Russia supplied Myanmar combat aircraft Yak-130.
Referring to a competent source, Interfax news agency reports that Russia has fulfilled the conditions of the contract for the supply of Myanmar combat training aircraft Yak-130. In this case, the number of machines is not reported. The Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation does not comment on the implementation of the contract.
Earlier, on the tenth of January, it was reported that the Russian Federation had supplied the Yak-130 aircraft to Laos. The contract was signed in 2017 year. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, four aircraft have been sent to Laos.
Training and combat aircraft Yak-130 developed in the Yakovlev Design Bureau. The Italian company "Aermacchi" participated in the works. For the first time, he flew 25 on April 1996. The machine has a system for simulating combat use. It provides an opportunity (without the use of real ammunition) to perform air combat techniques, interaction with other aircraft. Practiced and rocket-bombing attacks on ground targets.
The Yak-130 supplied for export is positioned as a training complex, allowing the Su-30MK fighter to be mastered. Yak-130 have Russia, Belarus, Algeria, Bangladesh and Myanmar.