Top 10 Largest Military Transport Aircraft

Often we receive many questions which is the largest Military transport airplane in the world. All of these Military airlifters mentioned here are incredibly large. Our analysis is based on specifications, available data and technical comparison. The main factors are size of the aircraft and their payload capacity. This list do not contains aircraft that are currently under development of at the prototype stage. It includes only operational cargo planes.

Currently top 10 largest Military transport aircraft in the world are these:

Nr.1 Antonov An-124 (Russia)

The Antonov An-124 Ruslan (NATO designation Condor) is named after a legendary giant. It is broadly similar to the slightly smaller Lockheed C-5 Galaxy. Currently the An-124 is the world’s largest production Military aircraft. Only the one-off Antonov An-225 is bigger, though it was destroyed in 2022 during the Russian invasion in Ukraine.

Development of this long-range heavy transport plane started in 1971. It made its first flight in 1982 and entered service with the Soviet Air Forces in 1987. With its introduction the An-124 has set a number of world records. A total of 54 Antonov An-124 Ruslan aircraft were delivered by 1995. Currently over 40 are in service. Most of these aircraft are in commercial use and only a small number are assigned directly to the air transport arm of the Russian air forces. However there is provision for many civil-registered aircraft to be called into Military service if necessary. Russia remains the only Military operator of the Ruslan.

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