Beriev A-50

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The Beriev A-50 is a Russian airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft based on the Ilyushin Il-76 airframe, equipped with a large radar dome to provide long-range airspace surveillance and battle management.

All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Beriev A-50 canonical 8
A-50 2
A-50U 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airborne early warning and control aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
aircraftCategory AEW&C ⓘ
special mission aircraft ⓘ
airForceDesignation A-50 ⓘ
linked to: Beriev A-50
airframeType Ilyushin Il-76 transport airframe ⓘ
linked to: Ilyushin Il-76
basedOn Ilyushin Il-76 ⓘ
communicationRole data link relay ⓘ
configuration high-wing ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russia ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
crew large mission crew ⓘ
designedFor airborne command and control ⓘ
fighter control ⓘ
long-range airspace surveillance ⓘ
target tracking ⓘ
designedIn Soviet Union ⓘ
developedBy Beriev Design Bureau ⓘ
enteredServiceWith Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
firstFlight 1978 ⓘ
hasFeature four-engine jet configuration ⓘ
large radar dome above fuselage ⓘ
hasMissionSystem onboard radar and command consoles ⓘ
hasVariant Beriev A-50I ⓘ
linked to: Beriev A-50

Beriev A-50U ⓘ
linked to: Beriev A-50
inServiceWith Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ
introduced 1980s ⓘ
manufacturer Beriev Aircraft Company ⓘ
natoReportingName Mainstay ⓘ
operator Indian Air Force (A-50-based Phalcon) ⓘ
linked to: A-50 AWACS

Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
originatesFrom Taganrog ⓘ
powerplant four turbofan engines ⓘ
primaryUser Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ
radarType Liana radar ⓘ
range long endurance patrols ⓘ
role airborne early warning and control ⓘ
battle management ⓘ
status in service ⓘ
successor Beriev A-100 ⓘ
linked to: Beriev A-50
surveillanceRole early detection of airborne threats ⓘ
tailConfiguration T-tail ⓘ
usedFor airspace management ⓘ
control of interceptor aircraft ⓘ
maritime surveillance ⓘ
usedIn Cold War ⓘ
uses rotodome radar ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian Air Force → notableAEWandC → Beriev A-50 ⓘ
Beriev A-50 → hasVariant → Beriev A-50U ⓘ
linked to: Beriev A-50
Beriev A-50 → hasVariant → Beriev A-50I ⓘ
linked to: Beriev A-50
Beriev A-50 → successor → Beriev A-100 ⓘ
linked to: Beriev A-50
Beriev A-50 → airForceDesignation → A-50 ⓘ
linked to: Beriev A-50
A-50 AWACS → hasVariant → A-50M ⓘ
linked to: Beriev A-50
A-50 AWACS → hasVariant → A-50U ⓘ
linked to: Beriev A-50
A-50 AWACS → hasVariant → A-50I ⓘ
linked to: Beriev A-50
A-50 AWACS → modernizedVersion → A-50U ⓘ
linked to: Beriev A-50
Kuznetsov NK-12 → usedInAircraft → Beriev A-50 prototype ⓘ
linked to: Beriev A-50
Tupolev Tu-126 → successor → Beriev A-50 ⓘ
Autoroute 50 → abbreviation → A-50 ⓘ
linked to: Beriev A-50
Ilyushin Il-76 → hasVariant → A‑50 ⓘ
subject linked to: IL-76 aircraft
linked to: Beriev A-50
Mainstay → refersTo → Beriev A-50 ⓘ
Mainstay → natoReportingNameFor → Beriev A-50 ⓘ
Liana radar → usedOn → Beriev A-50 ⓘ
Liana radar → usedOn → Beriev A-50M ⓘ
linked to: Beriev A-50
Liana radar → usedOn → Beriev A-50U ⓘ
linked to: Beriev A-50
A-100 Premier → predecessor → Beriev A-50 ⓘ