Yak-28
Sign in to saveAlso known as Firebar, Maestro, Brewer, Yak-28PP, Jak-28, Yak-28P, Yak-129
bomber aircraft series by Yakovlev
Key facts
- Type
- Medium bomber , Reconnaissance , Electronic warfare , Interceptor
- National origin
- Soviet Union
- Manufacturer
- Yakovlev
- Primary users
- Soviet Air Forces Soviet Air Defence Forces , Russian Air Force , Ukrainian Air Force
- Number built
- 1,180
- First flight
- 5 March 1958
- Retired
- 1992 (Belarus)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- interceptor
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Operator
- Ukrainian Air Force
- Based on
- Yakovlev Yak-26
- Developer
- Yakovlev
- Manufacturer
- Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association
- Image
- 16-05-29-JAK-28-LHS-Finowfurt-RalfR-DSCF8178.jpg
- Length
- 21.34
- Has use
- reconnaissance aircraft
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- powered by
- Tumansky R-11
- armament
- FAB-3000
- Commons category
- Yakovlev Yak-28
- NATO reporting name
- Maestro
- total produced
- 1180
- first flight
- 1958-03-05
- service entry
- 1960-00-00
- service retirement
- 1994-00-00
- wingspan
- 12.05
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Encyclopedic overview
The Yakovlev Yak-28 (Russian: Яковлев Як-28) is a swept wing, turbojet-powered combat aircraft used by the Soviet Union. Produced initially as a tactical medium bomber, it was also manufactured in reconnaissance, electronic warfare, interceptor, and trainer versions, known by the NATO reporting names Brewer, Brewer-E, Firebar, and Maestro respectively. Based on the Yak-129 prototype first flown on 5 March 1958, it began to enter service in 1964.
Design and development
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yak-28” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.