By Eliza Popova
The first squadron of the Inas-312 "Albatros" was put into operation on November 18, 1976 in the amount of 5 IL-38CD aircraft. When the Indian government decided to support the Navy on patrol aircraft, it also began to search for options. The choice of Il-38, because they were the cheapest and most reliable for commissioning. The Soviet Union transferred them from arms reserves. The first party consisted of 3 aircraft, and by 1983 it increased to 5.
The base for the Soviet IL-38 was the base of the IL-38 times of World War II. For this purpose it was significantly reworked. The length of the runway is 4500 meters. IL-38CDs were equipped with a search radar, a detector of magnetic anomalies, torpedoes and deep bombs. AI-20M motors on more than 4225 horsepower are installed on the aircraft. The standard crew composition consists of two pilots, flight engineer, first navigator, on-board signal and 2-3 sensors operators.
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