Posted on 02/24/2010 4:59:15 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
The first serial combat-trainer aircraft Yak-130 transferred to the Air Force of Russia has arrived at the 4th Center of combat application and retraining of the flight personnel of the name of V.P.Chkalov.
The Commander-in-chief of the Russian Federation Air Force the colonel general Alexander Zelin said: «It is the first Yak-130 from those planned on this year. The plane opens new opportunities for effective trainings of the Air Force cadets. This combat-training complex will allow the young pilots to adapt faster to operate Russian Air Force fighters».
The new generation aircraft Yak-130 is developed by Yakovlev Design Bureau, part of the Irkut Corporation.
The president of Irkut Corporation, General Director of Yakovlev Design Bureau Oleg Demchenko said: «Yak-130 – the first plane completely designed and built during the Post-Soviet period. We have successfully finished the designing and tests of this plane, but also have set up a basis for its mass serial production. Deliveries of Yak-130 to the military forces will allow pilots substantially improve their trainings on the threshold of adoption of the new generation aircrafts».
Yak-130 was chosen for basic and advanced combat trainings of Russian Air Force pilots. First four aircrafts for the Russian Air Force are already built.
In November, 2007 «Preliminary resolution on the state joint tests of a sample combat-trainer aircraft Yak-130» has been confirmed. This document has opened the road for producing the first part of serial aircrafts.
In April 2009 Yak-130 passed the first stage of state joint tests with basic armament configuration. The tests with the enlarged armament configuration were completed in 2009.
The aircraft is intended as for combat trainings of the air staff so as for combat use on earth and land targets in normal and severe weather conditions.
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More superior Russian hardware to gain a 10-1 kill ratio over in the real world. Yea it’s the pilots, if only Russians flew them...yea whatever makes you sleep at night Boris
If a F-18 Hornet and a L-59 Albatross had an offspring, it might look something like that thing.
You are just jealous the that Russkis have been able to design and build a jet trainer aircraft
LOL. . .that’s funny.
(You forgot the /sarc tag, by the way)
The T-45 Goshawk advanced trainer for the US Navy is the British Aerospace T-1 Hawk.
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Explain, or perhaps you meant to post to someone else.
Good one’s, too, and the T-38 upgrades (T-38C) make it quite the jet, modern in all sense of the word.
T-37 undergone enhancements and upgrades that made it viable for decades and decades.
The russians can't build to be viable (meaning upgradable and modern).
The russians build bricks that fly forever but are not upgraded.
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Yeah I know. The Russkis can do it. The Brits can do it. The French can do it. The Italians can do it. The Spanish can do it. The Japanese can do it. The Chinese (both Chinas) can do it. The Indians can do it. The Koreans can do it. Heck the Argentinians can do it. It seems that (almost) anyone with some kind of aviation industry can manage it, except ...
And I never forget to tag sarcasm.
Ah yes the '50s, Good Times (no that was the '70s). Ah yes the '50s, Happy Days
C’mon. Yaks were always original designs since WWII. Even the latest F-35 is almost fully based on their abandoned naval Yak-141 Freestyle concept with 90’s tech and stealth features added.
You better put a B-29 here. They did a total rip-off for sure.
As for your example it is same to compare earlier Subaru Forester to Toyota LC100. They may look similar for an old lady but in reality are even not in a same league and just absolute different trucks.
Same does Russians claiming F-15 is a rip-off from Mig-25 which is same bs. They still have same ridiculous arguments considering F-15 silhouette is 90% matches older Mig. In fact they still have same few in common as B-1 and Blackjack. Same goes to Yak-141 vs F-35 etc. Nissan and Ford have more in common than that and none talking they are ripping-off.
That American vs Russian is just childish, better fits for 12 yo on youtube.
We are also in the middle of a T-X competition/AoA.
So, we can build great trainers that last 50-yrs, we can build fighters that are the envy of the world (F-15E and F-22), we can build the best tactical airlift aircraft the world has ever seen (C-17), and we are supposed to think, er, ‘feel,’ that the US can't build a simple trainer. . . .okay, if you want to believe that, have at it. We disagree.
Sure you are.
The Contenters are:
Moreover, all you can come back with it that? Again, read my previous post about the jets we build. . .get back to me when the russians can build something along those lines. . .hint-—they can't, no matter the hype. They build trash, garbage based upon old technology wrapped to look “new.”
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