Il-20/24 1968 Year 1/72 Scale Plastic Model Kit Amodel 72013

Il-20 (according to NATO codification : Coot - "Coot") - Soviet military electronic intelligence aircraft based on the Il-18 passenger aircraft . Equipped with a side-looking radar , photographic equipment, an IR scanner, optical sensors, a satellite communication system for real-time data exchange.

Do not confuse IL-20 and IL-20RT. Il-20RT - aircraft for receiving rocket and space telemetry. Go to the section "#Il-20RT rocket and space telemetry aircraft" Also not to be confused with the Il-20 attack aircraft and the civilian mail version of the Il-28 front-line bomber under the same designation.

Il-20 is the first Soviet aircraft designed for the integrated use of aerial reconnaissance equipment based on various principles for obtaining information. Manufactured from 1968 to 1976 . Operated by the Aerospace Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to the present. Replaced by Tu-214R.