Editing Antonov An-32 (section)

==Design and development==
The An-32 is essentially a re-engined [[Antonov An-26|An-26]]. It is designed to withstand adverse weather conditions better than the standard An-26. Announced at the May 1977 Paris Air Show, the An-32 is distinguished from its predecessor by engines raised 1.5 m above the wing in order to avoid foreign object damage on rough, unprepared airstrips.

The type features high-lift wings with automatic leading-edge slats, large triple-slotted trailing edge flaps and an enlarged tailplane and a very large increase in power, giving improved take-off performance and service ceiling. The high placement of the engine [[nacelle]]s above the wing allowed for larger diameter propellers, which are driven by 5,100&nbsp;hp rated [[Ivchenko AI-20]] turboprop engines, providing almost twice the power of the An-26's AI-24 powerplants.<ref name="AirInternational" /><ref name="warfiles">Antonov An-32. [http://warfiles.ru/show-84676-an-net-an-est-ukraina-nashla-poteryannye-indiyskie-an-32.html "Ан нет, Ан есть. Украина «нашла» потерянные индийские Ан-32."] ''[http://warfiles.ru/] 20 April 2015.''</ref>

Production from the Government Aircraft Factory in Kyiv, has included 123 aircraft for the [[Indian Air Force]], which ordered the aircraft under strong foreign relations between then USSR leader [[Leonid Brezhnev]] and then India leader [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref name="AirInternational" /><ref name="warfiles" />

The majority of production has been for the Russian and Ukrainian Air Forces, with around 40 per year being built during the late 1980s to early 1990s.<ref name="AirInternational" /> The estimated price for a modernised An-32 version is 15 million US dollars.<ref name="warfiles" />

The last An-32 was produced in 2012.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

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