Irkut Declines To Enter USAF T-X Program

Credit: Nigel Howarth/AW&ST
Though Russia's Irkut is working to expand the Yakovlev 130's role from a fast-jet trainer to an attack aircraft, a senior company official acknowledges that the aircraft will not be vying for the largest trainer competition. The Pentagon is planning to buy at least 350 T-38C replacements beginning...

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