Yakovlev Yak-130

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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 Su-57. It can also perform light-attack and reconnaissance duties, carrying a combat load of 3,000 kg.

Variants[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

  • Algeria
    • Algerian Air Force x 16
  • Bangladesh
    • Bangladesh Air Force x 24
  • Belarus
    • Belarusian Air Force x 8
  • Iraq
    • Iraqi Air Force x 24
  • Laos
    • Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force x 10
  • Libya
    • Libyan Air Force x 6
  • Myanmar
    • Myanmar Air Force x 12
  • Russia
    • Russian Air Force x 120
    • Russian Naval Aviation x 16
  • Syria
    • Syrian Arab Air Force x 36
  • Vietnam
    • Vietnam People's Air Force x 8

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