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Il-76 CANDID VARIANTS

• Il-76 'Candid-A' Prototype and pre-production cargo transport model
• Il-76T 'Candid-A' First production model with increased fuel capacity, built primarily for domestic and foreign civil operators
• Il-76TD 'Candid-A' Similar to the Il-76T but with uprated engines for improved takeoff performance at higher altitude and high temperature locations
• Il-76TD-90 Proposal to upgrade Il-76TD models with PS-90A12 turbofan engines
  
  
• Il-76M 'Candid-B' Military transport model able to carry tracked and wheeled vehicles, freight containers, or armed troops
• Il-76MD 'Candid-B' Improved military transport with uprated engines for improved takeoff performance at higher altitude and temperature locations [Indian designation: Galaraj ]
• Il-76MF Improved military transport with a lengthened fuselage for increased cargo capacity and more efficient engines to improve range by 25%
• Il-76CFM Proposal to re-engine older models with CFM56-5C2 turbofan engines to increase range
• Il-76MF-100 Variant of the Il-76MF equipped with CFM56-5C2 turbofan engines
  
  
• Il-76DMP, Il-76P or Il-76TP Firefighting model able to carry over 40 tons of water or fire retardant
• Il-76K/MDK/MDK-2 Il-76M airframes modified for zero-gravity cosmonaut training
• Il-76LL Test aircraft used for evaluating new engines; 6 converted
• Il-76MA Il-76M models rebuilt for various test purposes
• Il-76PP Electronic warfare model fitted with ECM and jamming equipment to serve as an escort for the A-50
• Il-76PS or Il-84 Search and rescue model; 1 built but cancelled in 1989
• Il-76PSD Proposal for an improved search and rescue model
• Il-76 Scalpel-MT Medical version equipped with three modules holding a surgical room and recovery room for a crew of 12 medical personnel, used as an emergency airborne hospital to evacuate injured troops from Afghanistan; 2 built
• Il-76TD-S Civilian version of the Il-76 Scalpel-MT
  
  
• Il-76SK Command post used for airborne tracking during flight testing
• Il-76VPK or Il-82 Former Aeroflot planes modified as airborne command posts with satellite communications gear as well as various fairings, strakes, and antennae; 2 converted
  
  
• Il-78 'Midas' In-flight refueling tanker based on the Il-76M and fitted with a refueling drogue on the left side of the rear fuselage
• Il-78M Improved version of the Il-78 with two additional refueling drogues located one under each wing
• Il-78MK Export version of the Il-78M
• Il-78V Il-78 model with modified refueling pods
  
  
• Il-476 New production model under development with a full digital flight control system, improved engines, and glass cockpit displays
  
  
• A-50 'Mainstay' Airborne early warning model based on the Il-76 and equipped with a rotating radome mounted atop the aft fuselage and a lengthened nose, built by Ilyushin and Beriev