i 23 in ItaIy 1a9t summer indicated previoug production a%timatr$ t0 he 0var1y conservativa 2 The i3 the first 0f the type seen Substanw tia axterinr diffarencms in the engine and radar wrre notad hath are being rvturnad t0 FTD Far disagsembly and datai1rd ana1y315 Fu11 s1gn1ficance 0f tum awaitg analyai of thu and data acquired 4 section rad cf the Mia-33F are bring acquired as di p1aya for the Air Force FLAG Soviet awara ega miner radar structura1 campenents The4nisgion which ha State Department Drier apnroval and cagmizance thrmuqhout was delayed Fur a time un iW a panding mutual aasi tancr agreement with Smnalia was aignrd bran first henaficiary of this agreamant comparatimn cf the Sama1i and Air Farce was outstanding 33 was th intermediary rela parfarmed by the E aw fruitful ona The FTD wiggion appears to have Tha mia ian appears tu Nara been an unusua1ly fartuituus as the crasheg accurred in remote and mrtal-hungry areas cansidrrahie effart an the gart of Iacai vi1laqe chiefs and the Somali authori ties wag reguired to retrieve miasing pieceg but succrsa was achieved Tar team fieatinqu Observrd athar Soviet aquipment principally ground force aup911ed t0 $6ma1ia which may warrant a $ub$equent technical team visit if such can b arra ged r U Th aretary of nrfanse an the Chairman Jeint Chiefs mf Staff have bran aimi1ar1y informed3363' 3 61 13955 E Cf-ir imr Agra-mgr w Hy r yra w mm aww nmmw9%jwmw Not Releasable to Foreign National-a Warning Notes Intelligence Sources and flethoda involved 9 EUGENE F TIGER Lieutenant GeneraL USAF Director n' - liar-5 - u h Hog all n d it eraw                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu