page_title: Yakovlev Yak-18
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: Yakovlev Yak-18 / Operators
caption_attribution_description: c/n 14-320-30. Ex Chinese Air Force, but now wearing Yugoslavian Air Force markings and on display in the ‘Foreign’ hangar at the Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, California, USA. 28-2-2016
context_page_description: The Yakovlev Yak-18 is a tandem two-seat military primary trainer aircraft manufactured in the Soviet Union. Originally powered by one 119 kW Shvetsov M-11FR-1 radial piston engine, it entered service in 1946. It was also produced in China as the Nanchang CJ-5.
context_section_description: Afghanistan
  Afghan Air Force
  Albania
  Albanian Air Force (including Chinese CJ-6 variants).
  Algeria
  Algerian Air Force
  Armenia
  Armenian Air Force
  Austria
  Austrian Air Force
  Bulgaria
  Bulgarian Air Force
  Cambodia
  Royal Cambodian Air Force
  Khmer Air Force
  China
  People's Liberation Army Air Force - manufactured in China under the designation CJ-5.
  Czechoslovakia
  Czechoslovakian Air Force
  Czechoslovakian National Security Guard
  East Germany
  Air Forces of the National People's Army
  Egypt
  Egyptian Air Force
  Guinea
  Military of Guinea
  Hungary
  Hungarian Air Force
  Iraq
  Iraqi Air Force
  Laos
  Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force
  Mali
  Air Force of Mali
  Mongolia
  Mongolian People's Air Force
  North Korea
  North Korean Air Force
  Poland
  Polish Air Force
  Romania
  Romanian Air Force
  Somalia
  Somali Air Corps
  Soviet Union
  DOSAAF
  Soviet Air Force
  Syria
  Syrian Air Force
  Transnistria
  Military of Transnistria - 2
  Turkmenistan
  Turkmenistan Air Force
  Vietnam
  Vietnam People's Air Force
  Yemen
  Yemen Air Force
  Zambia
  Zambian Air Force
caption: North Korean Air Force
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