Now that the Mriya is gone, the An-124 aircraft has become the world's largest civil freighter — boasting a 10,000-tonne greater cargo hold compared with the C-5M Super Galaxy.

The An-124 can haul about 132 tons of cargo. (The latest C-5 variant, the C-5M, can haul roughly 140 tons.) A total of 54 were built between 1985 and 2004, with 26 going to the Russian Air Force ...

C anada is moving forward with a legal bid to gain full possession of a Russian Antonov An-124 cargo plane and potentially hand it over to Ukraine, the country’s foreign ministry has said.

The more modern cargo plane can carry two A350 jetliner wings, ... Like other military transport aircraft, such as the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, the An-124 Ruslan puts substance over style.

He died in a 1952 C-124 plane crash on Alaska's Gannett mountain. After more than 70 years, relatives gathered at O'Hare Airport for the chance to welcome home the body of Air Force Captain ...

For almost 30 years after its introduction in 1984, the An-124 (NATO reporting name: Condor) was the largest and heaviest cargo aircraft in the world, besides the single An-225. The 747-8F ...

A Russian-registered Antonov An-124 aircraft, operated by ... arguing that its business in the country had been destroyed because Canada expropriated the airline’s Antonov An-124 cargo plane, ...

Chicago Air Force captain killed in 1952 plane crash finally laid to rest 02:16. CHICAGO (CBS) – More than 70 years after being killed in a Douglas C-124 Globemaster II military transport ...

LATAKIA, Syria, Dec 14 (Reuters) - A Russian cargo plane departed from Russia's air base in the Syrian port city of Latakia for Libya on Saturday, ... with two Antonov AN-124 cargo planes visible.

The Ukrainian-made Antonov An-124 Ruslan became the world's new largest cargo plane after Russia destroyed the beloved An-225 Myria last year.