The Yakovlev Yak-36, also known as Izdeliye V, (NATO reporting name “Freehand”) is a Soviet technology demonstrator for a VTOL combat aircraft. After much testing and practice the first public presentation of the Yak-36 was made on 9 July 1967 at an air show at Moscow-Domodedovo airport, marking the 50th Anniversary of the October Revolution. After the promising results obtained from the flight test programme of the Yak-36, the next development step was the Yakovlev Yak-36M which flew for the first time on 27 September 1970.