An-124s had two final assembly lines, one in Ulyanovsk in Russia and the other was the Kyiv Aviation Plant in Ukraine. Assembly began in 1979 with the aircraft's maiden flight taking place on ...

Six Of The Largest Cargo Planes In Military History. By ... The An-124 also continues its Russian service, with most aircraft flying today fielded by the Russian Air Force.

Battle of Hostomel. On Feb. 24, 2022, Russian airborne troops attempted to capture the Hostomel airport located in the suburbs of Kyiv, which led to weeks of fierce fighting.. Over the next month, ...

Antonov An-225 Mriya: The World’s Largest Aircraft Was Destroyed in Failed Russian Raid. In the early stages of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Kremlin mounted an ...

The federal government has taken administrative steps to help gain full control over a massive Russian cargo plane parked in Toronto, which Ottawa hopes to use to generate financial support for ...