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Ilyushin Il-102

A heavily armored ground-attack prototype developed as an alternative Soviet close-air-support concept.

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Ilyushin Il-102, shown in the selected representative source image.Apetrov09703 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0Image source

A heavily armored ground-attack prototype developed as an alternative Soviet close-air-support concept.

Primary roleClose Air Support
First flight1982
OriginSoviet Union
ManufacturerIlyushin Design Bureau
Documented variants1
Crew modeCrewed
AirframeFixed Wing

Variants

DesignationTypeRoleRecorded operators
Il-102PrototypeClose Air SupportSoviet Air Forces

Sources and further reading

Structured references supporting this aircraft family, variants, specifications, and narrative sections.

  1. The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875-1995 — Osprey Aerospace · Tier 3