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Il-78

Tanker · Air · Ilyushin · Soviet Union

Wikidata: inflight refueling tanker model by Ilyushin

Operators among the 24
3
Active, across the 24
9
On order, across the 24
0
In service since
1985

Catalogue entry

Designation
Il-78
First flight or launch
1983
In service
1985
Retired
–
Generation
–
Unit cost (US dollars)
not published in Wikidata
Manufacturers
Ilyushin, Tashkent Mechanical Plant, Aviastar-SP
Wikidata classes
aircraft model
Identifiers
Q182617 · factbase.org/sys/QTZCTF2E00 · Wikipedia

Dates, makers and classes from Wikidata (CC0); specifications stop at what Wikipedia and the manufacturer publish.

Operators

Each of the 24 nations that holds the platform, with its active count (variants summed). A nation that holds it with no published count shows no bar.

NationActiveReserveOn orderVariants
India6Il-78MKI
China3
Russiaheld

Transfers

Deliveries recorded by the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, by year, to every recipient. Derived figures only; source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database.

1986: 12000: 62003: 62009: 42014: 3198620002014max 6
SIPRI-recorded deliveries of Il-78 by year

Recipients: Algeria (6), India (6), Pakistan (4), China (3), Libya (1).

In the same category, in service within 15 years

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