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The yak (Bos grunniens) is a wild ox found in Tibet and surrounding areas of central Asia. It is notable for the heavy fringe of long hair which occurs at the sides of the body.
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The AA-3 Anab was a Soviet guided air-to-air missile first introduced in 1961 and fitted to many Warsaw Pact aircraft including the Su-9, Mig-21 and Yak-28 during the 1960's and 1970s. The early AA-3A used infra-red guidance and had a maximum range of 20 km, the later AA-3B model used a semi-active radar guidance system and had a longer range of 30 km. Both models had a flight speed of Mach 2.5. The AA-3 was armed with a 30 kg proximity and impact-fused blast/fragmentation warhead.
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The PZL-101 Gawron is a Polish two-seater single-engined agricultural, ambulance and utility light aircraft developed from the Soviet Yak-12. The PZL-101 is a braced high-wing monoplane powered by a AI-14R nine-cylinder radial air-cooled engine providing a top speed of 171 kmh and a range of 660 km.
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The Yakovlev YAK-1 was a Russian single-seater fighter aircraft of the Second World War. The Yakovlev YAK-1 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane powered by a M-105P 12-cylinder Vee liquid-cooled engine providing a top speed of 536 kmh. Armaments consisted of one 20 mm motor cannon and two 12.7 mm machine-guns mounted over the engine and six 25 kg rocket-propelled fragmentation bombs carried under the wings.
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The Yakovlev Yak-11 (Moose) is a Soviet two-seater intermediate and advanced flying trainer with limited armament training capability. The Yak-11 is a low-wing cantilever monoplane that entered service in 1947. The Yak-11 is armed with one 12.7 mm Beresin UBS heavy machine-gun or one 7.62 mm ShKAS machine-gun in the upper port side of the fuselage and can carry 200 kg of disposable stores on two under-wing hard points. One Shvetsov ASh-21 seven-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine provides a top speed of 465 kmh and a range of 1280 km, an endurance of 4 hours 20 minutes flying.
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The Yakovlev Yak-12 (Creek) is a Soviet four-seater general-purpose monoplane first prototyped in 1944 as the Yak-14 and often used as a glider tug and air ambulance. The Yak-12 is a high-wing rigidly-braced monoplane of mixed construction powered by an AI-14R mine-cylinder radial air-cooled engine providing a top speed of 180 kmh and a range of 450 km. Various models of Yak-12 have been produced since 1949, with various performances including a top speed of 215 kmh and a range of 1070 km for the Yak-12A which was first seen in 1957.
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The Yakovlev YAK-141 (Freestyle) is a Soviet supersonic carrier borne multi-role STOVL fighter. It operates with lift engines in the forward fuselage and a vectoring nozzle on the main engine, placed well forward, between twin tail booms. The Yakovlev YAK-141 is powered by one MNPK 'Soyuz' R-79V-300 turbofan main engine and two RKBM RD-41 turbojets providing a top speed of Mach 1.7 and a maximum range of 700 km typically. Armaments consist of one Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 30 mm cannon and up to 2600 kg of disposable stores carried on five hard points, one under the fuselage and four under the wings.
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The Yakovlev Yak-15 ('Feather') was a Soviet single-seater fighter aircraft first flown as a prototype in 1946 and produced from 1946 to 1948. The Yak-15 was powered by a RD-10 (Junkers Jumo 004 B) turbojet providing a top speed of 785 kmh and a range of 740 km. Armaments consisted of two 23 mm cannons.
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The Yakovlev Yak-16 was a Soviet twin-engined medium feeder-line transport aircraft first displayed outside of the Soviet Union in 1948, and in service with Aeroflot during the 1950's. The Yak-16 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of metal construction powered by two Ash-21 seven-cylinder air-cooled single-row radial engines providing a top speed of 310 kmh and a range of 1000 km. The Yak-16 carried a crew of two or three and up to ten passengers.
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The Yakovlev Yak-17 was a Soviet single-seater fighter aircraft probably initially developed as a two-seater trainer, and first flown in 1947 and based upon the earlier Yak-15. The Yakovlev Yak-17 was powered by a RD-10A (Junkers Jumo 004 A) turbojet providing a top speed of 830 kmh and a range of 740 km. Armaments consisted of two 23 mm cannons.
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