The Iran Air Force has attempted with some success to maintain in service the large number of American-built aircraft which Iran acquired during the Shah'sregime.
The Air Force has turned to purchases of Soviet and Chinese aircraft, as well as pressing ex-Iraqi aircraft into service, and indigenously built aircraft, in order to maintain a capable force.
As of June 2016, the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force possesses 348 fighters, making it the ninth most powerful air-arm in the world, on paper.
Iran's Air Force Fleet:
- HESA dorna (lark)
- HESA kowsar
- Jf-7 fighter jet
- Mirage f1 fighter jet
- F-14 tomcat
- HESA ababil 3
- Hesa Kowsar(Thunderbolt)
- Hesa Saeqeh (Thunderbolt)
- P-3 Orion
- C-130
- F-4 Phantom
- Mikoyan Mig-29 Fulcrum
- F-5 fighter jet
- Sukhoi Su-24
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Song info:
Title: FireAndThunder
Artist: Cjbeards
Genre: Epic
License:"Cjbeards - FireandThunder" is under a Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0).
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Composed: By Ender Guney
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