Ilyushin Il-102 ground attack aircraft - GIF

[Altair]

Ilyushin Il-102 experimental jet-powered ground attack aircraft developed by the Soviets in the 1980s.




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MAI Sh-Tandem ground attack aircraft - photos
Northrop YA-9 ground attack aircraft - photos and video
Boeing YC-14 - photos and video

[mlochala]

Was this their answer to the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II?

[JoeVanGeaux]

Was this their answer to the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II?

That was my immediate thought when I saw this! They did appear to have put just a small bit of effort into making it different... but not enough to hide the obvious source of their inspiration.

[Moldyjim]

That was my immediate thought when I saw this! They did appear to have put just a small bit of effort into making it different... but not enough to hide the obvious source of their inspiration.

Well...To some extent at least, form follows function.

So it's not surprising that aircraft made for a specific purpose look similar, but...

But it does seem that most of the soviet military aircraft, do resemble the US planes they are based off of.

Mig29-F18 etc.

[mwmkravchenko]

https://jalopnik.com/meet-the-ilyush...omb-1601030964

It never saw production.

Su-25 is the competition that is actually in use.

[bruce.desertrat]

But it does seem that most of the soviet military aircraft, do resemble the US planes they are based off of.

The TU-4