North Korea has become one of Russia’s most crucial wartime allies, supplying missiles, troops and millions of artillery ...

Strong winds play a crucial role in the formation of dust storms. These strong winds are produced by a variety of weather ...

The surveillance aircraft unveiled Thursday appears to be Russia's Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter, topped with a radome -- a weatherproof enclosure that protects radar antennas and conceals the ...

An Ilyushin Il-78 Midas air force tanker and a Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear strategic ... Defense officials say they were forced to combat 54 incoming drones. The governor declared a state of emergency, ...

The Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft, operated by Syrian Air, then mysteriously disappeared from flight tracking amid growing uncertainty about where the leader had travelled to. It has now ...

After nearly 25 years in power—and 54 years for the Assad family—the ... Last night we tracked a Ilyushin Il-76T flight over Syria. The flight took off from Damascus and the signal was lost ...

The result of a requirement to replace the Tupolev Tu-2 piston engine bomber, the design on the Ilyushin Il-28 began in 1947, with the first flight of a pre-production model on Aug. 8, 1948.

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 ...

Soviet-designed Ilyushin Il-96 series jets. With his latest trip coming shortly after aircraft crashes killed two other world leaders, President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran and Vice President Saulos ...

As for Russia, the President travels in style internationally. Officially known as the Ilyushin Il-96-300PU, the jet has a desginated call sign of "Plane No.1" when the President is aboard.