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C-130, IL-76, F27, Boeing 747, Boeing 707, Falcon 20, Falcon 50, JetStar, PC-6, Socata TB, HESA Simourgh. The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF; Persian: نیروی هوایی ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران, romanized: Nirū-ye Havāyi-ye Arteš-e Jomhūri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān) is the aviation branch of the Islamic ...
The missile would pose an additional challenge for Ukraine, which is constantly adapting its air defenses to innovations by Russian forces. Iran's semi-official Fars news agency says the missile ...
[20] [21] He was also believed to be the head of the Redwan Force, an elite Hezbollah branch. [ 19 ] [ 22 ] In the 1980s, he was a key figure in the Islamic Jihad Organization , a terrorist cell operated by Hezbollah and responsible for the 1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut , killing 63 people, and the attacks on the multinational force bases ...
In 1997, the Iranian Air Defense forces declared the Almaz S-200 Angara (SA-5 'Gammon') low-to high-altitude surface-to-air missile (SAM) operational. In December 2005, Iran entered into a contract to purchase 29 TOR-M1 (SA-15 Gauntlet) mobile surface-to-air missile defense systems from Russia worth more than US$700 million (EUR 600 million).
Ranks. Rank insignia of the Iranian military. The Iranian Armed Forces, [a] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces, [b] are the combined military forces of Iran, comprising the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (Artesh), the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah) and the Law Enforcement Command (Faraja).
1974–75 Shatt al-Arab conflict. Insignia. Roundel. Fin flash. The Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF) was a branch of the Imperial Iranian Armed Forces and was established by Reza Shah, the Shah of Iran, in 1920. [citation needed] It became operational with its first fully trained pilots on February 25, 1925. [citation needed]
An Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb killed at least 37 people. Two Hezbollah commanders, Ibrahim Aqil and Ahmed Wahbi, are said to have died in the strike.
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.