Aircraft program
High wing medium transport aircraft with four wing mounted turbofans. Includes aerial tanker variant, IL-78 and Beriev A-100 Premyer bomber and surveillance aircraft.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Ilyushin IL-76 | 1967 / 1971 | Original version, designed to carry a payload of 40 tonnes over 5,000 kilometres in less than six hours from short and unprepared airstrips, and capable of coping with the worst weather conditions. | |
| Ilyushin IL-78 | 1983 / 1984 | Aerial tanker version, also known as IL-478 with ability to in-air refeul two fighters with wing pods, one bomber with rear pod, or four aircraft on ground simultaneously. | |
| Ilyushin IL-76MD-90A | 2006 / 2014 | Ugraded military variant, redesigned wing and longer wing box panels to reduce weight. Codename: IL-476. | |
| Beriev A-100 Premyer | 2006 / 2017 | Airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft based on the Il-76MD-90A transport aircraft, meant to be a replacement for the A-50 AEW&C aircraft. |
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Other aircraft programs: HAL/Ilyushin Il-214 / Il-276 · Ilyushin IL-103 · Ilyushin IL-112 · Ilyushin IL-114 · Ilyushin IL-96 ·
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