Yakovlev Yak-15
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The Yakovlev Yak-15 is a first-generation Soviet turbojet fighter developed by the Yakovlev design bureau immediately after World War II. The main fuselage was that of Yakovlev Yak-3 piston-engine fig
The only surviving Yak-15, displayed at the Vadim Zadorozhny Technical Museum, Moscow (2012)
Yak-15 forward fuselage and engine
Yakovlev Yak-17
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The Yakovlev Yak-17 is an early Soviet jet fighter. It was developed from the Yak-15, the primary difference being tricycle landing gear. The trainer version, known as the Yak-17UTI, was the only Sovi
Yakovlev Yak-15
…documents refer to it as the Yak-15V, Yak-15UT or Yak-21V. Further work on the trainer was cancelled with the success of the trainer version of the Yak-17 with its tricycle undercarriage. One Yak-15 was used to test a prototype aerial refueling system in 1949, although the installation on the fighter and…
Yak-17 in the Russian Central Air Force Museum, Monino Airfield
Yak-17UTI in the Datangshan Aviation Museum, Beijing
Yak-17UTI in the Polish Aviation Museum
Yak-17 in Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely, Prague, Czech Republic