Irkutsk Aviation Plant () is a company based in

Irkutsk Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and , ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 587,891 Irkutsk is the List of cities and towns in Russ ...

, Russia and established in 1932. It is a branch of

Irkut Corporation The JSC Yakovlev Corporation () () is a Russian aircraft manufacturer, headquartered in the Aeroport District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, It is the manufacturer of the Sukhoi Su-30 family of interceptor/ground-attack aircraft. The ...

, itself part of

United Aircraft Corporation The PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) () is a Russian Aerospace manufacturer, aerospace and Arms industry, defense corporation. With a majority stake belonging to the Russian government, it consolidates Russian private and state-owned Russ ...

. As of 2014, 2,500 people work in the plant. The Irkutsk Aviation Production Association, one of the oldest defense enterprises of the Transbaykal region, builds the Su-27 Flanker trainer. Since becoming a joint-stock firm it has aggressively sought to expand its civil and consumer product lines while maintaining some aircraft production. Since its establishment in 1932, the plant has produced over 7,000 aircraft, including the

Su-30 The Sukhoi Su-30 (; NATO reporting name: Flanker-C/G/H) is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union in the 1980s by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. It is a multirole fighter for all-weath ...

and

Yak-130 The Yakovlev Yak-130 (NATO reporting name: Mitten) is a subsonic two-seat advanced jet trainer and light combat aircraft originally developed by Yakovlev and Aermacchi as the "Yak/AEM-130". It has also been marketed as a potential light attack ...

. It is also involved in the production of the

MC-21 The Yakovlev MC-21 () is a Narrow-body airliner, single-aisle airliner, under development in Russia by the Yakovlev Corporation (formerly known as Irkut Corporation), a branch of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), itself a 92%-owned subsidi ...

airliner.

Products

In different years the plant has produced: * Fighter I-14 — 1935-1937 * High-speed bomber SB — 1936-1940 *

Pe-2 The Petlyakov Pe-2 ( — nickname «Пешка» (Pawn); NATO reporting name: Buck) was a Soviet twin-engine dive bomber used during World War II. One of the outstanding tactical attack aircraft of the war,Ethell 1996, p. 152. it also proved su ...

dive bomber A dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets in order to provide greater accuracy for the bomb it drops. Diving towards the target simplifies the bomb's trajectory and allows the pilot to keep visual contact througho ...

— 1941-1943 * Long-range fighter Pe-3 — 1942-1943 * IL-4 long-range bomber — 1942-1944 * Long-range bomber IL-6 — 1943 * Long-range bomber Yer-2 — 1944-1946 *

Yak-28 The Yakovlev Yak-28 () is a swept wing, turbojet-powered combat aircraft used by the Soviet Union. Produced initially as a tactical medium bomber, it was also manufactured in reconnaissance aircraft, reconnaissance, electronic warfare aircraft, ...

in front of the IAZA building * Front-line bomber

Tu-2 The Tupolev Tu-2 (development names ANT-58 and 103; NATO reporting name Bat) is a twin-engined Soviet high-speed daylight and frontline bomber aircraft used during World War II. The Tu-2 was tailored to meet a requirement for a high-speed bomber ...

— 1947-1950 * Tu-14 torpedo bomber — 1948-1953 * Front-line bomber IL-28 — 1953-1953 *

AN-12 The Antonov An-12 (Russian language, Russian: Антонов Ан-12; NATO reporting name: Cub) is a four-engined turboprop Cargo aircraft, transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It is the military version of the Antonov An-10 and has ...

transport aircraft — 1956-1962 *

bomber — 1960-1971 *

AN-24 The Antonov An-24 (Russian/ Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-24) (NATO reporting name: Coke) is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport/passenger aircraft designed in 1957 in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau and manufactured by the Kyiv ...

transport aircraft — 1967-1971 *

MiG-23 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (; NATO reporting name: Flogger) is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. It is a third-generation jet fighter, alongside similar Soviet aircra ...

UB combat training aircraft — 1970-1985 *

MiG-27 The Mikoyan MiG-27 (; NATO reporting name: Flogger-D/J) is a variable-sweep ground-attack aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union and later licence-produced in India by Hindustan Aeronautics as t ...

fighter-bomber — 1977-1983 *

Su-27 The Sukhoi Su-27 (; NATO reporting name: Flanker) is a Soviet-origin twin-engine supersonic supermaneuverable fighter aircraft designed by Sukhoi. It was intended as a direct competitor for the large US fourth-generation jet fighters suc ...

UBK combat training aircraft — 1986 *

K interceptor fighter — 1992 * Amphibious aircraft

Be-200 The Beriev Be-200 ''Altair'' () is a jet-powered amphibious flying boat of utility type designed and built by the Beriev Aircraft Company. Marketed as being designed for fire fighting, search and rescue, maritime patrol, cargo, and passenge ...

— 1992-2011 (production of the aircraft was transferred to the TANTK named after Berieva) * Multi-purpose combat aircraft Su-30MK — since 1997 * Multi-purpose combat aircraft Su-30KN — since 1998 *

combat training aircraft — since 2008 * Multifunctional supermaneuverable fighter

SU-30 The Sukhoi Su-30 (; NATO reporting name: Flanker-C/G/H) is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union in the 1980s by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. It is a multirole fighter for all-weath ...

SM — since 2012 * Passenger aircraft

— since 2014 (the first flight took place on May 28, 2017) * Training aircraft Yak-152 (the first flight took place on September 29, 2016) The plant's products are supplied to 37 countries of the world:

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

and others.

Directors

* 1932 - Lyushinsky Alexander Danilovich * 1932-1935 - Iryanov Vladimir Grigoryevich * 1935-1936 - Makar Yevsey Grigorievich * 1936-1937 - Gorelits Abram Grigorievich * 1938-1940 - Levin Israel Solomonovich * 1940-1942 - Iosilovich Isaac Borisovich * 1942-1946 - Abramov Viktor Ivanovich * 1946-1947 - Petrov Kirill Alexandrovich * 1948-1952 - Semenov Mikhail Pavlovich * 1953-1960 - Ivanchenko Sergey Kuzmich * 1960-1968 - Khlopotunov Anatoly Sergeevich * 1968-1979 - Maksimovsky Viktor Afanasievich * 1980-1993 - Gorbunov Gennady Nikolaevich * 1993-1997 - Fedorov Alexey Innokentievich * 1997-2008 Kovalkov Vladimir Vasilyevich * from 2008 - Veprev Alexander Alekseevich

References

External links

Official website
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