An explosion involving an An-72 aircraft occurred at Ostafyevo Airport near Moscow on December 12. The information was ...

An Antonov An-72 military transport aircraft exploded at the Ostafyevo airfield near Moscow, according to the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine. Newsweek has contacted the defense ministries for Ukraine ...

A Russian An-72 transport plane prepares to take off at the Russian military base of Hmeimim, located southeast of the city of Latakia in Hmeimim, Latakia Governorate, Syria, on September 26, 2019.

The Kyiv Independent could not verify these claims. The An-72 is a Soviet transport aircraft, developed by Antonov, Ukraine's largest aircraft manufacturing company. The plane is used mainly by the ...

North Korean troops were evidently untrained in dealing with Ukrainian drones, which took a high toll. In one instance, ...

Russia's defence minister said on Monday that Moscow must be ready to fight the NATO military alliance in Europe in the next decade, as President Vladimir Putin said he believed the Ukraine war ...

The Dutch defense ministry said two F-35s stationed in Estonia were scrambled after three Russian planes — an Antonov An-72, a Su-24, and an Ilyushin Il-20 — were identified in the region.

At the time, the Soviet Air Force had around 50 Antonov An-22 turboprops, which were commonly deployed in tactical roles. So, there was a desire for larger aircraft with a big increase in payload ...

the United States, and even Brazil (China is also producing its own military transports—often upgraded designs based on Soviet designs). Military airlifters from Ukraine's Antonov and Russia's ...

The first incident involved an Antonov An-72 transport jet and a Sukhoi Su-24MR, according to the Netherlands’ defence ministry. Amsterdam describes the specialised Su-24 variant as a ...

The Dutch defense ministry said two F-35s stationed in Estonia were scrambled after three Russian planes — an Antonov An-72, a Su-24, and an Ilyushin Il-20 — were identified in the region. Dutch F-35s ...