Il-28 bomber

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jet bomber light bomber military aircraft twin‑engine aircraft

The Il-28 bomber is a Soviet-era twin-engine jet light bomber widely used during the early Cold War for tactical bombing and training roles.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Ilyushin Il-28 3
Il-28 2
Il-28 bomber canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jet bomber ⓘ
light bomber ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
twin‑engine aircraft ⓘ
armament internal bomb bay ⓘ
tail gun turret ⓘ
bombLoad approximately 3,000 kg ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
crew 3 ⓘ
crewPositions navigator‑bombardier ⓘ
pilot ⓘ
tail gunner ⓘ
engineType turbojet ⓘ
enteredServiceWith Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
era early Cold War ⓘ
exportedTo China ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
East Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
other Warsaw Pact countries ⓘ
firstFlight 1948 ⓘ
introduced 1950 ⓘ
landingGear tricycle landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Ilyushin Design Bureau ⓘ
maximumSpeed approximately 900 km/h ⓘ
NATOReportingName Beagle ⓘ
notableVariant Il‑28R reconnaissance version ⓘ
Il‑28T torpedo bomber ⓘ
Il-28 bomber self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Il‑28U trainer
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
powerplant Klimov VK-1 ⓘ
surface form: Klimov VK‑1 turbojet
primaryUsers Czechoslovak Air Force ⓘ
East German Air Force ⓘ
Chinese Air Force ⓘ
surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force

Polish Air Force ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
productionStatus out of production ⓘ
range approximately 2,200 km ⓘ
role attack aircraft ⓘ
light bomber ⓘ
trainer aircraft ⓘ
serviceCeiling approximately 12,000 m ⓘ
tailGunCaliber 23 mm ⓘ
usedInConflict Cold War ⓘ
usedInRole maritime strike ⓘ
reconnaissance ⓘ
tactical bombing ⓘ
training ⓘ
wingConfiguration mid‑wing monoplane ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Anadyr → uses → Il-28 bomber ⓘ
Sergei Ilyushin → designed → Il-28 bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ilyushin Il-28
Il-28 bomber → notableVariant → Il-28 bomber self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Il‑28U trainer
East German Air Force → usedAircraft → Il-28 bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Il-28
Cuban Air Force → usedAircraft → Il-28 bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Il-28
Klimov VK-1 → usedInAircraft → Il-28 bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ilyushin Il-28
Fencer → introducedAsReplacementFor → Il-28 bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ilyushin Il-28
37 mm Nudelman N-37 cannon → usedOnAircraft → Il-28 bomber ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ilyushin Il-28 (some variants)