ive been wondering, why did the Soviets/Russians went with the Il-76 as the airframe for their AWACS rather than an airliner, like the Il-86/96 etc? (same applies for its customers like China and India)
US designs tended to use airliners i.e. 707, 767, 737 (balance beam)
Or conversely we could ask.. why not C-17 for awacs over 767 and 737s?
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January 5, 2018 at 1:45 am