MOSCOW, September 22. /TASS/. The Rostec State Corporation has handed over to the Russian Aerospace Force an upgraded A-50U early warning and control aircraft system (NATO reporting name Mainstay).

which has successfully adapted the Il-76 into AWACS platforms such as the A-50 "Shmel" and the upgraded A-50U. These Russian aircraft are known as the "eyes of Russian aviation," highlighting ...

The A-50 is a four-engine early warning plane, essentially a Russian AWACS. Ukrinform also confirms ... that Russia has three A-50 models and six A-50U models in service. Each unit costs around ...