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Anti-submarine warfare and maritime patrol aircraft
Ilyushin Il-38 is a anti-submarine warfare and maritime patrol aircraft. Reported operators include Soviet Naval Aviation (historical) Russian Naval Aviation Indian Naval Air Arm (historical).
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 10.17 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Anti-submarine warfare and maritime patrol aircraft
Ilyushin
In limited service
Soviet Naval Aviation (historical) Russian Naval Aviation Indian Naval Air Arm (historical)
58
1967–1972
1967
28 September 1961
Ilyushin Il-18
seven-eight
40.185 m (131 ft 10 in)
37.4 m (122 ft 8 in)
10.17 m (33 ft 4 in)
140 m 2 (1,500 sq ft)
35,500 kg (78,264 lb)
66,000 kg (145,505 lb)
4 × Ivchencko/ Progress AI-20M turboprop engines, 3,151 kW (4,225 hp) each
645 km/h (401 mph, 348 kn)
7,500 km (4,700 mi, 4,000 nmi)
13 hours
11,000 m (36,000 ft)
5.33 m/s (1,049 ft/min)
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Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ilyushin Il-38 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
RussiaNaval Aviation exact named equipment holdings: Il-38 May. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / ASW. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Soviet Naval Aviation (historical) Russian Naval Aviation Indian Naval Air Arm (historical)
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