UT-2 | |
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General information | |
Type | Trainer |
National origin | USSR |
Manufacturer | Yakovlev |
Designer | |
Status | retired |
Primary user | Soviet Air Forces |
Number built | 7,243 |
History | |
Manufactured | 1936 to 1948 |
First flight | 1935 |
Developed from | AIR-10, Ya-20 |
Variants | Yakovlev Yak-5 |
The Yakovlev UT-2 (Russian: Яковлев УТ-2; NATO reporting name "Mink") is a single-engine tandem two-seat low-wing monoplane that was the standard Soviet trainer during World War II. It was used by the Soviet Air Force from 1937 until replaced by the Yakovlev Yak-18 during the 1950s.