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On 26 August 2012, deputy Defence Minister Mohammad Eslami announced that an upgraded version of the Saeqeh would be introduced in the Iranian Air Force by the end of 2013. [ N 1 ] [ 12 ] In total five of the Saeqeh-1 single seat variant and one Saeqeh-2 twin seat variant were manufactured before production ended, and production shifted to the ...
Two previous USAF/AAF/AAC number series are included due to their impact and partial incorporation into the tri-service system (A, B, C, F and O reset to one, but # carryover existed). The United States department of Defense was established in 1949, the old name Department of War was retired in 1947.
Number Years Notes HESA Saeqeh: Iran: Light fighter: Saegheh-1/2: 6 [9] 2006–present: Is claimed to be heavily upgraded and indigenously made HESA Kowsar: Iran: Fighter aircraft: 4 [9] [10] 2018–present: Western analysts have described the plane as inefficient as a weapon, but having potential for training a new generation of Iranian ...
HESA has been subject to American sanctions since 2008. [6] The Council of the European Union sanctioned it on 26 July 2010, [7] and HM Treasury on 27 July 2010. [8] On 30 January 2023, the European Union imposed additional sanctions on HESA for providing Russia with UAVs used in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [9] [10]
As of January 2024: 104(Maximum number of aircraft planned for deployment) F-16 Fighting Falcon: United States multirole F-16C: 726 726 F-16C total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac). [1] 418 F-16C - Active. 258 F-16C - Air National Guard. 50 F-16C - Reserve. 708 F-16C operational (WAF 2025). [2] Trainer aircraft listed separately. F-22 ...
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This template is used to format United States Air Force (and predecessors) aircraft serial numbers in such a way that they are not mistaken for number ranges. USAF serial numbers since 1921 consist of two numbers (fiscal year and sequence number) joined by a hyphen. This format is often mistaken for a number range by editors, and as such the ...
In the United States, all military aircraft display a serial number to identify individual aircraft. These numbers are located on the aircraft tail, so they are sometimes referred to unofficially as "tail numbers". On the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bomber, lacking a tail, the number appears on the nose gear door. Individual agencies have each ...