Variants
- A-50M - Modernized Russian Version fitted with mid-air refueling capability.
- A-50U - updated Russian variant
- Izdeliye-676 - One-off stop-gap telemetry and tracking aircraft.
- Izdeliye-776 - One-off stop-gap telemetry and tracking aircraft.
- Izdeliye-976 (SKIP) - (СКИП - Самолетный Контрольно-Измерительный Пункт, Airborne Check-Measure-and-Control Center) - Il-76 based Range Control and Missile tracking platform. Initially built to support Raduga Kh-55 cruise missile tests.Has fixed radar cover filled with other equipment and glassed navigator cockpit, (One prototype and five production conversions).
- Izdeliye-1076 - One-off special mission aircraft with unknown duties.
- A-50I - variant with an Israeli radar, designed for China but project cancelled under pressure of United States
- A-50E/I - With Aviadvigatel PS-90A-76 engines, with Israeli EL/W-2090 radar made for the Indian Air Force
- KJ-2000 - Chinese variant with a domestic radar based on the A-50I airframe
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