The Sudanese Air Force deployed an IL-76 military transport aircraft to attack rebel forces in quick support.

Eyewitness footage has been published on the Internet.

The country's army used its only aircraft of this type to attack rebel positions near the town of El Fasher, located in southern Sudan's North Darfur province.

The video shows the plane dropping unguided bombs, possibly from the FAB-250 or FAB-500 series, followed by a series of multiple explosions.

The use of military transport aviation for such operations is possible due to the extremely low proliferation of air defense equipment in the country.

The Sudanese Army's highest-altitude anti-aircraft weapon is the Soviet Strela-2 man-portable anti-aircraft system, which has not been seen in service with the Rapid Reaction Force.

The Russian-backed rebels could theoretically get their own anti-aircraft weapons, but so far there is no word on that.

The Il-76 military transport aircraft can carry bombs weighing up to 500 kilograms on four points of support under the wings.

Bombing from the aircraft can be carried out automatically by the Kupol system or in manual mode.

In March 2020, the Russian military practiced such bombing from their planes during an exercise in the Moscow region. The crews dropped two P-50T "silent bombs" from an altitude of 4.000 meters, based on data from the navigation system.