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As a result, Ilyushin decided to turn the Il-1 into a two-seat ground attack plane, with the designation changed to Il-10 in early 1944 (odd numbers were reserved for fighters). At that time, Ilyushin also finished a prototype of a heavier ground attack plane, the Il-8 , using the same engine, and more closely derived from the Il-2.
Il-2 Shturmovik ground-attack aircraft, NATO codename "Bark", 1939, most-produced military aircraft of all time. Il-6 (TsKB-60) ground attack aircraft project developed from the Il-2, 1941. Canceled due to the Il-8 and Il-10. Il-8, ground-attack prototype developed from the Il-2 and intended as a Il-2 replacement, 1943.
In 1967, the Soviet Air Forces drew up a specification for a jet-powered shturmovik or armoured ground attack aircraft. While Sukhoi designed an all-new single seat aircraft, the Su-25, Ilyushin proposed a modified version of their Il-40 of 1953 under the designation Il-42, which, unlike the Sukhoi, was a two-seat aircraft with a remotely-controlled rear gun turret.
The Ilyushin Il-40 (NATO reporting name: Brawny [1]) was a two-seat Soviet jet-engined armored ground-attack aircraft. The first prototype flew in 1953 and was very successful except when it fired its guns, as their combustion gasses disturbed the airflow into the engines and caused them to flameout or hiccup.
The Russian defence ministry said six Russian crew members and three Russian soldiers had been on the Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane shot down near the Russian city of Belgorod near the ...
Ilyushin prototyping facility on Khodynka Field in Moscow. Ilyushin was established under the Soviet Union.Its operations began on 13 January 1933, by order of P. I. Baranov, People's Commissar of the Heavy Industry and the Head of the Main Department of Aviation Industry.
Outfitted with eight .50 caliber machine guns and the capacity to carry up to 3,000 pounds of munitions, the Thunderbolt excelled as a ground attack plane, destroying over 9,000 trains and 86,000 ...
The Air Force is retiring a plane the plane nicknamed "Big Sexy." Saying goodbye to the KC-10 Extender will be painful, but it’s for the best.