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Type: Ilyushin Il-76T "Candid-A seven crew heavy logistic transport.
Maximum Speed: 528 mph at optimum altitude.
Climb Rate: of ??? ft per min.
Service Ceiling: 50,850 ft.
Range: 3,107 miles with maximum payload.
Payload 88,183 lb of freight or 180 passenger.
Photo: M Rostaing
The Il-76 is used by several of the USSR's client states including Libya. this is one of that country's five "Candids" 

 

 

Type: Il-38 "May-A 11/12 seat maritime reconnaissance and anti submarine plane.
Max Speed: 448 mph at 20,995 ft.
Climb Rate: ??? ft per min.
Service Ceiling: ??? ft.
Range: 4,474 miles.
Endurance: 12 hours. Armament a large but unrevealed weight of torpedo, depth charges etc.
Photo: Salamander
First long range Soviet maritime reconnaissance plane, the Il-38 "May" differs from its civil predecessor by sporting a longer fuselage with a MAD boom and radome. The "May" is very familiar to the US Navy, as the type often shadows navy operations in several different parts of the world.

 
Type: Antonov An-26B "Curl" Five crew tactical and utility transport.
Max Speed: 273 mph at 19,685 ft.
Climb Rate: 1,575 ft per min.
Service Ceiling 24,605 ft.
Range: 684 miles.
Payload: 40 paratroops or 24 litters plus one attendant, or 12,125 lb of freight. 
Photo: B. Thouanel
This Soviet system allows civil aircraft such as this AN-26 of Aeroflot to be reallocated to the Soviet air force very rapidly.

 
Type: Antonov An-2 "Colt" two crew utility transport.
Max Speed: 160 mph
Climb Rate: 689 ft per. minute.
Service Ceiling: 14,435 ft.
Range: 559 miles
Payload: 12 passengers or 2,866lb. of freight.
Photo: P. Bigel
The An-2 served with the air force of several Warsaw pact countries until recently. This example carries Polish marking.

 
Type: Antonov AN-22 Antei "Cook" five crew heavy transprt. 
Max Speed: 460 mph. at optimum altitude.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling: 24,605 ft.
Range: 3,107 with maximum payload.
Payload: 176,367 lb. of freight and 28 passengers.
Photo: Salamander
The An-22 was the world's heaviest plane first revealed to the west in the 1967 Paris Air Show. The  USSR has produced a remarkable series of heavy-lift transport able to operate from semi-prepared airstrips.

 
Type: Tupolev TB-3/AM-34FRN four/six crew heavy bomber.
Max Speed: 186 mph. at 16,405 ft.
Climb Rate: 3,280 ft. in 4 minutes 6 seconds.
Service Ceiling: 25,390 ft.
Range: 1,939 miles
Armament: six 0.3-in (7.62-mm) machine guns in three positions, and up to 8,818 lb. of bombs.
Photo:Musee de 1,Air
 

 
Type: Antonov An-124 Ruslan "Condor" six crew heavy transport.
Max Speed: 537 mph. at 39,370 ft.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling:
Range: 2,796 miles with maximum payload.
Payload: 88 passengers and 330,693 lb of freight.
Photo: Coll B. Thouanel
Know to NATO by the reporting name "Condor", the An-124 Ruslan has considerable similarities to the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, but is slightly larger than the American transport.

 
Type: Tupolevv Tu-16 "Badger-A" six seat medium strategic bomber.
Max Speed: 652 mph. at 19,685 ft.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling:  49,215 ft.
Range: 3,000 miles.
Armament: seven 23-mm cannons (one fixed forward-firing, two each in dorsal and ventral barbettes, and two in the tail turret) and up to 19,842 lb. of bombs.
Photo: Salamander
A Tu-16 "Badger-a" of the Naval Aviation, the air arm of the Soviet navy which uses the Tu-16 for strike and in-flight refueling.

 
Type: Tu-95 "Bear-A" 10 seat long range bomber and reconnaissance aircraft.
Max Speed: 575 mph. at 24,335 ft.
Climb Rate: 16,405 ft in 13 minutes.
Service Ceiling: 44,290 ft.
Range: 4,600 miles
Armament: six 23-mm cannon, in three turrets and up to 44,090 lb. of bombs or other disposable stores.
Photo: Salamander
A Soviet Tu-95 "Bear-D" long range reconnaissance mission photographed by the RAF near Scotland.

 
Type: Tupolev Tu-126 "Moss" 12 seat airborne early warning and command system aircraft.
Max Speed: 528 mph. at high altitude
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling: 36,090 ft.
Range: 7,800 miles.
Armament: none
Photo: Salamander
The range and payload of the Tu-114 airliners were exploited in the Tu-126 conversion, which added a large rotodome containing the surveillance radar antenna feeding data to the tactical center in the fuselage. From this information is data-linked to the ground stations and interceptor fighters.

 
Type: Tupolev Tu-26 "Backfire-B" four seat medium strategic bomber.
Max Speed: 1,320 mph. at 36,090 ft.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling 52,495 ft.
Range: radius 3,420+ miles on a hi-lo-hi mission.
Armament: two 20-mm twin barrel cannons in a tail barbette, and up to 26,455 lb. of disposable stores.
Photo: Coll Avia News
One of the USSR's 380 or more Tu26s a"Backfire-B with a missile Semi-recessed under the fuselage, is intercepted by an F-16 over international waters.

 
Type: Five or six flight medium lift transport.
Max Speed: 483 mph.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling: 33,465 ft.
Range: 3,542 miles.
Armament: Two nudelman Richter NR-23 23 mm cannons in tail on some aircraft.
Photo: Unknown
In the 1960s, China purchased several An-12 aircraft from the Soviet Union, along with license to assemble the aircraft locally. However, due to the Sino-Soviet split, the Soviet Union withdrew its technical assistance. It wasn't until 1974, when the first Chinese-assembled An-12 had its maiden flight. The Xi'ian Aircraft Company and Xi'an Aircraft Design Institute worked to reverse engineer the An-12 for local production.

 
Type: Crew of five transport.
Max Speed: 335 mph.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling: 32,800 ft.
Range: 6,800 miles
Armament: none.
Photo: Unknown
The An-22 is basically an enlarged version of the earlier Antonov An-12 except that it is fitted with a twin tail. This gives the An-22 better engine-out performance, and reduces height restrictions for hangars. Also of note are large anti-flutter masses on the top of each tail.

 

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