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{{Short description|Soviet heavy military transport aircraft}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox aircraft |name = An-22 "Antei" |image = File:Antonov An-22A Antei, Russia - Air Force AN2203462.jpg |caption = Antonov An-22 |type = [[Airlift|Strategic airlifter]] |national_origin = [[Soviet Union]] |manufacturer = [[Antonov]] |designer = |first_flight= 27 February 1965 |introduction= [[1967 in aviation|1967]] |retired= |status= In limited service |primary_user= [[Russian Aerospace Forces]] |more_users= [[Aeroflot]]<br />[[Antonov Airlines]] |produced= 1966β1976 |number_built= 68 |unit cost= |variants= }} The '''Antonov An-22 "Antei"''' ({{Langx|ru|ΠΠ½-22 ΠΠ½ΡΠ΅ΠΉ|An-22 Antey}};<ref>named for the mythical [[Antaeus|Greek half-giant]]</ref> {{lit|[[Antaeus]]}}; [[NATO reporting name]]: "'''Cock'''") is a heavy [[military transport aircraft]] designed by the [[Antonov Design Bureau]] in the [[Soviet Union]]. Powered by four [[turboprop]] engines, each driving a pair of [[contra-rotating propellers]], the design was the first [[wide-body aircraft|wide-body transport aircraft]] and remains the world's largest turboprop-powered aircraft to date. The An-22 first appeared publicly outside the Soviet Union at the 1965 [[Paris Air Show]]. Thereafter, the model saw extensive use in major military and humanitarian [[airlift]]s for the Soviet Union, and is still in service with the [[Russian Aerospace Forces]].
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