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Il-76

Transport or support aircraft, Soviet Union. In service since 1974

Unidentified target
Photo: Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford and Largs, United Kingdom, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

How to recognise it

Four-jet high-wing transport with a T-tail, a glazed navigator's nose under the cockpit and a rear ramp.

Also known as

Il-76MD, Candid, Il-78

Used by

Russia, Ukraine, India, China and many others

Other transport & support

Sources

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