The L-39 is a Czechoslovakian jet trainer that can also serve in a light ground-attack role. Remember the controversy, in the 1990s, involving Pepsi Cola and an AV-8B Harrier jump jet? Well, long ...

The Hungarian Air Force received the initial delivery of three Aero L-39 Skyfox trainer aircraft from Aero Vodochody Aerospace at Kecskemét Air Base. This event marks the commencement of fulfilment ...

Hungary has taken delivery of its first trio of Aero Vodochody L-39NG Skyfox jet trainer aircraft. The Eastern European country is the third customer to receive the Skyfox after Vietnam and LOM Praha, ...

Bayraktar TB2 UAVs and L-39 jets lined up for a handover ceremony at Bamako's international airport on 16 March. (Presidence Mali) The Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) held another reception ceremony for ...

From private owners to official aerobatic teams, the L-39 Albatros crossed the borders of time and continents and became the most used jet trainer in the world. And it is over half of century old.

The Hungarian Air Force received the first three L-39 Skyfox aircraft out of a total order of 12 signed in 2022, of which four will be in a reconnaissance configuration. On May 30, 2025, the Hungarian ...

Czech aircraft manufacturer Aero Vodochody Aerospace achieved record-breaking financial performance in 2024, bolstered by its ownership and a revamped management approach emphasising the sales of its ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. The L-39 Albatros first entered service in 1972, and ...

Vietnam ordered 12 new Aero Vodochody L-39 Skyfox trainer and light attack aircraft in 2021. (Aero Vodochody) The Czech manufacturer, Aero Vodochody, has said that it has completed delivery of Vietnam ...

In a major evaluation of what the Pentagon has positioned as the future of air combat, Lockheed Martin’s secretive Skunk Works unit has simulated an air-to-air fighter engagement that saw a crewed jet ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Aero Vodochody L-39 jet that crashed in Minnesota after leaving the airport in Watertown on Monday is the same type of aircraft used for the 2022 movie “Top Gun: ...

MOSCOW, August 14. /TASS/. An L-39 trainer aircraft has crashed at an airfield in the Krasnodar Region in southern Russia, killing one crew member, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "An L-39 training ...