LIMA 2017: Myanmar is the latest Yak-130 export customer, confirm Russian officials Jane's Defence WeeklyJon Grevatt, Langkawi
Bangladesh placed an order for 16 Yak-130s in January 2014. The Russian MoD placed an order for the supply of an additional 12 Yak-130 aircraft in February 2014. The delivery was completed in 2016. The Myanmar Air Force received three Yak-130 aircraft in late 2016, while six more trainer...
Myanmar Air Force turns to turboprop transport aircraft as makeshift bombers substantially heavier payloads with potentially greater accuracy than is possible with the MAF's conventional CAS platforms, notably Russian Yakovlev Yak-130s and Chinese Hongdu K-8W Karakorums, which are light-attack/jet tra...