Aircraft
Russian Air Force Looks Forward To First Il-76MD-90 Deliveries
The new production line at Aviastar in Ulyanovsk is ready for high-rate production of the revamped airlifter.
An Il-76MD-90 on the new production line that has been built by Aviastar in Ulyanovsk, Russia. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)
An Il-76MD-90 on the new production line that has been built by Aviastar in Ulyanovsk, Russia. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)

The Russian air force is preparing to take delivery of the first two Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A airlifters by the end of the year. The Russian defense ministry placed an order for 39 of the new version of the twinjet in October 2012, worth 140 billion rubles (then $4.5 billion), with deliveries to complete by 2020. Nearly 1,000 original Il-76s were produced at the Tashkent Aviation Production Association (TAPO) factory in Uzbekistan, but President Vladimir Putin made the decision in 2009 to relaunch production at the Aviastar factory in Ulyanovsk, Russia.


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