The result of a requirement to replace the Tupolev Tu-2 piston engine bomber, the design on the Ilyushin Il-28 began in 1947, with the first flight of a pre-production model on Aug. 8, 1948.

North Korea has restored Uiju Airfield in Sinui­ju, North Pyongan, to full operational status and redeployed its bomber fleet ...

Remembering Ilyushin Il-86, "Camber," its NATO code name, or “Airbusky,” pejoratively called by Western observers.