Preserved at the Central Aerodrome Museum at the Frunze Central Airfield/Khodynka, Moscow. The museum closed in 2003 and the aircraft moved on. The site was redeveloped.

The Yak-38 shipboard VTOL fighter - a turkey. Its intended successor, the Yak-141, is seen on the right.

Preserved ship-borne VTOL fighter

The Yak-38 (NATO reporting name 'Forger) was the Soviet Navy's only operational VTOL strike fighter aircraft as well as being its first operational carrier-based fixed-wing aircraft. This example is on display at the Central Museum of the Air Forces at Monino.

The Yak-38 (NATO reporting name 'Forger') was the Soviet Union's only operational VTOL strike fighter aircraft, developed specifically for the Kiev-class aircraft carriers. This upgraded M-version (Forger-A), one of 50 built, is on display at the Central Museum of the Air Forces at Monino.