Tu-128
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1961 interceptor aircraft family by Tupolev
Key facts
- Type
- Interceptor
- Manufacturer
- Voronezh Aircraft Production Association
- Designer
- Tupolev
- Primary user
- Soviet Air Defence Forces
- Number built
- 198 (including 10 trainers)
- Introduction date
- 1964 (or 1966 )
- First flight
- 18 March 1961
- Developed from
- Tupolev Tu-98
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- interceptor
- Operator
- Soviet Air Defence Forces
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Based on
- Tupolev Tu-98
- Developer
- Tupolev
- Manufacturer
- Voronezh Aircraft Production Association
- Image
- Tu-128-2.jpg
- Height
- 7.15
- Length
- 30.06
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Encyclopedic overview
The Tupolev Tu-28 (NATO reporting name Fiddler) is a long-range interceptor aircraft introduced by the Soviet Union in the 1960s. The official designation was Tu-128, but this designation was less commonly used in the West. It was the largest and heaviest fighter ever to enter serial production.
Background
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tu-128” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.