page_title: Yakovlev Yak-23
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: Yakovlev Yak-23 / Operators
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Як-23 в Центральном музее Военно-воздушных сил РФ
context_page_description: The Yakovlev Yak-23 was an early Soviet jet fighter with a straight wing. It was developed from the Yak-17 in the late 1940s and used a reverse-engineered copy of a British engine. It was not built in large numbers as it was inferior in performance to the swept-wing Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15. Many Yak-23s were exported to the Warsaw Pact nations and remained in service for most of the 1950s, although some were still in use a decade later.
context_section_description:  Albania
  Albanian Air Force - The first aircraft was received in 1951. 
   Bulgaria
  Bulgarian Air Force - Received over 100 aircraft, used them until 1958.
   Czechoslovakia
  Czechoslovak Air Force - Received 20 aircraft in 1949.
  Korean People's Army Air Force - A small number were used in the Korean War. 
   Poland
  Polish Air Force - Received about 100 aircraft operated between 1950 and 1956.
   Romania
  Romanian Air Force - Received 62 aircraft in 1951 and used them until the late 1960s.
   Soviet Union
  Soviet Air Force - Operated aircraft between 1949 and 1951.
caption: Yak-23 in the Russian Central Air Force Museum, Monino Airfield
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