Yakovlev Yak-38
ATTACK AIRCRAFT SERIES BY YAKOVLEV
Yak-38; Jak-38; Yakovlev Yak-38U; Yak-38 Forger; Yakovlev Yak-36M; Yakovlev Yak-38A; YAK-38; Yakovlev Yak-39; Yak-38U
The Yakovlev Yak-38 (; NATO reporting name: "Forger") was the Soviet Naval Aviation's only operational VTOL strike fighter aircraft in addition to being its first operational carrier-based fixed-wing aircraft. It was developed specifically for, and served almost exclusively on, the s (heavy aviation cruiser in Russian classification).