Yakovlev Yak-130

The Yakovlev Yak-130 (NATO reporting name: Mitten) is a subsonic two-seat advanced trainer aircraft originally developed by Yakovlev and Aermacchi. It has also been marketed as a potential light attack aircraft. Development of the plane began in 1991 and the maiden flight was conducted on April 25th, 1996. In 2002, it won a Russian government tender for training aircraft and in 2009 the aircraft entered service with the Russian Air Force. As an advanced training aircraft, the Yak-130 is able to replicate the characteristics of several 4+ generation fighters as well as the fifth-generation Sukhoi PAK FA. It can also perform light-attack and reconnaissance duties, carrying a combat load of 3,000 kg.

Variants

 * Yak-130: Basic dual seat advanced trainer
 * Yak-130IQ: Version of the Iraqi Air Force
 * Yak-131: Light attack aircraft for Su-25 replacement. This version will have cockpit and engine armour, a GSh-301 gun, and either the Phazotron Kopyo radar with mechanical or electronic beam scanning, or the Tikhomirov NIIP Osa passive phased array radar.
 * Yak-133: Light Strike Aircraft for LUS. The project was canceled in the early 1990.
 * Yak-133IB: Fighter-bomber version
 * Yak-133PP: Electronic Countermeasures platform
 * Yak-133R: Tactical reconnaissance variant.
 * Yak-135: 4-seat VIP transport

Users

 * Algeria
 * Algerian Air Force x 16
 * Bangladesh
 * Bangladesh Air Force x 24
 * Belarus
 * Belarusian Air Force x 8
 * Iraq
 * Iraqi Air Force x 24
 * Libya
 * Libyan Air Force x 6
 * Myanmar
 * Myanmar Air Force x 12
 * Russia
 * Russian Air Force x 108
 * Syria
 * Syrian Arab Air Force x 36

Related Development

 * Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master

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