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Russia: first Il-76 aircraft to be delivered this year (VIDEO)

Moscow, Russia - The contract for 39 planes was signed in 2012

The first Ilyushin Il-476 military transport aircraft will be delivered to the Russian Air Force this year, as confirmed to "Itar-Tass" by Viktor Livanov, director general and chief designer at Ilyushin. The contracts for the delivery of 39 examples of the fourth generation of the Il-76, for an overall value of 140 billion rubles (roughly 2.8 billion Euros or 3.9 billion dollars) was signed in October...

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Rome, Italy, 03/19/2014 18:10
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