The Giant A-50 AWACS in Action

Please visit my channel @ youtube.com/user/vexed123 The Beriev A-50 (NATO reporting name "Mainstay") is a Soviet-built airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft based on the Ilyushin Il-76 transport. Developed to replace the Tupolev Tu-126 "Moss", the A-50 first flew in 1978. It entered service in 1984, with about 40 produced by 1992.

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