The Yakovlev Yak-3 was a single-engine, single-seat World War II Soviet fighter. Robust and easy to maintain, it was much liked by both pilots and ground crew. One of the smallest and lightest combat fighters fielded by any combatant during the war, its high power-to-weight ratio gave it excellent performance and it proved to be a formidable dogfighter.
Yakovlev Yak-3
Yak-3, featured on 2011 postage stamp of Russia, Weapons of Victory stamp series
Yakovlev Yak-3 (replica), with opposite rotation propeller.
Yakovlev Yak-3UPW produced in 2002 with Pratt & Whitney R-1830 radial engine
The Yakovlev Yak-1 was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II. The Yak-1 was a single-seat monoplane with a composite structure and wooden wings; production began in early 1940.
Yakovlev Yak-1
Airfield of 1 Pułk Lotnictwa Myśliwskiego in Stare Zadybie in September 1944. Yakovlev Yak-9 aircraft are being serviced.