Presently, Ukraine has 53 operating AN-26 planes, the model that crashed Friday night near Kharkiv, killing 26 of the 27 Air Force personnel aboard.

Presently, Ukraine has 53 operating AN-26 planes, the model that crashed Friday night near Kharkiv, killing 26 of the 27 Air Force personnel aboard. Aircraft ages range from 35 to 48 years, Antonov reports on the company Facebook page. Of these turboprop transports, 24 are used for civil aviation, presumably air cargo companies, and 29 for government work, largely the Ukrainian Air Force. Antonov notes that it now is producing the AN-178. This short-range, medium-airlift military transport jet is designed to replace the AN-26, which was developed in the late 1960s.