Equipment / Naval / Ilyushin Il-38

Ilyushin Il-38

Submarineconfirmed

Ilyushin Il-38

The Ilyushin Il-38 (nicknamed Dolphin) (NATO reporting name: May) is a maritime patrol aircraft and anti-submarine warfare aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It is a variant of the Ilyushin Il-18 turboprop airliner.

Specifications

TypeSubmarine
ManufacturerIlyushin
Introduced1967
StatusIn service
Speed645 km/h
Ceiling11,000 m
Weight66 t
Length40.19 m
Wingspan37.4 m

Operators

CountryQuantityConfidence
Russia—confirmed

Text adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo from Wikimedia Commons; see the Wikipedia article for author and license.

Related