Ilyushin Il-38

Il-38
Ilyushin Il-38SD of the Indian Navy in 2007.
Role	Anti-submarine warfare and maritime patrol aircraft Type of aircraft
Design group	Ilyushin
First flight	28 September 1961
Introduction	1967
Status	In service
Primary users	Soviet Naval Aviation (historical) Russian Naval Aviation Indian Naval Air Arm (historical)
Produced	1967–1972
Number built	58
Developed from	Ilyushin Il-18

The Ilyushin Il-38 "Dolphin"^[1] (NATO reporting name: May) is a maritime patrol aircraft and anti-submarine warfare aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It was a development of the Ilyushin Il-18 turboprop transport.