The United States and Russia are currently the two countries with the strongest strategic transport capabilities in the world, but in addition to the C-17 strategic transport aircraft and the Il-76 strategic transport aircraft in the combat sequence of the US military and the Russian army, the United States is equipped with C-5M strategic transport aircraft, while Russia is equipped with An-124 strategic transport aircraft, these two strategic transport aircraft are significantly stronger in single carrying capacity, and at present, China does not have a product comparable to the strength of C-5M strategic transport aircraft and An-124 strategic transport aircraft. China can only show that the Y-17 and Il-76 are the same strength as the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft.
In the process of a large number of strategic transport tasks between the United States and Russia, the United States and Russia have also repeatedly used C-5M strategic transport aircraft and An-124 strategic transport aircraft, according to a news from the Russian media, the Russian Aerospace Forces organized 7 An-124-100 strategic transport aircraft to conduct flight exercises, and during this period, the An-124-100 strategic transport aircraft took off from the snow, and then rushed to the designated airspace, Russia once again demonstrated its strategic transport capabilities, However, the seven An-124-100 strategic transport aircraft used by Russia are also likely to be all the An-124 strategic transport aircraft that Russia can use at present.
As a strategic transport aircraft born in the Soviet era, the current An-124-100 strategic transport aircraft is not only equipped with Russian troops, but also equipped with Antonov Aviation in Ukraine and Russia's Volga Dnepr Airlines, but the An-124 strategic transport aircraft equipped by these two civil aviation companies are performing high-intensity civil aviation transport tasks, due to the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Ukraine is also using Antonov's An-124 transport aircraft to transport a large number of ** equipment, while Russia's Volga Dnepr Airlines has some An-124 transport aircraft that have been seized overseas, including an An-124 transport aircraft seized by Canada.
In recent years, Russia has also tried its best to maintain these An-124 transport aircraft, trying to use these An-124 transport aircraft to carry out more carrying tasks, the collapse of the Soviet Union has led to the continuous decline of the level of the Russian aviation industry, and it is precisely because of the decline in the level of the aviation industry, which also makes it more and more difficult for Russia to maintain these An-124 transport aircraft, of course, with the increasing age of the An-124 transport aircraft, the attendance rate of the An-124 transport aircraft will continue to decline, Although China is unable to come up with a strategic transport aircraft with the same strength as the An-124 transport aircraft, the Y-20 transport aircraft maintains an extremely high attendance rate, and the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft has initially formed a numerical advantage.
When Russia used seven An-124-100 strategic transport planes to take off to show its strategic transport strength, the war research believes that the PLA's Y-20 strategic transport aircraft can also follow suit, and in recent years, the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft is carrying out high-intensity operations, of course, the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft has also carried out assault operations many times, and the war research believes that the PLA's Y-20 strategic transport aircraft can also once again stage a continuous operation of multiple aircraft taking off and elephant walking, In this way, the transport capabilities of the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft were demonstrated. Project Sword by Wen Iris.