Algeria buys Yak-130 for multiple use
Celebrating its first export order–to Algeria–the Yak-130 is displayed here at Farnborough International as a multirole advanced trainer that can also be e
Celebrating its first export order–to Algeria–the Yak-130 is displayed here at Farnborough International as a multirole advanced trainer that can also be employed to destroy ground and some aerial targets when frontline fighter bombers and strike aircraft are not available. A subsidiary of Irkut Corp., Yakovlev (Hall 1 Stand E8) is to supply the Algerian air force with 16 of its advanced jet trainers as part of a $7.5 billion package that includes 36 MiG-29MT fighters, 20 Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter bombers and affordable defense systems. Deliveries to Algeria begin in 2008 and as it is a member of NATO’s Mediterranean Dialogue program for joint exercises, their Yak-130s will presumably be equipped accordingly.
