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FS2002/FS2004 Yakovlev Yak-38 "Forger-A". Yakovlev developed the Yak-38 based on Yak-36 V/STOL aircraft. Yak-38 was the first production vertical takeoff/landing aircraft built by the Soviet Union. Yak-38 was built to operate from the Soviet medium-sized Kiev class aircraft carriers. Two jet engines vertically installed behind the control seat generate the lift power. After the door equipped up and down is opened, these engines are worked. There are 16 air intakes that open with the spring in the door above. Another turbojet engine built into the body generates the cruise power. A total of about 230 aircraft were built. By Kazunori Ito.