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The Yakovlev Yak-130 (NATO reporting name: Mitten) is a subsonic two-seat advanced jet trainer/light attack aircraft or lead-in fighter trainer originally developed by Yakovlev and Aermacchi. Development of the plane began in 1991 and the maiden flight was conducted on 26 April 1996. In 2005 it won a Russian government tender for training aircraft and in 2009 the first planes entered service with the Russian Air Force.
