And the jobs need to be urgent; if you want to use the An-225 it will cost around $30,000 (£23,220) an hour. In 2016, it spent just three months traversing the globe on two lengthy deployments. The remainder of the time, it sat here at the Gostomel airport, once a top-secret flight testing airfield for Antonov.

The only An-225 airplane was completed in 1988. After successfully fulfilling its Soviet military missions, it was mothballed for eight years….Antonov An-225 Mriya.

On 6 December 1997 a Russian Air Force Antonov An-124-100, en route from Irkutsk Northwest Airport to Cam Ranh Air Base in Vietnam, crashed in a residential area after take-off from Irkutsk-2 airport….1997 Irkutsk Antonov An-124 crash.

The C-5 has four GE CF-80C2 turbofans that generate a whopping 50,580lbs (225kN) of thrust each. In a final comparison, the Antonov AN-124 is physically larger, allowing for larger payload capacity, while the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy has a much longer range.

Antonov

An-225

Su-57

The pilot, a civilian contracted with Sukhoi, ejected and survived, but the aircraft was a total loss. In the days that followed the crash, Russian investigators would cite a failure of the tail’s control surfaces for the incident, limiting the pilot’s ability to control the aircraft.

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The two fighters are the best in their respective air forces and play similar roles. However, the winner in any head-to-head fight would depend on the range; generally, longer ranges favor the Su-57, while closer engagements favor the F-22.

The Su-57 appears to have really good onboard computers and the ability to carry several powerful, beyond line-of-sight missiles. Key point: The Su-57 is a pretty good plane, but it will take time and money for Moscow to produce many of them. Moreover, the warplane is still not on par with the F-35.

The shortcomings of the F-35 in comparison with the Su-57 are weaker weapons, limited range, subsonic cruising speed and, worst of all – if detected, it is doomed, because it cannot evade an attack. This gives the best tactical opportunities for the main American jet’s rival – the Su-57.

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