Myanmar Introduces First Six Of 12 Yak-130 Trainers

Credit: Yak-130: Nigel Howarth
KUALA LUMPUR—Myanmar has put into service six Yakovlev Yak-130 twin-engine trainer and light attack aircraft ordered from Russia in 2015, becoming the second operator of the type in Asia. Six more Yak-130s will be delivered next year, the TASS news agency quotes the Russian state export corporation...
Marhalim Abas

Marhalim Abas, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, covers Southeast Asian defense. He has worked as a journalist specializing in Southeast Asia defense and security since 1994, initially with the New Straits Times newspaper.

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