| The Ilyushin Il-78 (NATO reporting name Midas) is a four-engined inflight refuelling tanker based on the Il-76. Three aircraft may refuel in flight simultaneously from one Il-78. All Russian Air force Il-78s are now joined into the special 203 'Orlovski' regiment of aerial tankers. 6 Il-78s were ordered by India for 2003 and 8 were ordered by China in 2005. The initial version of this article was based on material from aviation.ru. It has been released under the GFDL by the copyright holder. | 
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