Aircraft Photo of KI2662 | Ilyushin Il-76MD | India - Air Force | AirHistory.net #550866
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:KI2662
Military Code:B
Aircraft Original Type:Ilyushin Il-76
Aircraft Generic Type:Ilyushin Il-76/78/82
Aircraft Version:Ilyushin Il-76MD
C/n (msn):0053458725
Operator Titles:India - Air Force
Local Operator Name:भारतीय वायु सेना
Location
City / Airport:YelahankaMap
Country:India
Airport Codes:ICAO: VOYK   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Aero India 2023
 
Photo Date:15 February 2023
Photo by:Stephan de Bruijn
Photo ID: 550866
Photo Comment

Delivered to the IAF on 30 March 1985 as K2662. It was reserialled by 2018 into KI2662. The IAF operates seventeen Il-76s that were acquired between 1985 and 1989. The IAF had plans to upgrade the aircraft with PS90 turbofans (like the six Il-78 tankers of the IAF), but it is now said that the fleet will be retired soon. The last flight is expected within a few years. The tasks of the type will be handed over to the C-130 and C-17 fleet of the IAF. The Il-76s are assigned to 44 Squadron "Mighty Jets", based at Chandigarh AFS.

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