Catch a rare glimpse of Ukrainian and Russian heavy cargo aircraft operations at Hahn Airport (HHN) in this powerful aviation ...

Russia currently has about a hundred Il-76 cargo-carrying aircraft, including those of a military nature, in service. This was announced by the spokesman of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of ...

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 ...

The IL-76 is a quad-engine transport aircraft that first flew in 1971. It is 154 feet long, has a wingspan of 164 feet, and weighs 196,211 lbs. The aircraft can carry up to 105,821 lbs of cargo.

When the incident occurred, the new Il-76 ‘Candid’ cargo plane was inside a hangar ... said the plane’s manufacturer, United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), in a statement.

It was an Ilyushin Il-76 -- a workhorse plane of the Russian and ... the Russian Defense Ministry announced that an Ilyushin military cargo jet had crashed. The ministry said the plane was ...

It was the Il-76 military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces (RA-76538) that arrived at the Machulishchy airfield. IL-76 is designed to transport equipment and cargo for various ...

Earlier, a missile alert was announced in the region. An IL-76 military aircraft has crashed in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation. The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, ...

Although the aircraft is largely obscured, its tail pitches up as the Il-76 apparently drops into a ravine. The cargo jet explodes moments later, with a large fireball and black smoke rising from ...

Russia said Tuesday that a military cargo plane with 15 people on board had crashed in Russia's Ivanovo region while taking off from an airfield northeast of Moscow for a scheduled flight. “An Il-76 ...

A Ukrainian drone strike damaged four Russian transport planes at a Russian airbase in Pskov, per reports. The strike comes as Ukraine ramps up its attacks in Russia to bring to the war home to Putin.