Country of Origin. CIS (formerly USSR).
Similar Aircraft.
P-3C Orion,
An-24 Coke,
An-12 Cub.
Crew. Five.
Role. Electronics surveillance.
Armament. None.
Dimensions. Length: 117 ft, 9 in (35.9 m). Span: 122 ft, 7 in (37.4 m).
Wings. Low-mounted and unequally tapered with blunt tips and positive slant.
Engine(s). Four turboprops mounted in the wings and extending forward of the wings.
Fuselage. Round, cigar-shaped tapered at the rear and a rounded nose. Stepped-up cockpit. Bulges on sides of fuselage aft of the cockpit. Pod carried on the fuselage bottom is a SLAR.
Tail. Back-tapered fin with square tip. Equally tapered flats, mid-mounted on the fuselage.
Afghanistan (Il-18), CIS.
Updated: 27 January 2008 | Born 11 September 2000 |