The Yak-141 Freestyle may not technically count as a predecessor to the F-35, but the JSF does seem to have at least some Russian DNA floating around its engine design — and as the F-35 came to ...

The Yak-141 was the Soviet Union’s boldest attempt at a supersonic, carrier-based vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter. Developed in the 1980s, it set 12 world records and was engineered ...

Summary and Key Points: The Yak-41 (Yak-141) was a Soviet attempt at creating a supersonic VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft, developed in the 1980s but ultimately shelved after the ...