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The Yakovlev Yak-18 (Russian: Як-18 also transcribed as Jak-18 NATO reporting name Max) was a Soviet tandem two-seat military primary trainer aircraft. Originally powered by one 119 kW (160 hp) Shvetsov M-11FR-1 radial piston engine it entered service in 1946. It is also produced in China as the Nanchang CJ-5.