Aircraft
Russian Government To Get More VIP Widebodies
The Russian government is growing its Special Air Detachment fleet with two more VIP-configured Ilyushin Il-96 widebodies.
The Russian government is growing its Special Air Detachment fleet with two more VIP-configured Ilyushin Il-96 widebodies.

The Vaso factory of Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) is completing a pair of VIP-equipped Ilyushin Il-96 jets under a contract from the Russian government worth approximately $333 million. Both of the four-engined aircraft will be used by the office of Russian President Vladimir Putin and operated by the country’s Special Air Detachment. 

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