Il-80 Maxdome Archives

Suspect Of Theft Of Radio Equipment From Russia’s Il-80 Doomsday Plane Arrested

January 20, 2021 David Cenciotti

Some new details about the theft of equipment from Russia’s Il-80 Doomsday Plane have just emerged. On Dec. 7, 2020, we reported the news that thieves had broken into an Il-80 Maxdome and stole radio […]

Someone Opened A Cargo Hatch And Stole Radio Equipment From An Il-80 Maxdome, Russia’s “Doomsday plane”

December 7, 2020 David Cenciotti

A weird incident has occurred to Russia’s “Doomsday Plane”, the Il-80 Maxdome airborne command post. Unidentified persons stole equipment from an Il-80 Maxdome, Russian media outlet RIA Novosti, reported on Dec. 7, 2020. According to […]

Listen to Russian Strategic Bombers talk to their Ground Control while skirting UK airspace

February 20, 2015 David Cenciotti

Here is an interesting six-minute-long message recorded using a high frequency radio. On Feb. 18, two Russian Air Force Tu-95MS Bear bombers on a long-range patrol flew close to the UK airspace off Cornwall. Although […]