Antonov An-12

An-12
An-12 of the Russian Air Force
Role Civil and military transport aircraft
Design group Antonov
First flight 16 December 1957 (1957-12-16)[1]
Introduction 1959
Status In service
Primary users Russian Aerospace Forces
Aeroflot
People's Liberation Army Air Force
Produced 1957–1973
Number built 1,248
Developed from Antonov An-10
Developed into Shaanxi Y-8

The Antonov An-12 (Russian: Антонов Ан-12; NATO reporting name: Cub) is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It is the military version of the Antonov An-10 and has many variants. For more than three decades the An-12 was the standard medium-range cargo and paratroop transport aircraft of the Soviet air forces. A total of 1,248 aircraft were built.[2]

  1. ^ "Antonov official website". Archived from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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