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An Iran Air Boeing 707-320 at Frankfurt Airport in 1970 An Iran Air Boeing 747SP at John F. Kennedy International Airport in 1976 In 1965, Iran Air took delivery of its first jet aircraft, the Boeing 707 and six Boeing 727-100 , followed by the Boeing 737-200 in 1971, three of the stretched Boeing 727-200 in 1974, and three variants of Boeing ...
The IIAF deployed aircraft to Oman in the 1970s, when Iran provided military assistance to that country, during the Dhofar rebellion. During this conflict, one Iranian F-4 Phantom II was shot down by rebels. In 1976, the Imperial Iranian Air Force responded to a UFO incident over the Iranian capital, Tehran.
The 1976 Tehran UFO Incident was a radar and visual sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) over Tehran, the capital of Iran, during the early morning hours of 19 September 1976. During the incident, two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jet interceptors reported losing instrumentation and communications as they approached the ...
In the 1970s Pahlavi Iran looked for an air superiority fighter to counter Soviet air incursions of MiG-25 fighters. [71] In October 1978, two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-14As intercepted a high-and-fast–flying Soviet MiG-25 over the Caspian Sea tracking it for two minutes and forcing it to abort a reconnaissance run over Iran. [72]
A medium-range drone, capable of carrying air to ground missiles H-110 Sarir: Unmanned combat aerial vehicle: 10+ 2013 Iran: Capable of carrying air-to-air missiles Fotros: Unmanned combat aerial vehicle: 3+ 2013 Iran: Unmanned combat aerial vehicle with range of 2000 km, flight ceiling of 25000 ft and 16–30 hours flight endurance, armed with ...
Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile: 200 battery: 1970s–present: In 1999, Iran locally upgraded their Hawk Missile systems to Improved Hawk Missiles and increased their range up to 24–30 km and flight altitude up to 14–16 km. Missile Specifications: Range = 24–30 km Altitude = 14–16 km Speed = Mach 2.4
Read more The post 29 Photos That Capture the Golden Age of Air Travel (1950s – 1970s) appeared first on Wealth Gang. Air travel these days feels more like a necessary chore than a luxury, and ...
Imperial Iranian Air Force Flight 48 was a military cargo flight from Tehran, Iran, to McGuire Air Force Base in the United States with a stopover in Madrid, Spain.On May 9, 1976, the Boeing 747-131 freighter operating the flight crashed during its approach to Madrid, killing all 17 people on board.