LIDA, 27 April (BelTA) – A solemn ceremony to hand over four new training and combat aircraft Yak-130 to personnel of the 116th guards assault airbase took place at the Lida airfield on 27 April, BelTA has learned.
The four new aircraft will make up an independent wing as part of the airbase.
The aircraft were delivered to Belarus on board of an IL-76 cargo aircraft. They were then assembled by specialists of the Russian R&D corporation Irkut using the premises of the 116th airbase.
Belarusian pilots and technicians are learning how to fly and provide maintenance services for this kind of aircraft at the aviation personnel training center in the Russian city of Zhukovsky.
Taking part in the aircraft handover ceremony were representatives of the Belarus government, the diplomatic corps, high-ranking officers of the Belarusian army, the Air Force and Air Defense command, and a delegation of the Russian R&D corporation Irkut.
The Yak-130 aircraft represent the second specimen of weaponry delivered to the Belarusian army after the air defense missile system Tor-M2. Developed by the Yakovlev Design Bureau, the two-seat aircraft Yak-130 is designed to offer basic and advanced training for frontline pilots. The aircraft boasts outstanding maneuverability and modern onboard radio equipment and electronics, which state-of-the-art combat aircraft use. The aircraft also has increased reliability and a long service life. Yak-130 is the world's only training aircraft that can boast the aerodynamic configuration and subsonic flight performance matching those of modern fighter jets. The aircraft can carry up to 3,000kg of combat payload (guided and unguided missiles and bombs, cannons and so on) using nine external suspensions.
The four new aircraft will make up an independent wing as part of the airbase.
The aircraft were delivered to Belarus on board of an IL-76 cargo aircraft. They were then assembled by specialists of the Russian R&D corporation Irkut using the premises of the 116th airbase.
Belarusian pilots and technicians are learning how to fly and provide maintenance services for this kind of aircraft at the aviation personnel training center in the Russian city of Zhukovsky.
Taking part in the aircraft handover ceremony were representatives of the Belarus government, the diplomatic corps, high-ranking officers of the Belarusian army, the Air Force and Air Defense command, and a delegation of the Russian R&D corporation Irkut.
The Yak-130 aircraft represent the second specimen of weaponry delivered to the Belarusian army after the air defense missile system Tor-M2. Developed by the Yakovlev Design Bureau, the two-seat aircraft Yak-130 is designed to offer basic and advanced training for frontline pilots. The aircraft boasts outstanding maneuverability and modern onboard radio equipment and electronics, which state-of-the-art combat aircraft use. The aircraft also has increased reliability and a long service life. Yak-130 is the world's only training aircraft that can boast the aerodynamic configuration and subsonic flight performance matching those of modern fighter jets. The aircraft can carry up to 3,000kg of combat payload (guided and unguided missiles and bombs, cannons and so on) using nine external suspensions.
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