Airborne unit drills loading military hardware onboard IL-76 carrier in Zhytomyr region. PHOTOS

Ukrainian troopers practiced in loading the military hardware into the IL-76DM air carrier at an airfield in the Zhytomyr region.

Censor.NET reports citing the statement of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook.

The personnel of the 95th Separate Air Assault Brigade and the crew of IL-76DM military transport aircraft of Ukrainian Air Force held exercise on loading BTR-3DA, KrAZ Spartan armored personnel carriers and GAZ-66 truck onboard the aircraft.



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It took the troopers and military pilots several hours to try out several options of placing and fixing certain types of military hardware inside the plane. The exercise was successful as it was found out that the aforementioned hardware can be transported by this type of aircraft.

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