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Operation Morvarid, a successful joint operation by the IRIAF and the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy in the Persian Gulf against the Iraqi Air Force and Navy. Operation Sultan 10, an operation to disrupt delivery of new French fighter planes to the Iraqi Air force and the associated training of personnel, during the Iran–Iraq war.
The Iranian Air Force received 40 Su-20/22s from Iraq in 1991. [15] While non-operational for several years, Iran started in 2013 an overhauling program for these. [16] In March 2015, 10 of the Iranian Air Force Su-22 were transferred to the Syrian Arab Air Force to fight in the ongoing Civil War. [17]
The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force is a branch split off from the IRIAF and has 15,000 personnel. [ 6 ] [ 36 ] The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps , or Revolutionary Guards, has an estimated 190,000 personnel in five branches: Its own Navy , [ 35 ] Aerospace Force , and Ground Forces ; and the Quds Force ( special forces ).
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-300. [6] In 2016 Russia completed delivery all missiles to Iran. [7]
The tradition of aircraft-based air defense, derived from the US-trained Air Force from before the 1979 Iranian revolution, was giving way to an expanding arsenal of ground-based air defense missile systems. Still, Iran was at the time unable to construct a nationwide, integrated air defense network, and continued to rely on point defense of ...
It is primarily designed for training fighter pilots, though it may also be used for close air support missions. The aircraft is believed to be based on the Spanish CASA C-101. [5] Developed by specialists within the Iranian Armed Forces, the Yasin is intended to enhance the training capabilities of Iran's air forces. [6] [7]
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force, officially known as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Air and Space Force [3] (IRGCASF; Persian: نیروی هوافضای سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, romanized: niru-ye havâfazây-e sepâh-e pâsdârân-e enghelâb-e eslâmi, acronymed in Persian as NEHSA), is the strategic missile, air, and space force of ...
Due to the continuous spare parts shortages faced by the air force, a decision was made in the late 1980s to develop a local aerospace industry to support the air force. In 2002, Iran with the co-operation of Ukraine, successfully started the manufacture of the Iran-140; a licence-built version of the Antonov An-140 transport