A Russian drone operator's view of the Ukrainian Yak-52 and its back-seat gunner. Russians are getting really fed up with the Ukrainian crew of that Yakovlev Yak-52 training plane that has been ...

The piston-prop training aircraft received kill marks for shooting down eight Russian drones, plus other two whose destruction was witnessed by the crew. After multiple instances of air-to-air ...

In an engagement reminiscent of WWII dogfights, a Ukrainian training aircraft reportedly shot down a Russian drone. On Apr. 27, 2024, a Ukrainian Yak-52 training aircraft, shot down a Russian Orlan-10 ...

Russia said Tuesday that it destroyed a Ukrainian Yakovlev Yak-52 aircraft, which has been used by Kyiv's forces in the war to shoot down Russian drones. "Over the course of the day, air defense ...

The aircraft is intended to intercept Ukraine's large and diverse array of long-range unmanned systems that are used to strike deep into Russia. The first images of Russia's Soviet-era Yak-52 trainer ...

The ever-resourceful Ukrainians have found another use for the homegrown Aeroprakt A-22 (sold as the Foxbat LSA in the U.S.), and it’s really annoying the Russians. After a few months of success with ...

The Dutch foundation Protect Ukraine has donated a Yak-52 aircraft to the Ukrainian army to support efforts against Russian drones.

A pilot was killed, and another person was injured Sunday afternoon in a midair collision near Los Angeles, California, police said. Officials confirmed that a Yakovlev Yak 52 collided with a Nanchang ...

The Yakovlev Yak-9 was a high-performance Soviet WWII fighter, praised for its excellent power-to-weight ratio and formidable dogfighting capabilities, often outperforming comparable Western fighters ...