Remembering Ilyushin Il-86, "Camber," its NATO code name, or “Airbusky,” pejoratively called by Western observers.

The Ilyushin Il-2 was a single-engine monoplane that was given the nicknames the "Hunchback" for its bulbous cockpit and "Flying Tank" for its heavy armor. The Ilyushin Il-2 was instrumental ...

Russia’s Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A and Il-78M-90A military ... "The defensive aids suites [against anti-aircraft missiles] will be mounted on the Il-76MD-90A planes and also on the Il-78M-90A new ...

On May 1st, 1950, by orders of Joseph Stalin, twenty-five Ilyushin Il-28 aircraft flew over the May Day parade occurring at Red Square in Moscow. The West was now aware of a jet powered tactical ...

LE BOURGET. June 20. /TASS/. Russia’s Ilyushin Aircraft Company is developing a new military transport plane with a lifting capacity of 20 tonnes, Ilyushin Chief Designer Nikolai Talikov told ...