The Belarusian Hajun Telegram resource writes that on the night of July 14, 2022, two An-22 Antey military transport aircraft of the russian Air Force flew to the Machulishchi airfield in Belarus near Minsk.
According to the information there, these military transport aircraft had registration numbers RF-09309 and RA-09341. It took about 4 hours to unload each of these planes, although what exactly these An-22s brought remains unknown. After unloading at the Machulishchi airfield, these planes allegedly flew to russian cities of Taganrog and Tver.
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Such news created a certain stir, because russia has only 4 An-22 transporters. Airplanes of this type have the reputation of being the world's largest turboprop airliners, and according to their passport specifications, they can take on board either up to 80 tons of cargo or up to 200 military personnel.
But there is another detail worth paying attention. Relying on open sources data, aircraft of the An-22 type in the formation of the russian Aerospace Forces rarely taken to the air. The last mention of the enemy An-22 Antey is a message from the Ministry of Defense of the russian federation about training flights of military transport aircraft in the Tver region in July 2020.
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