In a surprising twist from the battlefield, a Ukrainian YAK-52 reportedly shot down a drone. We’re revisiting how this humble trainer aircraft pulled off an actual combat kill.

The Mover and Gonky Show Dogfight of Eras: Yak-52 vs Drone Posted: April 4, 2025 | Last updated: April 4, 2025 Watch an epic face-off between a Yak-52 warbird and a nimble drone in a high-speed ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from DCS World: Yak-52 The Yakovlev Yak-52 is a tandem seat, radial engine, trainer aircraft that served as the primary aircraft trainer for the Soviet Union ...

MOSCOW, November 7. /TASS/. A Yak-52 plane made a crash landing on water in the city of Samara in the middle reaches of the Volga River, its two crew members were saved, a spokesman for the Samara ...

The aircraft is virtually invulnerable in the air. Military experts claim that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recently spotted using a second Yak-52 aircraft hunting Russian kamikaze drones.

Vintage military aircraft, known as warbirds, will take flight this Anzac Day in an impressive flypast for services across the region.