Unique Yak-130 planes begin service at 116th Guards Attack Air Base

27 апреля 2015

Modern and maneuverable Yak-130 planes begin their service at 116th Guards Attack Air Base. According to experts, the Russian attack aircraft is today the only aircraft in the world with the characteristics of the so-called "subsonic", which is also able to compete with jet fighters. Moreover, the Yak-130 can carry up to 3 tons of payload being at the same time training aircraft.

Now Belarusian pilots complete their training in Russia on the basis of airline personnel training center in Zhukovsky. The Belarusian Defense Ministry stresses that after training on the Yak-130 pilots are able to understand and manage at least four different models of jet fighters.