Siberian aerospace research institute SibNIA has carried out the first test flight of a Yakovlev Yak-40 fitted with the UZGA ...

Explore the history of the Yakovlev Yak-25, a Cold War-era Soviet interceptor that first flew on June 19, 1952, and played a key role in long-range air defense.

Russians Grow Frustrated With Ukraine’s Yak-52 Drone-Killer. A Yakovlev training plane has been dogfighting with, and shooting down, Russian surveillance drones—World War I-style.

Though period-correct Yak-9 examples sported Soviet Klimov piston engines, this recreation has the benefit of much better supported American hardware in the form of an Allison V-1710 V12 engine ...

A participant stands on the wing of a Yak-52 aircraft at an airshow in Ede, Netherlands, on August 21, 2019. Russia said Tuesday that it destroyed a Ukrainian Yakovlev Yak-52 aircraft.

Russia: Trainer aircraft, Yakovlev Yak-18T, crash near Moscow claims four lives The Yak-18T, widely used by flying clubs across the former Soviet Union, is primarily employed for training civil ...