In September 2023, the Iranian Air Force received its first Russian-made Yak-130 jet trainers. Developed by Russia’s Yakovlev and Aermacchi, the Yakovlev Yak-130 is a subsonic two-seat jet ...

IRKUTSK, September 11. /TASS-DEFENSE/. Russia will deliver the first batch of Yakovlev Yak-130 combat trainer aircraft (NATO reporting name Mitten) to Bangladesh on September 17, Rostec Director ...

Russia is developing a new combat aircraft based on the Yak-130, a design originally created as a training plane. The Yak-130 was never intended for combat, but Moscow is now repurposing it to ...

LE BOURGET, June 18. /TASS/. Russia may re-configure its combat training plane Yakovlev-130 into a fighter-bomber for those foreign customers who may wish to have it, the chief delegate of Russia ...

The Yak-130 that was captured carrying the R-73 for the first time in Dec. 2024 reportedly had the tail number 106, so at least six aircraft (five according to some sources) have already been ...

The Yak-130, originally designed as a dual-role trainer and light attack aircraft by Russia's Yakovlev, has been heralded as a game-changer for Iran's aviation capabilities. Acquired in August 2023, ...

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 ...

Along with two Mig-29 fighter jets the Yak- 130 fired advance missile and intercepted and targeted enemy drones. spokesman of the drill Brigadier General Alireza Sheikh said, "The Yak fighter jet, ...

During its first operational exercise, the Iranian Yak-130 coordinated with two MiG-29s to intercept and destroy a target drone with a R-73E air-to-air missile. A little over two months after a ...