Ilyushin Il-38
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The Ilyushin Il-38 "Dolphin" is a maritime patrol aircraft and anti-submarine warfare aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It was a development of the Ilyushin Il-18 turboprop transport.
Ilyushin Il-38
An IL-38 May passing low over USS Midway on 18 May 1979
An unmarked Ilyushin IL-38, which was later delivered to the Indian Navy in 1983 and was the navy's first Il-38 to be modernised to SD standard.
Ilyushin Il-38N in 2020
Maritime patrol aircraft
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A maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), also known as a patrol aircraft, maritime reconnaissance aircraft, maritime surveillance aircraft, or by the older American term patrol bomber, is a fixed-wing aircraft designed to operate for long durations over water in maritime patrol roles — in particular anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-ship warfare (AShW), and search and rescue (SAR).
A P-3C of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
SS class airship
British Short Sunderland maritime reconnaissance flying boat
Interior of a French Navy Breguet Atlantic