Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle Jet Bomber and Reconnaissance Family
The Ilyushin Il-28 was a Soviet twin-engine jet aircraft family that became one of the first jet bombers produced in large numbers. First flown in 1948, its straightforward swept-wing design served as a bomber, reconnaissance, training, and export aircraft across the Soviet Union and many other countries before retirement.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Ilyushin Il-28Il-28BeagleIl-28RIl-28U
- Family Name
- Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle
- Full Name
- Ilyushin Il-28 Beagle Jet Bomber and Reconnaissance Family
- Roles
- militaryreconnaissancetrainer
- Status
- retired
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The Ilyushin Il-28 was a Soviet twin-engine jet aircraft family that became one of the first jet bombers produced in large numbers. First flown in 1948, its straightforward swept-wing design served as a bomber, reconnaissance, training, and export aircraft across the Soviet Union and many other countries before retirement.
- First Flight Year
- 1,948
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 2
- Placement
- nacelle
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Variant Notes
- Production-family VK-1 identity; exact dash variant not asserted.
- Name
- Production Klimov VK-1 installation
- Notes
- The production Il-28 used two Klimov VK-1 turbojets; the canonical node is family-level, so no narrower VK-1 variant is implied.
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- Creation Time
- August 7, 2026 at 06:30:09 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 7, 2026 at 06:30:09 UTC