“No, this is not footage from World War Two…not even scenes from the new, ‘Top Gun’ movie with Tom Cruise……this is just the… Ukrainian Air Force…training sports aircraft Yak-52, which they are using either as an interceptor aircraft or as a mobile, anti- aircraft platform…The second person in the plane is a Ukrainian with a double-barreled shotgun, firing at our UAV (drone) like it’s a shooting gallery. As ridiculous as it sounds, in the Kherson direction, the enemy has already shot down two (Orlan-10) UAVs.” — Russian Military Informant Telegram channel, July 2024.

The Yakovlev Yak-52 is a Soviet-era, vintage, two-seat, primary trainer aircraft, which first flew in 1976, and was produced until 1998 by Aerostar of Romania. It’s powered by a 360-horsepower, Vedeneyev M-14P n

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