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SU-57 is also expensive. Algeria’s export version of the fighter jet cost $2B for just 12 aircraft. Cheaper than American sure. But still expensive.

That means Iran wanting more than 50+ of these will be north of $8B dollars. Plus hourly maintenance costs (which isn’t cheap for any fighter jet regardless of origin). That single order is over 1/3 of the annual military budget.

Plus 48 fighters for country the size of Iran is not a lot and if they go for just 24 then it’s somewhat useless. Plus you have to figure 20-30% of the fleet is in maintenance mode at any given time (F-22 sometimes pushes 50%+).

Also keep in mind that F-35’s are now shipping with weights in their nose instead of radars due to shortages in production delayed radars till 2028!

So any SU-57 order with Russia likely won’t completely be fulfilled till 2030 at the earliest. We been waiting for SU-35 for 3+ years.

Why doesn't Iran go crazy with advance drones if manned fighters are not an immediate option?

 

[Shags101]

Second flight in a row.Il-76TD RA-76373 from Mineralnye Vody => Karaj, Iran

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I hope not I hope it’s sending that can be used to defend their skies I have feeling if a war does erupt it will be one of the first things they will go after same with the yaks

 

[Persian Gulf]

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F-4E crashed and one pilot was killed

 

[Fatman17]

 

[Ali_Baba]

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Interesting that they have armed their trainers with guns. This means that they can be used to go after drones, freeing up jets for other higher risk/profile tasks if they wanted to.

 

[Immortals]

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[ToddE]

^ yeah like they will turn the tide lol.

It will be a miracle if IRIAF can survive US bombing other than assets inside Oghab-44 base. We should forget this force for atleast 3 years and focus on IRGCASF.

 

[Persian Gulf]

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Iran will receive 16 SU-35S this year and they will be based in Hamedan and Bushehr

 

[Immortals]

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Iran will receive 16 SU-35S this year and they will be based in Hamedan and Bushehr

Didn’t Egyptian SU-35s get delivered to Algeria instead? What the hell is Reza talking about.

These Iranian sources are becoming as reliable as Zionist sources.

 

[Persian Gulf]

Didn’t Egyptian SU-35s get delivered to Algeria instead? What the hell is Reza talking about.

These Iranian sources are becoming as reliable as Zionist sources.

not all of them went to Algeria

 

[FUB]

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[Immortals]

not all of them went to Algeria

The entire Egypt order was only for 24.

Algerian Air Force Receives First Su-35 Fighters: Why Did it Place Orders?

The Algerian Air Force on March 13 was confirmed to have become the third service in the world to field the Su-35 ‘4+ generation’ fighter, after the first of the

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[Immortals]

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If they aren’t going into a mountain air base they will be destroyed.

 

[the saint]

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[Flotilla]

If they aren’t going into a mountain air base they will be destroyed.

I agree Hamedan and Bushrer are to exposed Air bases. It would be better just keep in both and Tabriz Mi29 and in a second line (Isfahan and Shiraz) Su35.
Mig29 are short range fighters and could be deployed near to western frontiers. All in all none of both aircrafts are able to penetrate neighbor airspace without expensive force multipliers (AEW and ECM/Tankers).