Watch as the Indian Air Force’s IL-76, a heavy military transport aircraft, lifts off gracefully in the golden evening light. Known for its massive cargo capacity and powerful engines, the IL-76 is a ...

Catch rare and powerful sightings of Ukrainian and Russian heavy-lift aviation at Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN), featuring the Antonov ...

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 ...

Dramatic video footage shows a Malian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 Candid cargo jet over-running the runway at Gao International Airport and subsequently exploding in a ball of fire. The incident took ...

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 ...

Russia’s military faced another setback when the Il-76 Candid cargo transport plane exploded during a test, killing one person and injuring several others. ... Bad Times for Russian Aircraft.

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 ...

Dramatic Footage Shows Russian IL-76 Army Cargo Plane Crashing With 15 on Board. The aircraft, on a scheduled flight en route to the Severny airfield near Ivanovo, crashed in a wooded area shortly ...

A Russian Il-76 MD airlifter is seen during the 2021 International Army Games at the Alabino training ground on August 23, 2021 in Moscow Region, Russia.

An investigator examines debris at the crash site of an Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft, which came down near the western Russian city of Belgorod on January 24. Share What We Know, And Don't Know, About ...

Powered by four D-30 turbofans, the Il-76 could carry 140 passengers or three BMD-series parachutable armored fighting vehicles, or 41 tons of cargo. And when carrying a medium-weight load, it ...