Yakovlev Yak-38

The Yakovlev Yak-38 (Russian: Яковлев Як-38; NATO reporting name: "Forger") was the Soviet Naval Aviation's only operational VTOL strike fighter aircraft, in addition to being its first operational carrier-based fixed-wing aircraft. It was developed specifically for, and served almost exclusively on, the Kiev-class aircraft carriers. They would be succeeded in the 2010s by the Yakovlev Yak-41M2 Freestyle VSTOL fighter.

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 * Soviet Union
 * Soviet Navy
 * Soviet Naval Aviation