Ilyushin Il-76

Air Europe 

United Aircraft Corporation Transfers First Serial Il-76MD-90A Military Transport Aircraft to Russian Ministry of Defense

April 16, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aviastar-SP, Ilyushin, Ilyushin Il-76, Military transport aircraft (MTA), Russia, United Aircraft Corporation (UAC)

The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has transferred the first serial produced Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A military transport aircraft to the Ministry of

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Air Asia-Pacific Naval 

JFD Concludes Air Transportability Trials for Indian Navy’s First 3rd Generation Submarine Rescue System

November 28, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV), Ilyushin Il-76, India, Indian Navy (IN), James Fisher Defence (JFD), JFD 3rd Generation SRS, JFD DSRV, Submarine Rescue System (SRS)

JFD, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has successfully completed air transportability trials for the first of two Third

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Air Europe 

German Typhoon Fighter Jets Intercept Four Russian Aircraft Over Baltic Sea

November 24, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Ämari Air Base, Antonov An-26, Baltic Air Policing, Baltic Sea, Estonia, Eurofighter Typhoon, Fighter aircraft, German Air Force (Luftwaffe ), Germany, Ilyushin Il-76, Mikoyan MiG-29, NATO, Russia, Russian Armed Forces

German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft on duty with NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission scrambled three times from Ämari Air

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Directed-energy weapons Europe 

Russia Completes Development of Airborne Anti-satellite Laser Weapon

February 26, 2018May 17, 2019 Arun Mathew 3 Comments Airborne Laser (ABL), Anti-satellite weapon (ASAT), Beriev A-60, Boeing YAL-1, Ilyushin Il-76, Laser gun, Laser weapon, Russia

Russia has completed the development of new airborne anti-satellite laser weapon which is capable of targeting enemy satellites with a

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Air Asia-Pacific 

Russia’s Tu-95MS strategic bombers visit Indonesia

December 5, 2017February 21, 2018 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Ilyushin Il-76, Ilyushin Il-78, Indonesia, Russia, Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), Strategic bomber, Tupolev Tu-95 Bear

Two Tu-95MS strategic bombers and two Il-76MD military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) made a flight from

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Air Europe 

Russia establishes new transport aviation regiment in Ulyanovsk

December 2, 2017 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Ilyushin Il-76, Military transport aircraft (MTA), Russia, Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), Russian Armed Forces

The Russian Armed Forces’ Command of Military Transport Aviation has finished formation of the new aviation regiment at the Ulyanovsk-Vostochny

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Europe GeoPolitics/ Policy 

Russian Il-76 transport aircraft violates Estonian airspace

November 25, 2017 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Baltic Sea, Estonia, Gulf of Finland, Ilyushin Il-76, Military transport aircraft (MTA), Russia, Vaindloo

A Russian Ilyushin IL-76 transport aircraft violated Estonian airspace at around noon in the vicinity of Vaindloo, a small island in the

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