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Putin suffers major setback in Sudan—Russian Il-76 crashes as rebels seize $2.9B oil lifeline

Sudan’s civil war entered a more dangerous phase earlier this month, after two rapid shocks exposed the fragility of the state and its foreign backers. On December 8, the Rapid Support Forces seized ...
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An Epic Flight - Flying the Ilyushin IL-76 Cargo Transporter to Iraq

This week, I flew on SilkWay Ilyushin IL-76 transporter from Baku to Erbil, Iraq. The flight was completely different from the Western conventional airplane. It took a strong team of 5 men to operate ...