During its first operational exercise, the Iranian Yak-130 coordinated with two MiG-29s to intercept and destroy a target drone with a R-73E air-to-air missile. A little over two months after a ...

The R-73 leaves the Yak-130’s wing launcher. ‘Iran Defense’ the two as a MiG-29UB and a MiG-29A, although the former can’t be verified as only the single seater jet was clearly shown.

It sounds strange that a prop-driven plane shot down a jet fighter. Under normal circumstances, a Sea Fury would not beat a MiG-15. In order to accomplish the feat, the circumstances had to be just ...