Friday 16 July 2021

The Ministry of Defense received a new military transport aircraft Il-76MD-90A

Maxim Stankevich


Министерство обороны получило новый военно-транспортный самолет Ил-76МД-90А

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The Ministry of Defense has received a new military transport aircraft Il-76MD-90A. This is evidenced by the infographics posted in the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper, which is the official print organ of the military department. The plane was delivered this week as part of the state defense order, there is no additional information on it, a simple statement of fact. Most likely, we are talking about the first military transport Il-76MD-90A built this year, flight tests of which began in early June 2021.

As previously reported, on June 10 this year, the first Il-76MD-90A built this year took off. The roll-out of this aircraft in mid-May was reported by the press service of the UAC, it was stated that this was the first aircraft assembled on the production line. On May 16, the new Il-76MD-90A was transferred to the Aviastar-SP ground station for ground and flight tests.

With a high probability, it was this aircraft that the military received, since there were no other Il-76MD-90A at the test stage.

In total, this year, the Russian Aerospace Forces should receive five military transport Il-76MD-90A, the construction of aircraft is still delayed, despite the introduction of an assembly line. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said in March that the Defense Ministry is in dire need of new military transport aircraft. According to the minister, in the future, the production of new and modernized Il-76MD-90A should be increased to 20 aircraft per year.

Photos used: https://twitter.com/vezhlivo


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Transfer of the first serial heavy military-transport aircraft IL-76 MD-90A to "Aviastar-SP" in Ulyanovsk
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