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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.
In July 2019, Russia offered the Su-35 to Turkey after it was removed from the F-35 programme by United States due to the purchase of the S-400 missile system. [155] CEO of Rostec Sergey Chemezov, said, "If our Turkish colleagues express a desire, we are ready to work out the deliveries of Su-35 fighter jets". [156]
Fighter-Bomber: Su-22M3/M4: 20: 1991–present: 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 ...
As all 148 Iranian F-4s and F-5s had been sent for a bombing raid on Iraq, 60 F-14 Tomcats were scrambled to defend Iranian airspace against a possible Iraqi retaliation. Iranian F-14s managed to down 2 Iraqi MiG-21s (1 MiG-21RF and 1 MiG-21MF) and 3 Iraqi MiG-23s (MiG-23MS); an Iranian F-5E also shot down an Iraqi Su-20 during the operation.
In December 2019, one of Russia's Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter jets crashed in the Far East during a test flight, marking the first accident of its kind involving the superior plane.
Su-11: prototype twin-engine fighter developed from the Su-9, resembled the Me 262, 1946; Su-12: observation plane, 1947; Su-13: prototype twin-engine jet fighter developed from the Su-11, 1947; Su-15: fighter-interceptor, 1949; Su-17: fighter, 1949; Sukhoi-Gulfstream S-21: a supersonic business jet design. Sukhoi KR-860: doubledeck superjumbo ...
Tehran has a squadron of nine F-4 and F-5 fighter jets, one squadron of Russian-made Sukhoi-24 jets, ... But Iran's dependence on Sukhoi-24s jets, first developed in the 1960s, shows the relative ...
Sukhoi Su-22: Fighter-bomber 9 [1] 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]