Il-28 | |
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General information | |
Type | Medium bomber |
National origin | Soviet Union |
Manufacturer | Ilyushin Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (H-5) |
Status | In limited service with the Korean People's Air Force |
Primary users | Soviet Air Force |
Number built | over 6,635 |
History | |
Introduction date | 1950 |
First flight | 8 July 1948 |
Retired | 1980s (Soviet Union) |
Developed into | Ilyushin Il-30 |
The Ilyushin Il-28 (Russian: Илью́шин Ил-28; NATO reporting name: Beagle) is a jet bomber of the immediate postwar period that was originally manufactured for the Soviet Air Forces. It was the Soviet Union's first such aircraft to enter large-scale production. It was also licence-built in China as the Harbin H-5. Total production in the USSR was 6,316 aircraft, and over 319 H-5s were built. Only 187 examples of the HJ-5 training variant were manufactured. The only H-5s in service currently are approximately 80 aircraft which operate with the Korean People's Air Force.[1] The Il-28 has the USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 27"[2] and ASCC reporting name "Beagle",[3] while the Il-28U trainer variant has the USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 30"[2] and NATO reporting name Mascot.[4][5]