>>Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 09:16:32 -0800 >>From: Stanley Powroznik <avialot@yahoo.com> >>Anyone on the list that may have more exact details by now on what = type of Antonov aircraft it was and was this a military >>aircraft or a = civil airliner belonging to one of those Russian airlines ? The aircraft was an Ilyushin Il-76MD which was operated by the Iranian = Revolutionary Guards Corp. Iran "inherited" these military Il-76s back = in 1991, when Iraq flew the aircraft to Iran to avoid them getting = destroyed by Allied bombing campaigns; they just never gave them back = and introduced them into service in their own armed forces. Cheers Scotty Website: http://www.aeroplane.ru Email: scotty@aeroplane.ru ICQ UIN: #45397226 *** Do you like to discuss Russian/CIS aviation? If so, join the = Aviatsiya Yahoogroup at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aviatsiya or email = me for further details***