Iran’s Yak-130 Shoots Down Drone During Exercise with MiG-29s

During its first operational exercise, the Iranian Yak-130 coordinated with two MiG-29s to intercept and destroy a target drone with a R-73E air-to-air missile. A little over two months after a Russian-made Yak-130 of the IRIAF (Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force) was spotted carrying an R-73E SRAAM (Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile), the aircraft made its […]

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