designed from scratch 20 years later. Operators Afghanistan Afghan Air Force Albania Albanian Air Force (including Chinese CJ-6 variants). Algeria Algerian Air Force Armenia Armenian Air Force Austria Austrian Air Force Bulgaria Bulgarian Air Force Cambodia Royal Cambodian Air Force Khmer Air Force China People's Liberation Army Air Force - manufactured in China under the designation CJ-5. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakian Air Force Czechoslovakian National Security Guard East Germany Air Forces of the National People's Army Egypt Egyptian Air Force Guinea Military of Guinea Hungary Hungarian Air Force Iraq Iraqi Air Force Laos Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force Mali Air Force of Mali Mongolia Mongolian People's Air Force North Korea North Korean Air Force Poland Polish Air Force Romania Romanian Air Force Somalia Somali Air Corps Soviet Union DOSAAF Soviet Air Force Syria Syrian Air Force Transnistria Military of Transnistria - 2 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Air Force Vietnam Vietnam People's Air Force Yemen Yemen Air Force Zambia Zambian Air Force Specifications (Yak-18A) See also References External links Description page on aviation.ru Low-wing aircraft 1940s Soviet military trainer aircraft 1940s Soviet civil trainer aircraft Yak-018 Aerobatic aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1946