Mainstay

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Mainstay is the NATO reporting name for the Beriev A-50, a Soviet/Russian airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft based on the Ilyushin Il-76 airframe.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mainstay canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NATO reporting name ⓘ
abbreviation AEW&C ⓘ
aircraftCategory military aircraft ⓘ
special mission aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration high-wing ⓘ
twin-tail ⓘ
aircraftManufacturer Beriev Design Bureau ⓘ
linked to: Beriev

Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex ⓘ
airframeType jet transport ⓘ
allianceDesignation NATO ⓘ
basedOnAirframe Ilyushin Il-76 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russia ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
designedFor control of fighter aircraft ⓘ
long-range airspace surveillance ⓘ
engineConfiguration four-engine jet ⓘ
introducedAsAEW&C 1980s ⓘ
namingSystem NATO reporting name system ⓘ
natoReportingNameFor Beriev A-50 ⓘ
originLanguage English ⓘ
primaryFunction airborne radar surveillance ⓘ
airspace control ⓘ
battle management ⓘ
radarType rotodome-mounted radar ⓘ
refersTo Beriev A-50 ⓘ
role airborne early warning and control aircraft ⓘ
serviceBranch Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
usedBy India ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Beriev A-50 → natoReportingName → Mainstay ⓘ
A-50 AWACS → NATOReportingName → Mainstay ⓘ