Here’s What You Need to Remember: Most of the other nations that have looked at the Yak-130 have counter-insurgency or other light combat requirements, on top of any training role. These countries ...

The first prototype of the Yak-130M combat training aircraft has been sent for ground and flight tests. The relevant information was published on October 10 on the official website of Rostec State ...

As with many of the military projects that survived the Soviet collapse, the Yak-130 has a tortured and winding development history. In the 1980s, the Soviet government launched a procurement ...

Two Yak-130 Jets Have Crashed Simultaneously in Armavir and Borisoglebsk Last Month. And Here’s An Investigation On The Root Causes. According to several reports, two Russian Air Force Yak-130 Trainer ...

In mid-May, I was given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel to Irkutsk in eastern Siberia to test-fly and evaluate the Yak-130. The Yak-130 - the Russian air force's advanced flight and ...

Up to the end of 2011 the Algerian Air Force will get from Russia a batch of Yak-130 trainer-combat aircraft. Since April 2011 these planes had been used by the Russian Air Force for training future ...

Laos has become the fifth export customer for the Yak-130, but the exact nature of the deal has raised some controversy in Russia. Over 100 Yak-130s are now in VKS service, and 60 have been ordered by ...

MALAYSIA, 18 March (BelTA) – Belarus will get four combat and training aircraft Yak-130 in April, BelTA learned from Oleg Demchenko, President of Irkut Corporation. “We are going to deliver four ...

Iran appears to have taken delivery of Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced jet trainers from Russia in what could be the first quid pro quo deal for one-way attack drones to support Russia’s war in Ukraine.

“I believe,” says Oleg Demchenko, “that my grandchildren will fly in the MC-21." It is a bullish statement from the Irkut president and says much about his faith in the longevity and sales prospects ...

During a media briefing held at Farnborough, Irkut‘s vice-president Konstantin Popovich recounted a funny episode that had occurred during the Yakovlev Yak-130 combat trainer first flight at the ...

February 19, 2014: Bangladesh recently ordered 24 Yak-130 jet trainers from Russia. This makes six export customers for Russia’s new jet trainer. One of these customers may not be able to complete the ...