Yakovlev Yak-130
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The Yakovlev Yak-130 is a subsonic, two-seat, advanced jet trainer and light combat aircraft.
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Key facts
- Type
- Lead-in fighter trainer / Light combat aircraft
- National origin
- Russia
- Designer
- Yakovlev
- Built by
- Irkut Corporation , Sokol Aircraft Plant
- Status
- Active
- Primary users
- Russian Aerospace Forces Algerian Air Force , Myanmar Air Force , Belarusian Air Force , Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
- Introduction date
- 19 February 2010
- First flight
- 25 April 1996 ; 30 years ago ( 1996-04-25 ) (Yak/AEM-130) , 30 April 2004 ; 22 years ago ( 2004-04-30 ) (Yak-130)
- Variant
- Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- attack aircraft
- Country of origin
- Russia
- Developer
- Yakovlev
- Manufacturer
- Yakovlev Corporation
- Image
- Yakovlev Yak- 130 (modify).jpg
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- Commons category
- Yakovlev Yak-130
- powered by
- Ivchenko-Progress AI-222
- NATO reporting name
- Mitten
- Commons gallery
- Yakovlev Yak-130
- first flight
- 1996-04-25
- service entry
- 2010-02-00
- total produced
- 96
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Encyclopedic overview
The Yakovlev Yak-130 (NATO reporting name: Mitten) is a subsonic, two-seat, advanced jet trainer and light combat aircraft.
The aircraft began as the Yak/AEM-130, a joint project by Yakovlev and Aermacchi. Development of the aircraft began in 1991, and it first flew in April 1996. In 2000, the companies ended the partnership, and Yakovlev continued to develop the aircraft as the Yak-130.
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