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Iran: Advanced Trainer: 1+ HESA Yasin (formerly known as Kowsar 88) is a light aircraft and advance training aircraft designed and manufactured by Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Company at the request of the Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Yassin uses two 7,000-pound turbojet engines and is on par with the Russian MiG-AT jet. 1 crashed ...
In 2006, after Iranian media published a series of reports suggesting that Venezuela was interested in selling its 21 F-16 Fighting Falcons to Iran, [10] a Hugo Chavez adviser confirmed to the Associated Press that "Venezuela's military is considering selling its fleet of U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to another country, possibly Iran, in ...
Iran possess latest S-300 version S-300PMU2. Obtained 4 batteries from Russia. Russia has completed the delivery of S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran, IRIA news agency quoted Russia's state arms export agency as saying on Thursday Oct 15 2016. Iran announced that it had a "domestically made" system with the same capabilities as the S ...
But Iran's dependence on Sukhoi-24s jets, first developed in the 1960s, shows the relative weakness of its air force. For defence, Iran relies on a mixture of Russian and domestically produced ...
Iran claims to have upgraded its F-4, F-5, and F-14 fighter jets, and produced spare parts including tires, avionics, and engine components. [85] [11] Shahed (Observer) flight recorder – able to record flight, image, and sound parameters. [86] Jahesh-700 Turbofan engine - Reverse engineered Williams FJ33. [87] [88]
The U.S. is beefing up its use of fighter jets around the strategic Strait of Hormuz to protect ships from Iranian seizures, a senior defense official said Friday, adding that the U.S. is ...
Iran also made a point to again show off its Abu Mahdi cruise missile, first unveiled in 2020, which could be used to targets ships at sea up to 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) away.
In July 2018, ten overhauled and modernized Su-22 fighter jets were unveiled. [2] Combat Aircraft Monthly quoted a spokesman for Iranian Aviation Industries stating "the PARS and IACI companies have been able to overhaul some 15 Su-22s, including two that were returned to Iraq". [3] Three more were planned for overhaul as of February 2019. [3]