An escalating competition of mid-air interceptions has been ongoing for the last several months over the Baltic Sea between ...
The Ilyushin Il-76 is a four-engine strategic airlifter ... The Il-76 was also adapted into the Il-78 (the airborne refueling tanker variant). One of these Il-78 tanks (tail registration N78GF ...
The Ilyushin Bureau’s Chief Designer ... and thus the test term for the 78 model would be much shorter than for Il-76-MD-90A," he said. "I believe, the tests would be completed by end of this ...