Iranian Air Force (IRIAF/IRGC-ASF) | News and Discussions

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A thread to discuss/analyse the latest developments relating to the Iranian Air Force (IRIAF and IRGCASF).

 

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in the meantime other beautiful images of the Yasin and you can partially see another product HESA, Simourgh

 

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[Smoke]

Does Iran even have enough money to fund a new squadron of Su aircrafts?

 

[Persian Gulf]

Does Iran even have enough money to fund a new squadron of Su aircrafts?

Iran has not made any large purchase of foreign military equipment for c. 35 years now. The largest was a $800 million purchase of 5 s-300pmu2 batteries in 2007 (finally delivered in 2015-16) but the air force has only bought a few mig-29s in the early 90s. It's well overdue some imports.

For context, Iran has a comparable GDP (nominal and PPP) to Egypt with a smaller population (thus, higher GDP per capita). Look at the huge amounts Egypt has invested in military imports just in the past decade. That should answer your question.

 

[Mehdipersian]

Iranian Yak 130

 

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Everybody knew where it is taken wonder why they went to the trouble of blurring the video

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

The Su-35 would be a big capability boost once it gets integrated into Airforce

 

[Fulgrim]

There they say iran become

Maybe 24 Yak-130
18 Mi-28NME
And New build Su 35

Der Iran bekommt nun doch Su-35-Kampfjets - Militär Aktuell - Sicherheit im Fokus

Nun also doch: In einer gemeinsamen Ankündigung gaben die iranischen Revolutionsgarden, der iranische Verteidigungsminister Brigadegeneral Mohammad Reza Gharaei Ashtiani und sein Stellvertreter Mehdi Farahi kürzlich eine neue Vereinbarung zwischen dem Iran und Russland über die Beschaffung von...

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[Sami_1]

Iran's solution is to produce a fighter such as the J-10, MIG-35, or SU-75
Obtaining 24 SU-35 fighters will not represent a significant impact, as the air weapons in the countries surrounding Iran are significantly superior.

The Iranian Air Force relies on very old aircraft, and drones will not replace fighters for the next 20 years. They will be an aid to the Air Force, but they will not replace fighters.

 

[Persian Gulf]

Iran's solution is to produce a fighter such as the J-10, MIG-35, or SU-75
Obtaining 24 SU-35 fighters will not represent a significant impact, as the air weapons in the countries surrounding Iran are significantly superior.

The Iranian Air Force relies on very old aircraft, and drones will not replace fighters for the next 20 years. They will be an aid to the Air Force, but they will not replace fighters.

Iran does not seek air superiority, just the ability to intercept / deter invading tactical air missions in coordination with ground based air defence, so a massive air superiority fleet is not required under Iran's military doctrine