This aircraft rosema is in service for more than half a century. This legendary aircraft made a decisive contribution to the formation of the airborne troops of the USSR. And he is sadly known as the Black Tulip.
Unpretentious, reliable and phenomenally tenacious, capable of working in the most difficult climatic conditions and carry 60 paratroopers or two troops of landing, the An-12 turned the Airborne Forces from the tactical kind of troops into a strategic factor, was the main aircraft of the Soviet military transport aircraft and participated in most wars of the second half of the 20th century.
He accepted the baptism of baptism abroad, during the Indo-Chinese border conflict of 1962. Later, the Air Force of India used the An-12 against the Pakistanis, and not only for airborne assaults, but also as a heavy night bomber, which survived up to 16 tons of air bombs. He fought on Sri Lanka against the “Tigers of the Liberation of Tamil-Ilam”, and against Iraqi Kurds, Algerian rebels and Eritreic separatists, and in Yemen, Sudan …
Author
Markovsky Viktor Yuryevich, Podkhodchenko Igor Vladimirovich
Editor
Nazvinskaya L.
Publisher
Eksmo, 2014
Series
War and we. Aviation collection
Genre
The history of wars
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