Il-28 bomber

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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.

All labels observed (5)

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

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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‑28U trainer
linked to: Il-28 bomber
numberOfEngines 2
powerplant Klimov VK‑1 turbojet
linked to: Klimov VK-1
primaryUsers Czechoslovak Air Force
East German Air Force
People's Liberation Army Air Force
linked to: Chinese 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

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

Operation Anadyr uses Il-28 bomber
Sergei Ilyushin designed Ilyushin Il-28
linked to: Il-28 bomber
Il-28 bomber notableVariant Il‑28U trainer
linked to: Il-28 bomber
East German Air Force usedAircraft Il-28
linked to: Il-28 bomber
Cuban Air Force usedAircraft Il-28
linked to: Il-28 bomber
Klimov VK-1 usedInAircraft Ilyushin Il-28
linked to: Il-28 bomber
Fencer introducedAsReplacementFor Ilyushin Il-28
linked to: Il-28 bomber
37 mm Nudelman N-37 cannon usedOnAircraft Ilyushin Il-28 (some variants)
linked to: Il-28 bomber