However, they are very different aircraft. The two fighters emerged from different philosophies, requirements, and ...

A little over two months after a Russian-made Yak-130 of the IRIAF (Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force) was spotted carrying an R-73E SRAAM (Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile), the aircraft made its ...

This time the harrying fire was from swarms of aircraft, including Yakovlev Yak-3 fighters flown by the Normandie-Niemen regiment of the Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres—the Free French Air ...

His Yak-3U, manufactured in 2005 ... The late Jim Wright set the record for propeller aircraft under 6,600 pounds, flying his replica H-1 in 2002 at 304 mph. (Howard Hughes set the unlimited ...

The agency said the aircraft were already in Iran and accepted into service. The Iranian Air Force received the first Yak-130 in September, it said. In January, member of the national security and ...