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.

Last year, we covered the restoration of the National Air and Space Museum's Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Now complete, the aircraft will join the new Jay I. Kislak ...