Considering the IRIAF spent the last three decades on propoganda nonsense for its airforce with the Qaher and cd player passed off as mfd - the purchased Air force of the shah at least let you combat Iraq and have some semblance of protecting your airspace until it was left to rot.
I know about the PAF pilots who have scored kills against the IAF flying for the Syrian Air Force and others. I am not Putting down the PAF and its personnel but the PAF would have the same faith as the IRIAF going up against the U.S and Israeli air forces combined. Iran has already proven that its decision to focus Deep Underground Bases armed with Precision Surface to Surface Missiles and Attack drones was the right choice for Iran and its miniscule Defense budget after it was able to fight for 40 days straight and take out 13 U.S bases across the region according to the New York Post. Do you think the PAF could last 40 days against the USAF and IAF and do the same level of damage?
Where is the pride of having to ask your enemy for safe passage through your own air space?
The IRIAF and the IRIAA were the main reasons that Iran spent the last 6 years of the war mostly in the Iraqi territory, instead of fighting to take back our lands in vain.
I was talking about Israel and the US. Pakistan did not enter Iranian air space.
That "purchased air force" enables you to have some authority over your air space, something that Iran lacked from the first day of war.
Again, which Iranian takes pride in it? Show me one.
