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Bangladesh and Belarus to get Yak-130 trainer and light attack aircraft in 2015.
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This
year Russia will deliver 14 Yak-130 combat trainer aircraft to Bangladesh
and two more jets of the type – in 2016, TASS reports with reference
to Irkut Corporation CEO, Oleg Demchenko. Belarus is also to receive four
Yak-130s in April, according to BelTA. |
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“The contract
for delivery of 16 Yak-130 operational trainers is being implemented
in accordance with the schedule. This year we will deliver 14 Yak-130s
to the customer and two more jets – in 2016,” Demchenko
said at LIMA-2015 show held in Malaysia.
Bangladesh is the second non-CIS country to place an order for Yak-130 operational trainers. Earlier 16 jets of the type were delivered to Algeria. It was reported earlier that Bangladesh purchased Yak-130 jets in the network of a $1 billion credit granted by Russia and intended for purchase of military equipment. Demchenko said that Belarus too would receive four Yak-130s, following a contract that was signed in late 2012. Belarus will become the first CIS country to acquire Yak-130, and Irkut is also negotiating with Armenia and Uzbekistan. “We are going to deliver four Yak-130 aircraft to Belarus in April,” said Oleg Demchenko during the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) 2015 in Malaysia. Yak-130 operational trainer (NATO reporting name: Mitten) is designed for pilot training and combat missions. The jet is capable of destroying ground and air targets. It is used for training of future pilots of “4+”-generation and fifth-generation fighters. The jet performed its maiden flight in 1996 and was selected as the primary trainer of the Russian air forces in 2002. |
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