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Russian air forces will order more Yak-130 operational trainers

Russian Aviaton » Tuesday December 31, 2013 14:05 MSK
Yak-130 | Photo courtesy by IRKUT Corporation press-service

Russian air forces plan to purchase another batch of Yak-130 operational trainers after implementation of the current contract, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Commander-in-Chief of the air forces, Viktor Bondarev.

"We are pretty sure that we will sign this contract", — Bondarev said during his visit to Irkutsk Aviation Plant.

The existing contract assumes delivery of 55 Yak-130 operational trainers. A total of 42 jets of the type have already been delivered to the customer. Irkut Corporation delivered 18 Yak-130s to the air forces. Two more Yak-130 jets should be delivered to the Ministry of Defense by the end of 2013 (on account of the 2014 order).

According to the Commander-in-Chief, the air forces need a lot of Yak-130 operational trainers, because the Minister of Defense, Sergey Shoygu, decided to expand the recruitment for the Air Force Academies in 2013-2014.