Apr 11, 2013 · IRIAF needs nothing but SU-35S+ Kowsar-II, Karrar/Qaher based unmanned wingmen and IADS-slaved AWACS. The rest of the fleet except F-14AM does nothing for Iran.

Jan 11, 2012 · An Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) Yak-130 inside a hangar. Tasnim News Agency. The Yak-130’s arrival in Iran fits with past reporting on Tehran securing new Russian equipment in exchange for supplying Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine.

Apr 11, 2013 · Iriaf should move toward yf-17 as usa , the documents of it already in Irief hand from shah era or mig29, or move to some other heavier platform than F5. With putting Air Intake under wings which is hard step. The era to have high diameter A2A missile has finished as china prove it and Kowsar...

Sep 22, 2022 · Ideally the iriaf would be wanting the R-37m and K-77M a2a missiles for its su35 fleet,as these [on paper at least] equal or exceed the capabilities of the a2a weapons carried by the gulfie/zionist/nato airforces in the region.Otherwise the iriaf could potentially wind up …

Apr 11, 2013 · If that is the case why not build underground mountain airbases like China and North Korea have? China's underground airbases are basically impossible to destroy. You can't destroy it even with nuclear weapons. IRIAF could built 5-10 underground airbases hosting IRIAF most valuable assets...

Jul 15, 2014 · Some of the stories told by the IRIAF pilots during the Iran-Iraq war. THE GREAT ESCAPE AND THE RESCUE BY THE IRANIAN ARMY HELICOPTERS Thursday, Dec 4, 1980 Azar 13, 1359 It’s around 1600, and I, as the 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron Commander, along with, Lt. Colonel Faraj Baratpour ” The...

Jun 7, 2023 · IRIAF is just badly managed that them wasting the budget on keeping 3.5 generation legacies is more important then allocating money to award contracts to HESA and SAIRAN for local combat suites for a single low RCS airframe. Kowsar-I's suite is 4.0 Gen but 4.0 Gen itself is obsolete now. Not IRIAF related but since its part of IADS ...

Apr 11, 2013 · Just since they put that old plastic toy again out some get excited and call it an UCAV?! :omghaha: IMO these blurry dots are simply too blurry to see if it is an UCAV or just the old one.

Apr 11, 2013 · My crystal ball: - IRIAF will receive a less than 10 Su-30, followed by a squadron of 24 Su-35 in less than 6 months, along with an order of <5 Su-57 and modernization of the MiG-29 9.12 into MiG-29M2 standards. Total number of Su-35, Su-30, Su-57 more than 60 fighters.

Apr 11, 2013 · basically waste of money nothing else and because wasted by Brazil, considering the time context in which the project was carried out and where these F-5Ms are intended to operate, the cost was not exaggerated for more than 40 aircraft (and since it was considered a success, they even proceeded...