Voronezh Aircraft Production Association
Ilyushin/Beriev A-50 Mainstay)
VASO in English, ВАСО Beriev A-50 Mainstay)
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| 41 Taganrog, registration number RF-94268, a Beriev A-50U | |
| Role | Airborne early warning and control |
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| Manufacturer | Beriev |
| First flight | 19 December 1978 |
| Introduction | 1985 |
| Status | In service |
| Primary users | Russian Aerospace Forces Indian Air Force |
| Produced | 1978–1992 |
| Number built | ~40 |
| Developed from | Ilyushin Il-76 |
| Developed into | Beriev A-100 |
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History Voronezh Aircraft Production Association
Beriev / Ilyushin A-50 Schmell "Mainstay"
The Beriev A-50 (NATO reporting name: Mainstay) is a Soviet-origin airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft that is based on the Ilyushin Il-76 transport plane. Developed to replace the Tupolev Tu-126 "Moss", the A-50 first flew in 1978. Its existence was revealed to the Western Bloc in 1978 by Adolf Tolkachev. It entered service in 1985, with about 40 produced by 1992.
Design
A-50
The mission personnel of the 15-man crew derive data from the large Liana surveillance radar with its antenna in an over-fuselage rotodome, which has a diameter of 9 metres (30 ft) Detection range is 650 kilometres (400 mi; 350 nmi) for air targets and 300 kilometres (190 mi; 160 nmi) for ground targets.
The A-50 can controlup to ten fighter aircraft for either air-to-air intercept or air-to-ground attack missions. The A-50 can fly for four hours with a range of 1,000 kilometres (620 mi; 540 nmi) from its base, at a maximum takeoff weight of 190 metric tons (420,000 lb). The aircraft can be refuelled by Il-78 tankers
Operators
- Indian Air Force – 3 in service, 2 on order.
- Russian Aerospace Forces
- 2457th Aviation Base (Ivanovo Severny)
- 144th Independent Regiment Long-Range Airborne Surveillance
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Beriev / Ilyushin A-50 Schmell "Mainstay"
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Beriev / Ilyushin A-50 Schmell / Mainstay
General Info
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- Crew: 15
- Length: 49.59 m (162 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in)
- Height: 14.76 m (48 ft 5 in)
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- Empty weight: 75,000 kg
- Max takeoff weight: 170,000 kg
- Powerplant: 4 × Soloviev D-30KP turbofan engines, 117.68 kN (26,460 lbf) thrust each
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- Maximum speed: 900 km/h
- Range: 7,500 km
- Service ceiling: 12,000 m (39,000 ft)
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Links to Youtube & Others
On 17 November 2023, the British Defence Ministry believes that it is "likely" Russian forces are updating their A-50 early warning aircraft in anticipation of the West supplying modern fighter jets such as the F-16.
Beriev / Ilyushin
A-50 Schmell/Mainstay
By January 2020, the first test-flight airframe was in final assembly and the wing and fuselage were joined, to be finished at the end of 2020 before a first flight in 2021
Youtube Link
On 26 February 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Association of Security Forces of Belarus (BYPOL), a partisan group, reported that it had conducted a drone attack and damaged a Russian A-50 at the Machulishchy air base near Minsk, Belarus
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