Pen and Sword Aviation
Il'yushin/Beriyev A-50: The 'Soviet Sentry'
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- Yefim Gordon
- Pen and Sword Aviation
- Paperback
- 9781473823914
- 11.6 X 8.2 X 0.3 inches
- 0.95 pounds
- Technology & Engineering > Military Science
- English
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Brought out in the late 1970s as a successor to the obsolete Tu-126 airborne early warning aircraft, the A-50 co-developed by the Il'yushin and Beriyev bureaux is one of the most interesting military variants in the field of IL-76 military transport. Differing outwardly from the latter mainly in having a conventional saucer rotodome, the A-50 entered flight testing in 1980; the new Soviet AWACS entered service four years later. The improved A-50M was developed several years after that. The type continues in service with the Russian Air Force today, and the fleet is being upgraded to A-50U standard.
This book describes the A-50's thrilling developmental history, taking in its many variants (including the A-50EI export model for India) and gives an extensive overview of the various scale model kits covering the subject currently available on the market.
Il'yushin/Beriyev A-50: The 'Soviet Sentry'
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