Yakovlev Yak-38 Forger



Origin: USSR
Type: carrierborne V/STOL combat aircraft
Max Speed: 545 kt / 627 mph
Max Range 14,765 ft / 4,500 m
Dimensions: span 7.32 m / 24 ft 0.2 in
length 15.50 m / 50 ft 10.2 in
height 4.37 m / 14 ft 4 in
Weight: empty 7,485 kg / 16,502 lb
max. take-off 11,700 kg /
25,795 lb
Powerplant: one 6950-kg (15,322-lb) dry thrust Tumanskii R-27V-300 vectored-thrust turbojet, and two 3050-kg (6,724-lb) dry thrust Rybinsk RD-36-35VFR lift turboJ'ets
Armament: provision for 2000 kg (4,409 Ib) of disposable stores, including AAMs, ASMs, bombs, rocket-launcher pods, cannon pods and drop tanks, carried on four external hardpoints