Title: Yakovlev Yak-9 Content: The Yakovlev Yak-9  is a single-engine, single-seat multipurpose fighter aircraft. It was used by the Soviet Union and its allies during World War II and the early Cold War. The Yak-9 played a major role in taking back air superiority from the Luftwaffe's new Focke-Wulf Fw 190 and Messerschmitt Bf 109G fighters during the Battle of Kursk in summer 1943. It was one of the most produced Soviet fighters of World War II. The Yak-9 stayed in production from 1942 to 1948, with 16,769 built (14,579 during the war).Drabkin 2007, p. 146. After World War II, the Yak-9 would also be used by the North Korean Air Force during the Korean War.Angelucci and Matricardi 1978, p. 246. == Users == ; * Albanian Air Force was given 72 aircraft in 1947, including 12 Yak-9V trainers. ; * Bulgarian Air Force ; * People's Liberation Army Air Force ; * French Air Force (Armée de l'Air) ** Normandie-Niemen squadron ; * Hungarian Air Force was given aircraft in 1949. The type's Hungarian name was "Vércse" (Kestrel). ; was given 34 aircraft in late June 1945. ; * North Korean Air Force ; * Air Force of the Polish Army * Polish Air Force used several aircraft from 1947 to 1953. * Polish Navy ; * Soviet Air Force * Soviet Air Defence Forces ; * SFR Yugoslav Air Force – 16 Yak-9T, 40 Yak-9P, 47 Yak-9D/M and 68 Yak-9V aircraft in 1944–1950/1960Yugoslav Air Force 1942–1992, Bojan Dimitrijevic, Belgrade 2006 ** 111th Fighter Aviation Regiment (1947–1948) ** 112th Fighter Aviation Regiment (1947–1948) ** 94th Fighter Aviation Regiment (1948–1952) ** 116th Fighter Aviation Regiment (1948–1950) ** 117th Fighter Aviation Regiment (1948–1950) ** 141st Training Aviation Regiment (1952–1953) ** 2nd Training Aviation Regiment (1946–1948) ** 101st Fighter-Training Aviation Regiment (1948–1950) ** 103rd Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (1950–1951) ** 104th Training Aviation Regiment (1948–1950) ** Training Squadron of 32nd Aviation Division (1953–1959) ** Training Squadron of 39th Aviation Division (1953–1959) ** Training Squadron of 44th Aviation Division (1953–1954) == Surviving aircraft == thumb|Yak-9 on display at the Museum of Flight thumb|A Yakovlev YAK-9U in Seattle, Washington's Museum of Flight; three-quarter view from above. ; Bulgaria * Yak-9P on display at the Aviation Museum in Krumovo, Plovdiv. ; North Korea * Yak-9P on display at Victorious War Museum in Pyongyang. ; Poland * Yak-9P on static display at the Museum of the Polish Navy in Gdynia, Pomerania. It is tactical number 2 and was used by the Navy Aviation Escadrille until 1956. On 12 December 1956, it was transferred to the museum on behalf of the Navy Command. * Yak-9P on static display at the Museum of the Polish Army in Warsaw, Mazovia. It is tactical number 23 and was used by the 1st Fighter Aviation Regiment from 1947 until 1950. It was transferred to the museum on 10 August 1950 on behalf of the Air Force Command. ; Russia * Yak-9U on static display at the Central Air Force Museum in Monino, Moscow Oblast. * Yak-9 on static display at the Vadim Zadorozhny Museum of Technology in Krasnogorsky District, Moscow Oblast. * Yak-9 on static display at the Museum of the Air Forces of the Northern Fleet in Safonovo, Murmansk Oblast. ; Serbia * Yak-9P in storage at the Aeronautical Museum Belgrade in Surčin, Belgrade. ; Ukraine * Yak-9 on static display at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War in Kyiv. ; United States * Yak-9U on static display at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington. == Specifications (Yak-9U) == thumb|Yak 9P 3-view drawing