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IL-78 Refueller Aircraft
December 5 , 2017
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- For the first time, an IL-78 refueller aircraft has recently carried out air-to-air refuelling of the Embraer aircraft.
- It is a multi-purpose four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Russia.
- The IAF is one of the few air forces in the world to operate mid-air refuellers. It now operates six Russian IL-78 refuellers.
- The name of the air-to-air refuelling method is ‘Probe and Drogue’.
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