An Il-76 refueling a MiG-29.



Notice the underwing plylons??!!
Is Russia running out of bombers or what?

Link to page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MiG-29_refuelling.jpg

The military il-76's have this feature, it's not in lomac though. It also has a gun pod in the left landing gear pod.

Can you provide a source on this, it seems rather odd to me to have cannons in the landing gear bay of such a large a/c. how is it employed?

Some MPAs such as the An-72P and ART-42-400MP Surveyor carry pods but they are smaller and more maneuverable.

The only armament I have seen on the 76s' are the tail cannons. We have them here in the IAF.

quote:

Originally posted by Alfa_Kilo:
An Il-76 refueling a MiG-29.



Notice the underwing plylons??!!
Is Russia running out of bombers or what?

Link to page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MiG-29_refuelling.jpg

Must be an FOB if the -76 is refueling the -29 on the ground.

My guess is the underwing pylons are for countermeasure pods and/or chaff/flare dispensers, not bombs; they're too small to carry anything useful except a pod or a dispenser. C-130's can carry a chaff/flare dispenser and/or a countermeasures pod on the outer (small) wing pylon; on the old AC-130A Spectre, an ALQ-87 jamming pod was a standard load-out on each outer wing pylon in Vietnam.