The Il-38’s search radar, magnetic anomaly detector (MAD), torpedoes, and depth charges gave the Indian military their first means to reliably detect, track, and prosecute submarines from the air.

The Il-38N is an upgraded variant of the Ilyushin Il-38 maritime patrol aircraft which entered service with the Soviet Navy in 1967. It is roughly comparable in role and age to the American ...

A Russian Ilyushin Il-38 breached Japanese airspace on 23 September on three separate occasions, according to the Japan (MoD). (Japan Ministry of Defense/Janes) A series of airspace breaches by a ...

In one of the worst accidents in Indian naval aviation, two Ilyushin-38 maritime reconnaissance aircraft collided Oct.1 in midair during an air show near Goa at INS Hansa Naval AB. The 16 dead ...

Ilyushin general designer Genrikh Novozhilov says work to extend the airframe life of the Il-18 airliner, from which the Il-38 is derived, to 40 years has been completed, allowing the Russian ...

NEW DELHI - The Indian navy's maritime surveillance capabilities received a major setback with the mid-air collision of two Ilyushin IL-38 aircraft Oct. 1 in Goa. The Indian navy only had five IL ...

The Ilyushin Il-38 plane of the Indian Air Force has safely landed at Moscow’s Zhukovsky airport, with its nose landing gear fold, a spokesman for the Ilyushin company said on Saturday.

MOSCOW, April 29. /TASS/. Ilyushin Il-38 anti-submarine warfare planes of the Russian Pacific Fleet’s naval aviation practiced hunting down a notional enemy’s submarines during drills in the ...

Asia-Pacific’s leading current affairs magazine.Ilyushin Il-38 “Dolphin” maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft ...

With all-up weight of 68 tons, the Il-38 has a crew of seven and a range of 9,500 km (5,126nm). It is broadly similar to the P-3 Orion, which has filled a similar ASW role with the U.S. Navy.

U.S. Navy F-35C 5th-gen figher jet flies alongside a Russian Ilyushin Il-38N anti-submarine plane at low altitude as the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) aircraft carrier can be seen below. Russian POV.