The Russian Aerospace Forces have received a new modernized A-50U airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, ...

After three aircraft destroyed by Ukraine, Russia is gradually reinforcing its AEW&C fleet with the addition of a new A-50U.

Key point: Like many Russian weapons, the AU-50U saw testing over Syria’s many battlefields. Russia’s Beriev A-50U reconnaissance aircraft is rapidly moving along in serial production, according to ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: While the design and dimensions of the A-50U are still based off the Il-76 and therefore remain largely unchanged from the A-50, the manufacturer claims that the ...

The US appears on the verge of striking Syria after the government allegedly carried out a gas attack over the weekend. But Russia has vowed to shoot down any US missiles with its air defenses, ...

Eventually, another clip has been released, supposedly showing the attack on the Mainstay radar jet. As reported yesterday, on Feb. 26, 2023, the Belarusian partisan group, BYPOL, claimed a Russian ...

February 27, 2024: In February 2024 Russia lost a second A-50U AWACs (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft in Ukraine. Like the first one, it was downed off the Ukrainian coast, in the Sea of ...

Ukraine has scored two confirmed kills against the high value A-50U “Mainstay” airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft and may have damaged more in a recent drone raid. An ambitious ...

Rostec’s Vega Concern and the Beriev Aircraft Company have supplied the sixth modernised A-50U airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Russian Air Force. A-50U is a modified version ...

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).