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AN2, AN12, AN24, AN26, IL76 of the Iraqi air force...

an AN12 in the 1980s. from rick francona's archive.

The transport aircraft type Antonov An-12 served in the Iraqi air force for the longest period from 1962 where the Iraq was received the first batch out of what is believed 12 aircrafts were servied within the No. 3 squadron and remained in service until the year occupation in 2003. Where they had seen in many airports around the world, both signs of the Air Force or Iraqi Airways. In the end, have become an easy targets, for coalition aircrafts, where they destroyed all of them.

General characteristics
Crew: 5: 2 pilots, flight engineer, navigator, radio operator
Capacity: 18 tons cargo
Payload: 20,000 kg (44,000 lb)
Length: 33.10 m (108 ft 7 in)
Wingspan: 38.00 m (124 ft 8 in)
Height: 10.53 m (34 ft 7 in)
Wing area: 121.7 m² (1,310 ft²)
Empty weight: 28,000 kg (62,000 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 61,000 kg (130,000 lb)
Powerplant: 4× Progress AI-20L or AI-20M turboprops, 4,000 ehp (3,000 kW) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 777 km/h (419 knots, 482 mph)
Cruise speed: 670 km/h (361 knots, 415 mph)
Range:
With maximum fuel: 5,700 km (3,075 nm, 3,540 mi)
With maximum load: 3,600 km (1,945 nm, 2,235 mi)
Service ceiling: 10,200 m (33,500 ft)
Rate of climb: 10m/s (ft/min)
Armament
Guns: 2× 23 mm (0.906 in) Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 cannons in a tail turret (some aircraft).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-12

And here are more pics of Iraqi An-12.

And more...

One question. Did the AN12s continue flying after 1991? I mean where would they fly to since Iraq airspace was heavily restricted by the "no fly zones".

I do not know exactly the operational status of the aircrafts after 1991 and really didn't seen any flight mission later, although they were carrying Iraqi Airways colors.

Iraqi aircraft An-12 as a target for allied aircraft.

IRAQI IL76 MD

IRAQI IL76 MD

Interesting pics, some of these pictures for Baghdad early warning plane.

rare pic of iraqi awacs adnan1 I taken from old magazine.. I have more.

الفريق عبدالرحمن عارف ( القائد العام للقوات المسلحة ) يودع القوات العراقية المتوجهة إلى جبهة سيناء في مطار معسكر الرشيد العسكري , بتاريخ 1 حزيران 1967م حيث تنقلهم طائرة
An-12

An-26
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