{"id":19268,"date":"2026-06-14T13:53:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T08:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=19268"},"modified":"2026-06-15T18:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T12:46:18","slug":"an-32-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/an-32-aircraft\/","title":{"rendered":"AN-32 Aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>AN-32 Aircraft Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Indian Air Force (IAF) AN-32 transport aircraft crashed and caught fire at the Air Force Station in Assam&#8217;s Jorhat recently, killing five personnel.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About AN-32 Aircraft<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The AN-32 <\/span><b>(Antonov AN-32)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><b>Soviet-origin twin-engine turboprop military transport aircraft.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>NATO reporting name<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is <\/span><b>Cline<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designed and manufactured by the Antonov Design Bureau of Ukraine, then part of the USSR.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>purchased by India from the USSR in 1984.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The planes were specially customised to suit the IAF&#8217;s requirements.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>IAF has a fleet<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of around<\/span><b> 100 AN-32 planes.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designed to excel in <\/span><b>extreme environments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, functioning perfectly in <\/span><b>high-altitude airfields <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(up to 4500 m above sea level) and <\/span><b>hot tropical climates.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>AN-32 Aircraft <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is powered by <\/span><b>two single-shaft turboprop engines.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can <\/span><b>carry a maximum weight of 27 tons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at a maximum speed of 530 km\/h.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can transport up to <\/span><b>7.5 tons of cargo, 50 passengers, or 42 paratroopers,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and it is extensively used for <\/span><b>supply drops in remote regions.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>range <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and service ceiling of the aircraft are <\/span><b>2,500 km<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and 9,500 m, respectively.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can <\/span><b>take off and land on rough airfields<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>dirt runways.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also has a <strong>l<\/strong><\/span><b>imited bombing role<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is used for para-trooping operations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/indian-air-forces-an-32-transport-aircraft-crashes-in-assams-jorhat-11630853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NDTV<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AN-32 is a Soviet-origin twin-engine military transport aircraft used by the IAF, designed for high-altitude operations and extreme climates. 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