IL-78 "Titan" departing RAF Waddington

[pgcomputing]

For me the star of this week was Indian Air Force Ilyushin IL-78MKI KJ-3453 seen here departing RAF Waddington after dropping off 5 Mirages. Glad I got chance to tick this off and I wonder once Cobra Warrior is all over whether we'll see these again given India have finally selected the A330 MRTT platform for its future tanker fleet.

Indian Air Force Ilyushin IL-78MKI KJ-3453 by Paul Gerry, on Flickr

Indian Air Force Ilyushin IL-78MKI KJ-3453 by Paul Gerry, on Flickr

[Yunglee]

Awesome shots and what a star visitor. I'm hoping the sun's out when it comes back for the Mirages
Lee.

[Dave934]

What a stunner, lovely photos of it too.
Dave.

[pgcomputing]

What a stunner, lovely photos of it too.
Dave.

Cheers Dave

[pgcomputing]

Awesome shots and what a star visitor. I'm hoping the sun's out when it comes back for the Mirages
Lee.

Cheers Lee, I'm hoping the suns out for departures as well especially as I still haven't seen the Mirages move yet.

[GhostFlight91]

Nice!

[PeteHemsley]

Such a good looking airframe. Great photos

[Barwickdan]

Hi all

Does anyone know which day it is likely to return and how long it stays as I don't live locally and need to sort plans out.

Cheers

Dan

[dannyboyo20]

Well caught, never tire of seeing this beast!