IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik is ...

Discover how the Soviet Ilyushin IL-2 “Shturmovik” transformed from a ridiculed “flying tractor” into the most terrifying ...

Since his childhood, Randy Malmstrom has had a passion for aviation history and historic military aircraft in particular. He has a particular penchant for documenting specific airframes with a highly ...

The Ilyushin Il-2 was by all accounts a formidable aircraft. With the Il-2, the Soviet Union’s Ilyushin aerospace bureau created one of the most feared ground-attack aircraft on the Eastern Front—a ...

This article was written with the assistance of A.I. technology, and has been edited and fact-checked by Melly Alazraki. The Ilyushin Il-2 was the most produced aircraft by any nation in World War II, ...

These days, we’re talking about supersonic airplanes, ultra-luxurious cabins, and zero-emission propulsion systems for green flights. But before all of that, the forefathers of long-haul aviation ...

When a Soviet-state-owned aerospace manufacturer is demanded by the Communist Party to build an aircraft, it gets done no matter how dumb the concept is in theory. This authoritarian approach to the ...