The Yak-141 Freestyle may not technically count as a predecessor to the F-35, but the JSF does seem to have at least some Russian DNA floating around its engine design — and as the F-35 came to ...

Key point: The Yak-141 Freestyle may not technically count as a predecessor to the F-35, but the JSF does seem to have at least some Russian DNA floating around its engine design… For all the yelling ...

The Yak 141 was a whirlwind of ambition and danger - a supersonic VTOL fighter built for the Soviet Navy that nearly rewrote the rules of aerial combat - capable of vertical takeoff and thunderous ...

The Soviet Union’s groundbreaking Yak-141 fighter was ahead of its time, capable of hovering like a helicopter and flying like a jet. Learn how the US ended up stealing this military marvel after ...