What is Yakovlev Yak-38?
{|{{Infobox aircraft begin |name= Yakovlev Yak-38 |image=File:Yakovlev Yak-38M at MAKS-1993 airshow.jpg |caption='''Yakovlev Yak-38''' }}{{Infobox aircraft type |type= [[Fighter aircraft|Fighter]] and [[attack aircraft]]. |national origin =[[USSR]] |manufacturer=[[Yakovlev]] |first flight=[[1971]] |introduction=[[1976]] |status=Out of service |primary user= [[USSR|Soviet]] [[Navy]]. |produced= |number built=271 examples |unit cost= }} |} The '''Yakovlev Yak-38''' is a [[USSR|Soviet]] [[military]] single-[[turbojet]] [[aircraft]]. It was designed and built as a [[fighter aircraft]]. It was also used as [[attack aircraft]]. The Soviet Navy was the only operator. The aircraft is a [[Vertical angles|vertical]] [[take-off]] & [[landing]] aircraft. It was retired from service in [[1993]]. [[NATO]] called it '''Forger'''. == Similar aircraft == * [[Harrier Jump Jet|BAe Harrier]] {{multistub|Military|transport}} [[Category:Soviet military aircraft]]