Editing Antonov An-12 (section)

{{Short description|Soviet medium-range transport aircraft}}
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{{Infobox aircraft
 |name= An-12
 |image= File:Antonov An-12BK, Russia - Air Force AN1879625.jpg
 |caption= An-12 of the [[Russian Air Force]]
 |type=Civil and [[military transport aircraft]]
 |design_group= [[Antonov]]
 |builder= 
 |first_flight= {{Start date|1957|12|16|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.antonov.com/aircraft/antonov-gliders-and-airplanes/an-12?lang=en|title=Antonov official website|access-date=15 August 2009|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://timetravel.mementoweb.org/memento/2011/http://www.antonov.com/aircraft/antonov-gliders-and-airplanes/an-12?lang=en|archive-date=23 January 2018}}</ref>
 |introduction= 1959
 |retired=
 |status= In service
 |primary_user= [[Russian Aerospace Forces]]
 |more_users= [[Aeroflot]] <br />[[People's Liberation Army Air Force]]
 |produced= 1957–1973
 |number_built= 1,248
 |developed_from= [[Antonov An-10]]
 |developed_into= [[Shaanxi Y-8]]
}}

The '''Antonov An-12''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Антонов Ан-12; [[NATO reporting name]]: '''Cub''') is a four-engined [[turboprop]] [[Cargo aircraft|transport aircraft]] designed in the [[Soviet Union]]. It is the military version of the [[Antonov An-10]] and has many variants. For more than three decades, the An-12 was the standard medium-range cargo and paratroop transport aircraft of the Soviet air forces. A total of 1,248 aircraft were built.<ref name="AirInternational"/>