On this day in aviation history, 73 years ago (June 19, 1952), the Yakovlev Yak-25 took to the skies for the first time. Known to NATO as the "Flashlight-A" or "Mandrake," the Yak-25 was a swept-wing, ...

There was terrible turmoil in the skies of the planet during the Second World War. For the first time in history, humans had the capability to fight against each other in the sky, in never-before-seen ...

A 1986 Yakovlev Yak-52 aerobatic trainer is the featured aircraft for sale, priced at $77,500. The Yak-52 boasts 1,207 airframe hours, recent engine and propeller overhauls, and updated avionics. This ...

For all the yelling and shouting over the Department of Defense’s much-maligned F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, there’s an unusual, often overlooked footnote in the trillion-dollar project’s ...

Yak-130M with new equipment and weapons at the Army 2024 defense show. Credit: Yakovlev Russia’s Yakovlev aims to start flight trials of its Yak-130M light combat jet in the first half of 2025, the ...

The Yak-130 is a versatile and formidable trainer aircraft that manages to punch above its weight, extending into carrier-based, reconnaissance, and even strike roles. As with many of the military ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Yak 18 was the primary trainer ...

Yakovlev hopes to revive the Yak-48 business jet project, with a critical design review early next year. The company says it has experience of business aircraft, having performed design work in the ...

As with many of the military projects that survived the Soviet collapse, the Yak-130 has a tortured and winding development history. In the 1980s, the Soviet government launched a procurement ...