I have delivered a very large generator made by Solar Turbine to the old George Air force Base in Victorville. I was met there by a Russian Antonov-AN124 military transport, and they loaded it up and took it to its final destination somewhere in Africa. It was a Russian military plane and was definitely crewed by Russian military. Evidently they are for hire to move large time sensitive cargo worldwide. I met a couple of the crew while we were transferring the load to the aircraft. They seemed like pretty cool guys, and told me they do this sort of thing a lot. They said it makes Russia money to use the aircraft instead of letting them just sit around. I thought it was weird, but made sense.
