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41 Years Ago, The Soviet Union’s “Madcap” AWACS Took Flight – But Never Reached The Front Line
On July 12, 1985, one of the Soviet Union’s most unusual airborne radar aircraft took to the skies for the first time. The Antonov An-71, known to NATO by the reporting name “Madcap,” was designed to become a tactical airborne early warning and control aircraft for Soviet combat forces. Developed from the successful Antonov An-72…
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