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And beside the May (Ilyeshin sp? - lol we called it the P3'ski), the Anatov, the Bear, and the older Mainstay (the older russian awacs that was turboprop) I'm not instantly recalling any other turboprop used now in battle/combat situations. I'm sure there is as most of my knowledge was for aircraft I'd possible find over the ocean.
 
Our Aurora (P3 airframe) is turboprop. Turbo props keep the engine running at 100% and allow the prop to change angles for 'bite'. Nothing (IMHO) beats a turboprop for it's ability to instantly 'dig' into the air when needed for flight stability. Jets have far too much spool up time from flight idle or low speed. (Although I suspect some newer all-electric engines would negate that spool-up time to perhaps even faster then a turboprop)

Our turboprops use JP4 fuel which has a higher flashpoint as it is a mixture of diesel and gas. There are a few varieties of 'jet' fuel which contain larger percentages of gas vice kerosene/naphtha (Jet A, A-1, B, JP5, JP8).

And most fuel tanks on combat aircraft are hardened in some way for damage...always hit those electronics - never know when you could short out the entire aircraft.
 
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Sanctions leave Russia unable to produce vital radar plane - Ukraine

Russia has been met with a roadblock - foreign suppliers of crucial aircraft are hesitant to provide for Russia amidst sanctions.
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Russia has 6 or 7 operational A-50s according to a UK Defense Ministry Tuesday intelligence update.
"There were about 10 different variants of such [A-50] planes in total," said Ukraine Defense Ministry intelligence representative Andriy Yusov in a national telethon. "Another thing is not how many there are, but the ability to produce them. As of today, the degraded industry of the Russian Federation is not capable of producing new aircraft with similar purposes."
Yusov said that foreign suppliers are reluctant to cooperate with Russia over the sanctions.
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A Russian A-50 may have suffered significant damage on February 26 during a drone attack on a Belarusian base.

Belarusian opposition groups "reported two explosions and damage to the front and middle sections of the A-50 MAINSTAY as well as the radar antenna."

While the UK couldn't corroborate the damage and the attacker's identity, "However, the loss of an A-50 MAINSTAY would be significant as it is critical to Russian air operations for providing an air battlespace picture," and would "further constraining Russian air operations."
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