Iranian Yak-130 Trainer Debuts In Military Exercise

iranian yak-130

Footage from Iranian media shows the country's Yak-130 in action.

Credit: Iran/Tasnim News Agency
Iran’s Air Force has for the first time the demonstrated the combat capabilities of its Russian-made Yak-130 trainers. Video footage broadcast by Iranian media showed a single Yak-130 shooting down an aerial target with the Russian-made R-73 (AA-11 Archer) short-range missile above the coastline...
Maxim Pyadushkin

In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine. In the past he was in charge of several ATO’s sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.

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