First pictures of Pakistan Air Force IL-78 aerial refuellers.

[owais.usmani]

Aircraft No. R09-001

You can clearly see the white spots on the tail and rear fuselage where PAF's signs will later be painted. I believe these pictures are from final flight testing in Ukraine. Anyways, enjoy!!:dance:dance

 

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Aircraft No. R09-001

You can clearly see the white spots on the tail and rear fuselage where PAF's signs will later be painted. I believe these pictures are from final flight testing in Ukraine. Anyways, enjoy!!:dance:dance

These are nice pictures. Thanks.

 

[owais.usmani]

Some more pictures:

 

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what's in that glassed section under the nose?..

In ilyushin lower section is glassed in for observation.
The navigator sits on separated one deck below in the glass nose. He has a chair on a rail and can move downwards under an angle to reach instruments centrally in the glass section while his normal position is something more inside. It's handy for (navigator) getting map references and for observing parachute cargo drops.
The glazed nose i think was first seen in IL-76T variant.:coffee

Isn't it a good time to think about a couple of KC 135 for refueling f16 we getting,they are a proper platform for them?

 

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Three new pictures:

 

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A bit controversial but here is the Images of IL-78 refueling the mirages.