Russia has reportedly delivered Yak-130 “Mitten” trainer jets to Iran in the latest example of Moscow and Tehran's increasing military ties and the associated arms trades that have come with them. An ...

The Russian defence ministry's Valery Chkalov main flight-test centre, GLITs, has cleared the Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced jet trainer for service entry with the Russian air force. The loss of the third ...

NPK Irkut - Yakovlev's new owner - is targeting $15 billion export market for trainer Yakovlev's first production Yak-130 trainer made its debut flight from Sokol's Nizhny Novgorod plant in central ...

The Yak-130 is a versatile and formidable trainer aircraft that manages to punch above its weight, extending into carrier-based, reconnaissance, and even strike roles. As with many of the military ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Belarusian military jet crashed Wednesday, killing both pilots, the military said. Belarus’ Defense Ministry said the Russian-built Yak-130 trainer jet crashed near the western ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Yak-130 jet. Stock photo: Wikipedia A Yak-130 military training aircraft has crashed on the administrative border between ...

Russian arms giant Rostec has revealed the mockup of a new engine to replace a less-powerful Ukrainian propulsion system in the Yak-130, as the combat trainer is being modernized to participate in ...

The project is targeting the export market in the first instance and the configuration of the aircraft was formed with consideration of comments made by current operators of Yak-130 trainers, the ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The plane was originally conceived as a training aircraft, but Yakovlev later rebranded it as a light-attack plane – a role into which it continues to perform well.

The Yak-130 is a subsonic advanced trainer and light attack aircraft powered by two 5,512-lb.-thrust ZMKB Progress AI-222-25 or Soyuz RD-2500 turbofan engines. A Yak-130 prototype first flew in 1996, ...