The upgraded ‘flying radar’ is equipped with new systems, Rostec stressed. "The modernized A-50U has received new, better performing and faster electronics, which has boosted its software ...
MOSCOW, September 22. /TASS/. The Rostec State Corporation has handed over to the Russian Aerospace Force an upgraded A-50U early warning and control aircraft system (NATO reporting name Mainstay).
A crew of 10 Russians was killed in a Russian A-50U Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft shot down on 23 February. Support UP or become our patron!
The second downing occurred on 23 February, with the upgraded A-50U model crashing in the Krasnodar Region. These are not the only A-50s missing from the Russian register of operational aircraft.