Hello from Baku, Azerbaijan. This week, I am flying on Silkway West B747-8 Freighter from Baku to Amsterdam. The B747-8F is fully loaded with 120 tons of cargo with takeoff weight of over 400 tons!
More than 200 of those aircraft remain in service as cargo carriers, and around 50 are still flying passengers ... but the other one is still serving the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF). It ...
The idea is simple: arm cargo and transport planes with stacks and stacks of long-range stand-off missiles that can be dropped out of a plane’s cargo hold ...