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 ...

The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on Thursday shared the first footage of the country's Air Force shooting down an Iranian YAK-130 fighter over Tehran’s skies. The IDF confirmed that the YAK-130 was ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The plane was originally conceived as a training aircraft, but Yakovlev later rebranded it as a light-attack plane – a role into which it continues to perform well.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Israeli stealth fighter jet shot down a manned Iranian aircraft in a historic first early Wednesday during ongoing bombardments ...

The IDF, however, did not share details of today's incident. The Russian-built Yak-130 serves both as a trainer aircraft and a light attack jet. Livemint has not independently verified the ...

The Yak-130 is now not only the most modern trainer, but the most current jet in the IRIAF inventory. Reports and observers say it could help in training Iranian pilots before the rumored arrival of ...

A YAK-130 military plane performs during the opening of the MAKS-2009 international air show in Zhukovsky outside Moscow, August 18, 2009. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin Russia is considering plans to ...

This is the first time an F-35 has shot down a manned fighter jet. We will probably get more details throughout the day, but on Mar. 4, 2026, the Israeli Defense Forces announced on social media that ...

Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on Wednesday (local time) said that an F-35I fighter jet shot down an Iranian Yak-130 multirole jet over Tehran, making it the US-made stealth jet's first known air-to-air ...