The Russian IL-76 plane took the sixth line in the ranking of the most common military transport aircraft. The location of the aircraft was revealed in the World Air Forces 2022 directory, which made Flight Global magazine. Reports about it TASS.
In the study noted that the share of IL-76 aircraft is five percent of the total number of military transport aircraft. IL-76 operators exploit more than 200 cars. The first rank place was taken by the aircraft of the C-130 Hercules family. The world exploit 872 cars of this type, which is 20 percent of the total number of military transport aircraft. Also in the three leaders included king air planes, which occupy a share of 7 percent.
IL-76 made the first flight in 1971. During the production, about a thousand aircraft were released in 22 modifications. IL-76 exploit military and civil operators in 24 countries, including Algeria, India and China.
In August, Sergey Bogatikov, the Director General of Kronstadt, spoke about the development of the carrier carrier aircraft on the IL-76 base. He noted that the military transport aircraft would be able to carry shock and reconnaissance devices of the “Lightning system”.
In January, a feature of the upgraded IL-76MD-90A called the TV channel “Star” in the plot. The plane can fly from Vladivostok to Moscow without refueling. The plot noted that earlier for this required at least two refueling.