In a surprising development, a YAK-52 trainer aircraft has reportedly shot down a drone in Ukraine. We’re revisiting this unusual incident and what it reveals about adaptability in wartime.

Mentioning that the “existing fleet of Yak-52 aircraft allows scaling this project,” ‘Milinfolive’ claimed the Yak-52B2 can carry a payload of “90 kg” under each wing. The number of ...

Russia has retrofitted the aging Soviet-era Yakovlev Yak-52 trainer aircraft into a crude, low-budget interceptor aimed at battling Ukraine’s expanding fleet of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles ...

The Russians have converted the Yak-52 training aircraft into a light fighter, the Yak-52B2, to counter long-range kamikaze drones. Russian propaganda military correspondents reported on this. “One of ...

The former Soviet Yak-52 training aircraft is getting a new lease on life – now as a drone interceptor. According to RIA Novosti, the Aviastroitel Design Bureau, based in Moscow, is carrying out the ...

The Yak-52B2 is a Russian-modified version of the Soviet-era Yakovlev Yak-52, a light, propeller-driven aircraft originally developed in the late 1970s as a trainer for military pilots. While the ...

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