First series production II-76MD-M delivered

摘要

ILYUSHIN HAS handed over the first series-production upgraded II-76MD-M transport aircraft for the Vozdushno-Kosmicheskiye Sily Rossiyskoy Federatsii (VKS RF, Russian Federation Air and Space Force). The company announced on March 13 that the aircraft, RF-76746, had been formally delivered to the Russian defence ministry. It made its first flight after modernisation on February 28, 2016 before extensive flight testing, latterly at Zhukovsky. Work on an eventual total of 30 aircraft will continue in accordance with the State Armaments Programme.