OREANDA-NEWS. On January 29, 2015, the ANTONOV Company completed a complex of works on reconstruction of the AN−72P airworthiness and delivered it to the customer - National Guard of Ukraine.

Within August 2006 and 2014 this aircraft has been in Odessa and didn't perform flights. After having received a request on reconstruction of the AN−72, airworthiness, ANTONOV's specialists performed a preliminary survey of the aircraft to prepare its flight to Kyiv, which was performed on September 6, 2014. The aircraft defects were remedied; its technical maintenance was performed. According to the decision of the ANTONOV team, all works mentioned above, including the aircraft flight, were performed at the expense of the enterprise.

The AN−72P became the 21st aircraft of Armed Forces of Ukraine, reconstructed by the ANTONOV's specialists. In 2014 such aircraft were reconstructed: 18 AN−24, AN−26, AN−30 of Air Forces of Armed Forces and 2 AN−26 of Naval Forces of Armed Forces.