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M-346 Master (wallpaper 1). M-346 Master aircraft images wallpaper gallery 1. M-346 Master airplane pictures and images collection 1. Trainer Aircraft. The M-346 Master is an advanced and lead-in fifth-generation fighter trainer being developed by Aermacchi SpA (Italy), a Finmeccanica company. The aircraft is a development of the YAK/AEM-130, a joint programme with Yakolev Design Bureau and Sokol Manufacturing Plant of Russia. In July 2000, Aermacchi announced that it would cancel the joint project and develop the aircraft alone, as the M-346. The M-346 prototype completed its first flight in July 2004. The second prototype made its maiden flight in May 2005. The first low-rate initial production (LRIP) aircraft made its maiden flight in July 2008. The Italian Air Force (ITAF), the launch customer, will receive the first batch of 15 M-346 Master aircraft. M-346 Master (wallpaper 1). M-346 Master aircraft images wallpaper gallery 1. M-346 Master airplane pictures and images collection 1. Alenia Aermacchi signed a €220m ($330m) contract with ITAF in June 2009 to supply six M-346 jets with two aircraft deliveries to begin in final quarter of 2010. The remaining four will be delivered by late 2011 at Lecce air base south-eastern Italy. The contract also involves a five-year maintenance and logistics support. The M-346 was successful in its first air-to-air refuelling tests and several techniques performed by ITAF and the company pilots. The second prototype of the M-346 was displayed at Singapore Air Show 2010. In April 2009, Alenia Aermacchi received the design organisation military approval (DOMA) certificate for the M-346 Master allowing autonomous and direct management of the homologation process including continuation of its airworthiness. DOMA also enables Alenia Aermacchi to streamline M-346 interface with the DGAA (Direzione Generale Armamenti Aeronauticiefficient) and improve internal design and development processes of the aircraft. M-346 Master (wallpaper 1). M-346 Master aircraft images wallpaper gallery 1. M-346 Master airplane pictures and images collection 1.