19 November 1988: an Afghan Air Force An-26 was shot down by the Pakistan Air Force near Parachinar, killing all 30 people on board. Afghan officials said the plane had crossed the border after suffering mechanical problems while Pakistani officials said it had failed to identify itself.

Dec 26, 2010 · To commemorate the An-26's retirement, AAF Airmen who have had a connection to the aircraft over the course of its 30-plus years of service gathered on the flight line at the Afghan Air Force Base in Kabul to take a group photo in front of the lone An-26 left at the base.

The United States operated An-26s through the 6th Special Operations Squadron of the United States Air Force from the period of 2003 to 2007. Soviet An-26s were passed on to the emerging states...

The Antonov An-26 (NATO reporting name: Curl) is a twin-engined turboprop civilian and military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the USSR in 1969–1985. [1] After successful operations of the An-24T tactical transport in austere locations, interest in a version with a retractable cargo ramp increased.

May 21, 2023 · On February 24, 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a Ukrainian Air Force An-26 was shot down, killing five of the fourteen passengers and crew.

Mar 2, 2022 · The United States operated An-26s through the 6th Special Operations Squadron of the United States Air Force from the period of 2003 to 2007. Soviet An-26s were passed on to the emerging states after the fall of the Soviet empire.

The An-26 light transport airplane was designed on the basis of the Аn-24RТ airplane and differs from the latter in the extended fuselage tail section with a large cargo door and pressure ramp.

Encouraged by these successes, Antonov decided to create a purely military version of the aircraft, the An-26. This version was equipped with a rear ramp and a cargo hold capable of accommodating light vehicles, which made it highly successful.

Radio electronic equipment features relatively modern positioning and communications instruments, an automatic radio direction finder ADF, a telemetre system DME, a marker and an instrument-landing device ILS/GS, as well as a radio altimetre.

Appareil de transport à court rayon d’action standard des forces soviétiques et de leurs alliées à partir des années 1960, l’Antonov An-26, désigné Curl par l’OTAN, est le dérivé militaire d’une autre création d’Antonov, l’An-24 Coke. On peut l'en …