The Antonov Design Bureau (founded by Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov in 1946) was originally based in Russia, but officially moved to Ukraine in 1952.
June 2022, photo via Antonov Company.
In 2022, a Ukrainian Ruslan was used to transport NATO Turkey’s Turksat 5B from NATO France to NATO United States, for launch on the controversial SpaceX platform.
Photo via Antonov Company.
In June 2021, a Ukrainian An-124 Ruslan transported several Black Hawk helicopters from NATO Poland to The Philippines.
U.S. Army photo by Richard Bumgardner, 26APR2019.
Two UH-60 Black Hawks bound for Afghanistan about to be eaten by a Russian An-124 in Huntsville, Alabama, 26APR2019.
USA photo by Richard Bumgardner, 26APR2019.
USA photo by Richard Bumgardner, 26APR2019.
USA photo by Richard Bumgardner, 26APR2019.
USA photo by Richard Bumgardner, 26APR2019.
U.S. Air Force video, by Staff Sergeant Bethany La Ville, November 2018 Super Typhoon Yutu relief in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (the Ukrainian operated An-124 was contracted by U.S. Air Force):
Video, October 2017, Russian operated An-124 delivers disaster relief equipment to Puerto Rico, paid for by U.S. taxpayers:
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Brooke Deiters, 01AUG2016.
U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan, August 2016.
USMC photo by Lance Corporal Brooke Deiters, 02AUG2016.
Russian operated An-124 takes-off from U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan, August 2016.
USA photo by Staff Sergeant Richard Andrade, 22OCT2013.
October 2013, Russian operated An-124 delivers U.S. taxpayer funded Russian made Mil-17V-5 Hip helicopter to the Afghan military, in Kabul.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Kevin Jones, 09JUL2013.
A large U.S. Marine CH-53E Super Stallion inside the belly of the An-124 beast, July 2013.
USMC video, by Corporal Jeffrey Scarmazzi, 11JUL2013, U.S. Marines on Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, load UH-1Y Venoms into a contracted An-124:
USMC photo by Lance Corporal Natalie M. Rostran, 17JUN2013.
U.S. Marines CH-46E Sea Knight off-load at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan, June 2013.
USA photo by Sergeant D. Brennan, 07FEB2013.
February 2013, U.S. Army OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter is fed into the An-124 Condor at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.
At least three OH-58Ds. USA photo by Sergeant D. Brennan, 07FEB2013.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Krystal Wright, 30JUN2012.
Russian operated An-124 gets an MRAP suppository at Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, June 2012.
USAF photo by Airman 1st Class Krystal Wright, 30JUN2012.
Now a satellite up-link suppository, all destined for U.S. Forces Korea.
USMC photo by Mitch Moore, 05OCT2011.
Joint Operating Base Bastion, Afghanistan, An-124 delivers mobile medical Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine, October 2011.
USAF photo by Sergeant Anderson J. Grant, 21MAY2011.
The U.S. Air Force even showed-off the Ruslan at a public air show on Shaw AFB, May 2011.
USAF photo by Captain Erick Saks, 06MAY2011.
May 2011, An-124 delivers Rough Terrain Container Handler (RTCH) to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.
Photo by Jerome Bishop, 01DEC2005.
Pope Air Force Base , North Carolina, December 2005. Russian contracted An-124 eats a UH-60 Black Hawk, for delivery to Egypt.
At least four UH-60s. Photo by Jerome Bishop, 01DEC2005.
Operation CoViD-19: Video of An-124 used for NATO CoViD supply operations in Slovakia
2016:
USMC photo by Corporal Nathan Wicks, 02AUG2016.
Russian An-124 DELIVERS KC-130J SIMULATOR TO U.S. MARINES IN JAPAN!