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"publishedAt": "2026-02-10T10:42:00.000Z",
"site": "https://english.pravda.ru",
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"textContent": "A rare image showing the mid-air refueling of Russia's Il-80 airborne command post has appeared online. The photograph was published by a military pilot and author of the Telegram channel Fighterbomber.\nThe image, taken from aboard a refueling aircraft, shows the Il-80 receiving fuel through an aerial refueling boom, a procedure rarely documented in open sources.\nA Rare Glimpse of a Strategic Aircraft\n\n\n\n\"This is not just a rare photograph, but an extremely rare one. It shows the refueling of the Il-86-based \"Doomsday Plane.' In everyday terms it is called something far less dramatic, but this name fits,” the author wrote.",
"title": "Rare Photo Shows Mid-Air Refueling of Russia’s 'Doomsday Aircraft'"
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