Another Il-76 transport has arrived at the Russian Engels-2 airbase, probably with a cargo of missiles. This is reported by UNIAN with reference to Ukrainian monitoring channels.

Just this week, Ukraine launched multiple strikes and that included a drone attack on the Pskov airbase near the Estonian border, in which two Il-76 transport aircraft were destroyed and two ...

On January 24, the day the Il-76 military transport aircraft fell, 65 Ukrainian prisoners really were to be exchanged, whose names were published by russian propaganda. The Coordination Headquarters ...

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The Il-76 has an official length of 46.6m (152ft). The transport attempting to land in Gao appears to travel the equivalent distance of approximately 10-15 lengths of the aircraft body before ...

February 17, 2024: The Il-76 transport is 97-ton four engine jet aircraft that can carry 97 tons of cargo. More often the cargo weighs no more than 52 tons which allows for a range of 4,400 kilometers ...

Recall that on the morning of February 24, information appeared on social networks and the media about the crash of the russian Il-76 military transport plane in the Belgorod Region. The Defense ...