The presence of two Il-78M Midas tankers in Egypt
fuels theories about past and future Russian Air Force missions across the
world.
A
photo taken at Cairo International airport on Oct. 29 proves the Russian have
deployed two Il-78M Midas tankers to Egypt. The reason behind their presence in
North Africa is still unclear.
There are chances that the Russians deployed the
tankers to Egypt in support of the long range missions flown
across northern Europe as far as the
Atlantic off Portugal on both Oct. 30 and 31: most
probably they were using the tankers to support the trip of the Tu-95 Bear
strategic bombers, intercepted and escorted by several air forces including the
Portuguese along their way, to the southern Atlantic.
Even though at least one of the two IL-78Ms
(RF-94920) was heard passing a waypoint in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea,
it’s still unclear whether it really refueled the Tu-95s that flew to the
Atlantic Ocean in Portugal FIR
(Flight Information Region), and back (remaining in
international airspace).
http://theaviationist.com/2014/11/03/il-78-midas-egypt/
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