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Russia's Armavir air base took delivery of second batch of Yak-130 trainer aircraft.
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The
second batch of Yak-130 operational trainers scheduled for 2015 was delivered
to Russian Air Force's Armavir air base, the third one is being prepared
for delivery, RIA Novosti reported with reference to the representative
of the press-service of Russian Ministry of Defense on Air Forces, Colonel
Igor Klimov. |
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The
first batch of five Yak-130
jets arrived at the air base in late January. Armavir's crews can now
count on a fleet of 13 combat trainer aircraft.
“Pilots of the air forces ferried five new Yak-130 operational trainers from Irkutsk Aviation Plant to Armavir air base. During the long flight the aircraft demonstrated their best characteristics – excellent controllability and reliability of aircraft systems under any temperature and weather conditions. The acceptance of four more jets of the type is being carried out by specialists of the air base at the Irkutsk-based enterprise,” Klimov said. Klimov noted that the temperature in Irkutsk was -20 Celsius at the time of departure, while temperature in Armavir was +15 Celsius. Throughout the flight the jets encountered dense clouds, abundant rainfall, strong front and cross wind. “The pilots covered a distance of over 5,5 thousand kilometers and made three intermediate stops in Novosibirsk, Chelyabinsk and Borisoglebsk in order to refuel the aircraft. All the systems functioned normally, pilots managed to perform instrumental landing and reach the airfield without any faults,” he added. Yak-130
is the two-seat next-generation operational trainer designed for pilot
training and combat missions performed under normal and severe weather
conditions. The jet is capable of destroying ground and air targets.
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