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Iran: Fighter aircraft: 4 [9] [10] 2018–present: Redesigned F-5. Western analysts have described the plane as inefficient as a weapon, but having potential for training a new generation of Iranian fighter pilots. According to the Iranian state-media, this fighter jet has "advanced avionics" and multipurpose radar, and it was "100-percent ...
Qaher-313 in 2017. The managing director of the Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO), a subsidiary of the Defense Ministry, announced in a televised interview on 18 February 2023 that the fighter had reached technical maturity but would be reworked and fielded as an unmanned drone rather than a manned aircraft to adapt it to the requirements of Iranian military units, first deliveries ...
The HESA Kowsar (Persian: کوثر, also spelt Kosar) [1] is an Iranian fighter jet based on the American Northrop F-5. [2] [3] The aircraft is equipped with new fourth generation avionics in combination with an advanced fire control system. [4] [1]
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 is acquiring Russia's Su-35 fighter jet, a top Iranian military official said. CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images Iran looks to finally be getting the Su-35 fighters it has long sought.
[2] [3] A joint product of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force and the Iranian Ministry of Defence, it is the second generation of the Iranian Azarakhsh fighter. [4] Saeqeh aircraft were tested successfully in Iran 20 September 2007.
Israel used the fighter jet in widespread strikes against Iran in late October. The success of that operation underscores the F-35's ability to battle higher-level threats.
The HESA Azarakhsh (Persian: آذرخش Âzaraxš, "Thunderbolt") is a jet fighter aircraft manufactured by the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA). It is widely regarded as a rebuilt and renamed American Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter/Tiger II [2] although Iranian authorities claim it is Iran's first domestically manufactured combat jet fighter.