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 ...

The contrast between these projects and Iran’s lack of participation in any joint fighter jet development or production is ...

Tehran has been intensifying its military activity and preparedness with a series of drills for its ground, air and naval ...

TEHRAN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Iran's army on Monday for the first time used the Yak-130 aircraft in a large-scale military drill, for a joint aerial operation of various units, the official news ...

spokesman of the drill Brigadier General Alireza Sheikh said, "The Yak fighter jet, along with two MiG-29 fighters, participated in the operation to intercept and destroy the target drone." "The ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A Yak-130 jet of the Iranian Air Force carried out a combat operation during a military exercise in southeast of Iran. The Iranian Army’s four divisions, namely the Ground ...

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 ...

MOSCOW, August 14. /TASS/. The export potential of Russia’s modernized Yak-130M two-seat advanced jet trainer and light combat aircraft is estimated at 40 planes, with Asian and African ...

Its stealth panels do not align with the tolerances required for stealth aircraft. They were built ... It also has outdated avionics on board. Yakovlev Yak-38 was relatively good, and its ...

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 ...

The aircraft shown armed in the video bears the registration 7-9700 with the tail number 101, identifying it as the first delivered to Iran. The Yak-130 that was captured carrying the R-73 for the ...