Il-78M-90A convertible tanker launching factory flight tests

21/12/2018

Press releaseIssued by Ilyushin Aviation Complex and published as received — not written by Airframer’s editors.

The first Russian tanker Il-78M-90A, built at the Ulyanovsk enterprise of Aviastar-SP, after completing the ground-level testing of the systems, followed by presentation to the customer, proceeded to factory flight trials at the Ulyanovsk-Vostochny airfield complex.