The Ilyushin Il-28 is a medium-range jet bomber, originally manufactured for the Soviet Air Forces, in service since 1950. It was the Soviet Union's first such aircraft to enter large-scale production
Il-28 in Polish Air Force colours, with a man for scale
An Il-28 in Finnish colors, showing the tail mounted gun turret with a window for the rear gunner. This aircraft was configured as a target tug; the device containing the orange target is the target-deploy mechanism
Polish Il-28 landing, 1959
The Korean People's Army Air Force is the unified military aviation force of North Korea. It is the second largest branch of the Korean People's Army comprising an estimated 110,000 members. As of 202
Ilyushin Il-28
…The Harbin H-5 was a variant built in the People's Republic of China (without license). Over 319 were built, as well as 187 HJ-5 training variants. The Korean People's Army Air Force is the only remaining operator, with approximately 80 aircraft, believed to be a mix of Soviet and Chinese models. The bomber remained in frontline…
An abandoned NKPAF Ilyushin Il-10 captured by UN forces at Kimpo Airfield in September 1950.
A KPAAF Mikoyan MiG-29 intercepting a US Lockheed P-3 Orion, 2003, photographed by the US crew.
A North Korean Shenyang J-6