E-3 Sentry AWACS vs Il-78 Midas
| American airborne early warning and control (AWACS) aircraft, principally used in NATO, UK, France, and Saudi Arabia since the Cold War. | |
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| Origin country | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Category | Other aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Boeing |
| First flight | 9 February 1972 |
| Year of introduction | 1977 |
| Number produced | 68 units |
| Average unit price | $270 million |
| Soviet aerial refueling tanker, developed in the 1980s, widely involved in strategic, long-range force projection missions. | |
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| Origin country | 🇨🇳 Ex-USSR |
| Category | Other aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Ilyushin |
| First flight | 26 June 1983 |
| Year of introduction | 1984 |
| Number produced | 53 units |
| Average unit price | $-- million |
| Wing area | 283.0 m² 🔴 |
| Wingspan | 44.4 m 🔴 |
| Height | 12.6 m 🔴 |
| Length | 46.6 m 🟢 |
| Maximum speed | 853 km/h 🟢 |
| Operational range | 9,250 km |
| Service ceiling | 10,668 m 🔴 |
| Max. takeoff weight | 147,417 kg 🔴 |
| Empty weight | 83,915 kg 🟢 |
| Total thrust | 4 x 9,752 kgp 🔴 |
| Wing area | 300.0 m² 🟢 |
| Wingspan | 50.5 m 🟢 |
| Height | 14.8 m 🟢 |
| Length | 46.6 m 🔴 |
| Maximum speed | 850 km/h 🔴 |
| Operational range | -- km |
| Service ceiling | 12,000 m 🟢 |
| Max. takeoff weight | 210,000 kg 🟢 |
| Empty weight | 72,000 kg 🔴 |
| Total thrust | 4 x 12,020 kgp 🟢 |