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1月15日 · The director of Ukraine's military intelligence agency has claimed that Kyiv downed a valuable Russian "Bumblebee" A-50 early warning and control aircraft over the Azov Sea on Sunday, in what...

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...

The KAI T-50 Golden Eagle (Korean: 골든이글) is the first South Korean supersonic advanced jet trainers, light combat aircraft and light fighter developed by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) with Lockheed Martin. [3] . It is South Korea's first indigenous supersonic aircraft and one of the world's few supersonic trainers. [4]

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.

Russia adopted the aircraft in 1984, and the Air Force currently has 16-20 A-50 planes, according to various reports. The A-50 Mainstay SDRLO (Long Range Detection System) aircraft is based on...

2024年1月15日 · Without external support of airborne tankers, the A-50 can fly for four hours with a range of 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from its base, at a maximum takeoff weight of 190 metric tons. The A-50M variant has been modified to allow airborne refueling by Il-78 tankers, which can extend its loiter and surveillance time.

2023年3月10日 · Developed to replace the aging Tupolev Tu-126 "Moss" in the mid-1980s, Russian aircraft manufacturer Beriev designed the A-50 "Mainstay." According to Reuters, a group of Belarusian separatists attacked a Beriev A-50 parked at an airfield near Minsk.

2000年11月7日 · Beriev A-50 Mainstay AEW aircraft. The A-50 carries out patrol missions at an altitude of 5,000 to 10,000 metres. The Schmel M main radar is rumoured to better that of the E-3 Sentry. The radar and guidance systems have the capacity to track 50 to 60 targets simultaneously and to guide 10 to 12 fighter aircraft simultaneously.

The Beriev A-50 Shmel (bumble bee), (NATO reporting name: Mainstay) is a Russian airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft based on the Ilyushin Il-76 transport. Developed to replace the Tupolev Tu-126 'Moss', the A-50 first flew in 1978. It entered service in 1984, with about 40 produced by 1992.