A Russian military transport plane with 15 people on board crashed on Tuesday while taking off from an air base in western Russia, the Defense Ministry said. The crash comes just weeks after the same type of planewent downnear the Ukrainian border. The ministry said the ...
The plane was partially destroyed in the crash, causing a fire at the landing site, which has been extinguished. Il-76 is Russia's main military transport aircraft.■
It comes after Ukraine claimed it hadshot down two high-value Russian aircraftearlier this month. The Ukrainian army said an A-50 spy plane - one of just a handful of early warning and control planes in the Russian fleet - and an Ilyushin Il-22 airborne command post had been destroyed...
Ukrainian attacks on Russian airbases over recent weeks have damaged and destroyed a number of aircraft, including most recently airlifters and bombers. Footage posted online on 29 August showed a burning Ilyushin Il-76 'Candid' strategic transport aircraft at Pskov Air Base, about 400 km north...
A total of 75 airplanes and helicopters took part in the Victory Day air parade rehearsal, including MiG-31K fighters capable of carrying hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, fifth-generation Su-57 fighters, A-50 long-range reconnaissance aircraft, Il-76 transport aircraft, Tu-95MS and Tu-160 strategic ...
76th nighttime drop A battalion from the 137th Airborne Regiment of the 106th Airborne Division is getting ready to conduct a full battalion airdrop with 30 BMD-4Ms. This is the first time the battalion will conduct such a drop. Altogether 15 Il-76 MD transport aircraft are involved in ...
Koltsovo passenger terminal / Photo by Fyodor Borisov / transport-photo.com Operator Koltsovo Airport, PSC (part of “Airports of Regions” Holding, a subsidiary of Renova Group – Koltsovo,Kurumoch,Strigino, Rostov-on-Don airports) Approved aircraft types ...
now that the Sukhoi SSJ 100 production rate has been slowed down, as have the Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A and Antonov An-124 modernization programs, Spektr-Avia is trying to get more orders for foreign-registered aircraft. The problem is that the company’s Ulyanovsk-based paint shop has no Part...
Russian airborne troops also showed off their capabilities during Vostok 2018. This video shows soldiers fast-roping from Mi-17 helicopters and parachuting from Ilyushin Il-76 Candid transport planes. Warships also had a say on the naval theater, protecting the coastline from a mock adversary. ...
But the IL-76 plane was shot down by three missiles, either with anti-aircraft missile systems or Patriot, or with German-made IRIS.” CNN cannot verify these claims. We have reached out to multiple sources in Ukraine’s government about Russia’s allegations that Ukraine was responsible ...