page_title: Yakovlev Yak-52
section_title: Military operators
hierarchical_section_title: Yakovlev Yak-52 / Military operators
caption_attribution_description: English: Yak Front Cockpit (my photo)
context_page_description: The Yakovlev Yak-52 is a Soviet primary trainer aircraft which first flew in 1976. It was produced in Romania from 1977 to 1998 by Aerostar, as Iak-52, which gained manufacturing rights under agreement within the former COMECON socialist trade organisation. The Yak-52 was designed as an aerobatic trainer for students in the Soviet DOSAAF training organisation, which trained civilian sport pilots and military pilots. Currently the Yak-52 is used in the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale World Aerobatic Yak 52 Competition, a popular powered aircraft one-design World Aerobatic Championship.
context_section_description:  Armenia
  Armenian Air Force - 10
   Belarus
  DOSAAF (Belarus)
   Bulgaria
  Bulgarian Air Force
   Georgia
  Georgian Air Force
   Latvia
  Latvian Air Force
   Lithuania
  Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Forces
   Romania
  Romanian Air Force - 12
   Russia
  DOSAAF Russia
   Ukraine
  DOSAAF Ukraine
   Soviet Union
  DOSAAF
  Soviet Air Force
   Turkmenistan
  Military of Turkmenistan
   Vietnam
  Vietnam People's Air Force - 36
caption: Yak-52 front cockpit
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