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.

Jan 31, 2024 · LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Earlier this month British military intelligence officially confirmed the mid-air explosion of a Russian A-50U surveillance aircraft, which Ukraine says it shot down — in...

Feb 23, 2024 · Incredibly, the Russian air force has lost another one of its rare Beriev A-50M/U Mainstay radar early-warning planes. Video that circulated online on Friday reportedly depicts the A-50’s burning...

Feb 23, 2024 · 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,...

Mar 9, 2024 · 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...

Mar 15, 2024 · The A-50 is Russia’s airborne early warning aircraft – their version of the American E-3 AWACS - and is based on the Ilyushin IL-76 transport plane. It first flew in 1978 and entered service with the Russian air force in 1984.

Mar 10, 2023 · According to Reuters, a group of Belarusian separatists attacked a Beriev A-50 parked at an airfield near Minsk. As the plane is a successor to Tupolev's Tu-126, it's an airborne early warning and control aircraft.

Nov 7, 2000 · 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.

Mar 11, 2024 · Kyiv has taken out two of Russia's scarce Beriev A-50 airborne warning and control (AWACS) aircraft since the start of the year. Ukraine said it took out an A-50 over the Sea of Azov in...

Feb 23, 2024 · The Ukrainian Air Force said its fighters on Friday shot down a Russian A-50 military spy plane, the second of the prized aircraft that Kyiv has claimed to destroy this year.