Ukrainian army gets modernized An-26KPA aircraft

Ukraine's Civil Aviation Plant 410 has transferred a repaired and upgraded An-26KPA aircraft to the Ukrainian Air Force.

The laboratory aircraft is intended to inspect the work of radar equipment at airfields.

The transfer of the aircraft took place during celebrations on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the creation of the Civil Aviation Plant 410 with the participation of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

"Today, on this important jubilee day, we release to the sky another An-26 of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In a few minutes I will hand over a plane certificate to the commander of the crew - Air Force Major Bohdan Andrushko," the head of state said.

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