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. [2] .

2024年2月23日 · Russian industry reportedly is working overtime to modernize a new A-50 as a replacement for the first destroyed jet. The cost—potentially hundreds of millions of dollars—is significant. In the...

2024年2月23日 · Ukraine says it has downed a Russian A-50 military spy plane - the second such claim in just over a month. The plane was hit between the Russian cities of Rostov-on-Don and Krasnodar,...

2024年3月9日 · Russia went to war in Ukraine in February 2022 with no more than nine flyable Beriev A-50U/M radar planes, which extend sensor coverage over the front line. The four-engine A-50s and the 10 or 15...

2024年1月31日 · As rumors swirl about an alleged cagey Ukrainian operation, sanctions are likely to hurt any chances at new A-50s rolling off Russian lines with enough specialists to man it, experts told...

2024年3月10日 · Russian military bloggers reported that Ukrainian drones struck a plant in the city that repaired A-50 spy planes, as well as a nearby airfield. The attack came in "several waves," influential...

2024年3月15日 · Since the start of 2024, Russia has lost two of its A-50 airborne early warning aircraft – shot down by Ukrainian surface-to-air missiles. Kyiv also launched a drone strike deep into Russia targeting an aircraft factory refurbishing the planes. The A-50 is known to Russia as the Beriev A-50 Shmel - or "bumblebee". Nato calls it the Mainstay.

2000年11月7日 · The A-50U is an updated Russian variant, first shown in 1995. It was created by modernising the element base of airborne radiotechnical complex, thereby reducing the total weight.

2023年2月27日 · Pro-Ukraine Belarusian insurgents reportedly infiltrated an air base in Belarus and sabotaged a Russian air force Beriev A-50M airborne early-warning plane. The claim, widely repeated by news...

2024年1月15日 · Russia is reported to have about 9 A-50s in its inventory. The Ilyushin Il-22M airborne command post was also damaged in an attack and forced to make an emergency landing in Anapa on the Russian side of the Sea of Azov.