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Russia to refurbish Il-78 refuelling tanker aircraft for Pakistan Air Force

Russian Aviaton » Tuesday January 17, 2017 10:06 MSK

A Pakistan Air Force Ilyushin Il-78 air-to-air refuelling tanker aircraft are will be refurbished at the Russian 360th Aircraft Repair Plant in Ryazan, reported by Defence-blog.com.

The Pakistan Air Force has signed an agreement with JSC Rosoboronexport and 360th Aircraft Repair Plant for the refurbished of its fleet of Ilyushin Il-78 air-to-air refuelling tanker aircraft.

The Ilyushin IL-78 air-to-air refuelling tanker aircraft is a four-engine tanker principally used for in-flight refuelling. It was designed and developed on the basis of a similar predecessor, the IL-76, and has the Nato reporting name Midas.

A total of four Il-78MPs have been delivered to the Pakistan Air Force from Ukrainian surplus aircraft stocks, fitted with removable fuel tanks and UPAZ unified aerial-refueling pods (the length of the hose deployed in the airflow is about 26 m, the hose inner diameter is 52 mm, the fuel transfer rate is up to 2300 l/min). The first of the four aircraft was delivered in December 2009.

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