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Antonov An-22
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Antonov An-22
The
Antonov An-22 "Antei"
() (NATO reporting name "
Cock
") is a heavy
military transport aircraft
designed by the
Antonov Design Bureau
in the
Soviet Union
. Powered by four
turboprop engine
s each driving a pair of
contra-rotating propellers
, the design was the first Soviet
wide-body aircraft
and remains the world's largest turboprop-powered aircraft to date. The An-22 first appeared publicly outside the Soviet Union at the 1965
Paris Air Show
. Since then, the model has seen extensive use in major military and humanitarian
airlifts
for the Soviet Union.
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