B-ONE27 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Got treated to a rarity this morning ...heard the whine of different engines taxi by and went out to look and lo and behold a PAF IL-78M!!! I was super stoked!! She flew in this morning at BWI-TM, pictures aren't the best, used my phone but what a treat to see this bird in person!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 That's pretty dang kewl ...! Thanks for sharing ... -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alternative 4 Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Pictures be damned, sometimes the memory is better than any picture. The main thing is you saw it and it was awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Neato torpedo! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vonjhn68 Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Very cool Midas. Always thought it odd that the Russians would put a bombardier station on many of their cargo aircraft. Regards, John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluedot25 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, vonjhn68 said: Very cool Midas. Always thought it odd that the Russians would put a bombardier station on many of their cargo aircraft. Regards, John I’ve wonderd the same... Just found this on globalsecurity.org... The IL-76 is equipped with bombing equipment and, if necessary, can take up to 20 tons of various bombs on board. The aircraft can hang various free-fall bombs, caliber up to 500 kilograms or radio beacons for four beams UBD-3DA. Bombing can be carried out both in automatic mode from the Dome system and from NKBP-7. Soviet-Russian transport planes have a long tradition of performing as a guest bomber. In line with the guiding ideology of front-line operations, the Soviet Air Force requires military transport aircraft to be designed with a bomb pylon installed under the fuselage or wing, and capable of dropping small bombs. I don’t know if this applies to the IL-78 as well, but at the very least its a holdover from the -76 it was derived from. Edited April 9, 2022 by bluedot25 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vonjhn68 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Thanks for the info. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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