A Russian air force Ilyushin Il-76T, carrying out a commercial cargo flight, crashed into a mountain in the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia on 27 November, killing all eight crew and 21 passengers on board. The aircraft had just taken off from Abakan airport, at 20:00 local time, carrying some 30t cargo.
Source: Flight International
Two months after receiving the necessary export approval from Washington, Bucharest has signed a formal letter of offer and acceptance with airframer Lockheed Martin covering 32 of the company’s F-35As, making Romania the 20th country to adopt the prolific stealth fighter.
The US airframer turned over the first of two Beechcraft King Air 360HCW turboprops to the Peruvian air force, which will use the aircraft for aeromedical evacuation.
Our annual World Air Forces directory – published in association with Embraer – details the military aircraft fleets of 161 nations, and analyses the main events of the last 12 months.
