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NATO reporting name: Forger
V/STOL - Vertical / Short Take-off and Landing
Single-seat vertical take-off and landing deck attack aircraft with one R-27V-300 lift-and-flight engine TRD R-27V-300 thrust 6.100 kgf and two lift engines TRD RD-36-35FVR thrust 3050 kgf each. The first flight took place on September 22, 1970. Serial production at the Saratov aircraft plant was started on August 11, 1977. A total of 231 Yak-38 units of all modifications were produced.
Yak-38 at the airport of Shindadnd (Afganistan), May 1980.
Camouflage version of the Yak-38, designed for action in Europe.
Yak-38 No. 0312 in the control tests, spring 1982.
Yak-38M in gray, exhibited at the Central airfield in Moscow.
Yak-38M in dark blue, exhibited at the Central airfield in Moscow.
Three-view drawing
Technical specifications
| DESIGNER | OKB Yakovlev |
| COUNTRY | Russia |
| TYPE |
Attack aircraft with V/STOL
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| CREW | 1 |
| POWER-PLANT | One turbojet engine R-27V-300 and two turbojet engines RD-36-35FVP |
| Thrust, kgf | |
| - main turbojet engine with control thrust nozzle | 1x6.100 |
| - two turbojet engines lifting | 2x3.050 |
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DIMENSIONS
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Length, m
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17,76 |
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Height, m
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4,25 |
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Wing span, m
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| - complete | 7,02 |
| - with folding | 4,45 |
| Wing area, m2 | 18,41 |
| WEIGHT | |
| Maximum take-off weight, kg | - |
| Maximum take-off weight (with STOL), kg | 10.300 |
| Empty aircraft, kg | 5.400 |
| Internal fuel, kg | 2.750 |
| Warload, kg | |
| - maximum | 1.500 |
| - vertical takeoff | 1.000 |
| PERFORMANCE | |
| Maximum speed, km/h | 850 |
| Maximum speed at sea level, km/h | - |
| Range, km | |
| - under normal conditions | 680 |
| - with vertical takeoff | 500 |
| Combat range, km | 250-370 |
| Rate of climb, m/min | 4.500 |
| Service ceiling, m | 11.000 |
| Maximum overload, g | 6 |
| ARMAMENT | Number external hardpoints: 4. Possibility of transportation weapons: Two R-3 or 4xR-60 air-to-air missiles or Kh-23 or 2xR-60 anti-ship missiles or two 500 kg bombs, 55 mm UV-16-57 unguided rockets and 23 mm UPK-23 gun pods. |
Photos Yak-38 Aviation museum VVS, Monino, (Russia).
Yak-38 National aviation museum, Kyiev 2008 (Ukraine).
