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Yakovlev Yak-28 (not sure which model) and a few questions...



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Kinda like this plane, she looks cool.

Questions:

1- In your opinion, what would be the outcome of aerial wars in Iran-Iraq war, if IQAF had these? In which roll, they were most profitable?

2- Could these be a real danger for Tomcats? or Radar stations?

3- What are Western (both American and European) equivalents of this plane?
 
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Graeme said:
The remains of the Ilyushin Il-102.
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That's at the Muzei Tekniki (or some such thing) in the western suburbs of Moscow, a private collection of cars, tanks and aircraft of a wealthy collector. The museum has an unofficial Yak content, with aircraft ranging from the UT-2 through to the Yak-141 and including Yak-3, Yak-28 and the V/STOL Yak-38. The museum also has a Bf 109G, a Hurricane and a P-39 among other things.
 
ARTESH said:
Yakovlev Yak-28 (not sure which model) and a few questions...
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Hi Artesh, that one is a Yak-28L or I variant, both of which were tactical bombers, the difference between the two being in the type of targetting system fitted in the bulge directly aft of the forward nose gear. The Yak-28I had a ground mapping radar installed.

To hazard a guess at your questions, the Yak-28 was a multi-role platform of which there were three main variants, interdictors, reconnaissance and interceptors. The interceptor variants (which have solid noses) were well equipped with sensors for their time, being early- to mid-1960s designs, but were of course subject to the limitations of the Soviet air interception system, which relied heavily on ground instruction for interception. They weren't 'fighters' as such, but were capable of speeds up to, but not reaching Mach 2 and could carry up to four of the 1960s generation of Soviet AAMs. The early variants were characterised as having high landing speeds and suffered wing flutter and control reversal at high speeds, and throughout their lengthy service in the Soviet Frontal Aviation they were constantly upgraded with ECM equipment, improved autopilots etc.

Although seeing widespread use in Soviet territories, No versions of Yak-28s were exported, although a couple of former Soiviet republics inherited them, and as for use in the Iran/Iraq war, as pure interceptors, their use would be limited to a stand-off role at best. As ground attack aircraft, again they would be of limited use owing to their age. By the time of the Iran/Iraq war, the Iraqi Air Force had more efficient fighter-interceptor and ground attack types than Yak-28s. They'd certainly be no match for an F-14.

I wouldn't want to directly compare them with a Western-type as they were quite different from them. They were one of a range of pure interceptor types the Soviets employed in the time period, from 1960, when the first Yak-28P first flew throughout that decade, with the Tu-128 and Su-15, following on with the MiG-25 in the 1970s and the subsequent MiG-31. Perhaps the Convair F-106 has the same all-weather missile-armed interceptor role around the same time period, as well as the English Electric Lightning. As for the strike variants, They are comparable in role to F-4s or F-100s.

This is a rather dilapidated former Soviet Yak-28R reconnaissance variant at an airfield in former East Germany.

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ARTESH said:
Thank you for your complete answers.
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You're welcome. To add a little more information, the Yak-28 was troublesome in service, its engines were unreliable and it suffered frequent maintenance issues and it had worse performance at height than the Su-9 interceptors it was supposed to replace, which the Soviets weren't entirely happy with at any rate. The Yak-28I's ground mapping radar and the interceptor radars were not very efficient, that is, when they could get the sets to work... It doesn't sound very productive, but the type was in service until the fall of the Soviet Union despite being old technology by then.
 
July, 1971. I had just started my copilot job at McGuire AF base. Too many high school grads never made it back, my heart still aches for their friends and relatives.
 
A right side view of a U.S. Air Force F-15A Eagle aircraft from 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron, front, and two F-5 Tiger II aircraft from the Royal Singapore Air force. The aircraft are involved in a joint U.S.-Australian Air Force exercise Pacific Consort, 1 September 1981.

 
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