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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Belarus begins receiving Yak-130 aircraft from Russia

Yak 130Belarus has begun receiving the four Yakovlev Yak-130 'Mitten' advanced jet trainer/light-attack aircraft it ordered in 2012, national media reported on 16 April.

At least one of the aircraft was photographed aboard an Ilyushin Il-76 'Candid' airlifter for its journey from the Irkutsk Aviation Plant in Russia to the home of the Belarusian Air Force's 116th Bomber-Reconnaissance Base at Lida.

Some media outlets have reported that two of the Yak-130s were delivered.

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