Russian military transport aviation to be upgraded by 2020 - Air Force official
12:1731/05/2010 MOSCOW, May 31 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's military transport aviation will be modernized by 2020, a senior Air Force official said on Monday.
Russian air forces will deploy Il-112 and Il-476 transport aircraft and updated models of Il-76 Candid planes in 2011-2012, Lt. Gen. Viktor Kachalkin said.
"We plan to have An-124 Condor and An-70 aircraft in 2014-2015," he added.
Kachalkin said the Russian military aviation park was in good condition so does not require a full upgrade.
"The [U.S.] B-52 Stratofortress is from the 1940s. Our planes could certainly be modernized," he said.
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