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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. [17]
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Israeli Air and Space Arm זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל Emblem of the Israeli Air and Space Arm Founded May 28, 1948 ; 76 years ago (1948-05-28) Country Israel Type Air force Space force Role Aerial warfare Space warfare Size 34,000 active personnel 55,000 reserve personnel 608 ...
Additional information is available at the article Air Force of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution, which force operates Iran's long-range missiles. Iran was reported to have purchased 18 mobile Musudan missiles (the extended range version of Soviet R-27 Zyb ) with a 3,200-to-4,000 km range in 2005.
The Israeli Air Force has long been regarded as the Middle East's premier aerial fleet, supplied in large part with US-made aircraft and munitions. ... Israel also flies a large fleet of F-15s and ...
Designation Year Year Hebrew designation Airspeed Oxford/Consul: 1949: 1961: Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master: 2014-Lavi (young lion) לביא Avro Anson: 1949: 1961: Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet
Operation Morvarid, a successful joint operation by the IRIAF and the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy in the Persian Gulf against the Iraqi Air Force and Navy. Operation Sultan 10, an operation to disrupt delivery of new French fighter planes to the Iraqi Air force and the associated training of personnel, during the Iran–Iraq war.
Unable to import weapon systems from abroad due to international and U.S. sanctions, and suffering from an increasingly aging air force fleet, Iran has invested considerable funds into an ambitious ballistic and cruise missile program for mid-range strike capability, [11] and has manufactured different types of arms and munitions, including ...
Raad – Air defence system with a range of 50 kilometers and engagement altitude of 25 to 27 kilometers [199] Zubin air defense Bavar-373 – Iran-made air defense system carrying surface-to-air Sayyad-4 (missile), which uses two or three types of missiles to confront aerial targets in different layers. [200] [201]