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Sokol completes work on the first serial model of the Yak-130 plane

Moscow, Russia - The light jet is very efficient in combat missions

The serial model of the Yak-130 plane is being completed by the Sokol aircraft-building factory in Nizhny Novgorod. The airplane was developed by Yakovlev design office and it will be the basic training and combat aircraft for the Russian air force, declared the Russian Defense Ministry. The flying and structural trials will be made by the end of 2003. The Yak-130 light jet is a dual-purpose machine...

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Rome, Italy, 11/13/2003 14:10
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