Yak-28 Brewer
| Country of Origin | CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States). |
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| Similar Aircraft | Il-28 Beagle. |
| Crew | Two. |
| Role | Fighter-bomber, reconnaissance, ECM. |
| Armament | Bombs, cannons, rockets. |
| Dimensions | Length: 70 ft (21.36 m). Span: 41 ft (12.06 m). |
Yak-28 Brewer WEFT Description
| Wings | High-mounted, swept-back, and untapered from the engines to the large blunt tips. Wide wing roots. |
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| Engine(s) | Two turbojets in pods under the wings. Pods extend well beyond the wingsÂ' leading and trailing edges. |
| Fuselage | Long with pointed, glazed nose and is tapered to the rear section. Bubble canopy. Belly fin under the rear section. |
| Tail | Fin swept-back and tapered with a blunt tip. Tail flats mid-mounted on the tail fin, swept-back, and tapered with blunt tips. |
Countries which Fly the Yak-28 Brewer
CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Ukraine.
Books on the Yak-28 Brewer
Yakovlev, Yak-25/-26/-27/-28: Yakovlev's Tactical Twinjets
During the 1950s and 1960s the Soviet design bureau Yakovlev was responsible for a series of swept-wing twin-engined jet combat aircraft, all of which are covered in this Aerofax volume and in the usual format with a mass of new information, details, and illustrations from original Russian sources.