Il-28 BEAGLE (ILYUSHIN)

Gary's Combat Aircraft Reference Guide

Country of Origin: CIS (formerly USSR).
Similar Aircraft: Canberra, Yak-28 Brewer.
Crew: Three.
Role: Light bomber, trainer.
Armament: Bombs, two 23-mm cannons in tail.
Dimensions: Length: 57 ft, 11 in (17.6 m). Span: 70 ft, 5 in (21.5 m).

Wings: High-mounted with straight leading edge and forward-tapered trailing edge with blunt tips.

Engine(s): Two turbojets mounted beneath the wings in pods. Pods extend beyond wings' leading and trailing edges.

Fuselage: Tubular and cigar-shaped tapering to the rear. Rounded, glassed-in nose. Bubble canopy.

Tail: Fin is swept-back and tapered with a blunt tip. Flats are low-mounted on the fin, swept-back, and tapered with blunt tips. A glassed-in tail gunner compartment is to the rear of the tail.

Egypt, North Korea (H-5), People's Republic of China (H-5).