Turkish Air Defence Programs

[Foinikas]

and no Air Superiority over Iranian airspace, they were still being contested and couldn't fly over without the threat of air defense.

Is that why US and Israeli aircraft was flying over Iran?

 

[hyperman]

Is that why US and Israeli aircraft was flying over Iran?

They are not though, thats the point. They are using standoff strikes. Thats why their missiles are running low. Their hope was to do SEAD/DEAD enough so that they could use aircraft to drop gravity bombs, but that time never came, b/c Iran was able to pose enough of a threat where they couldn't fly without being fired at, so they stayed at standoff range.

 

[Foinikas]

They are not though, thats the point. They are using standoff strikes. Thats why their missiles are running low. Their hope was to do SEAD/DEAD enough so that they could use aircraft to drop gravity bombs, but that time never came, b/c Iran was able to pose enough of a threat where they couldn't fly without being fired at, so they stayed at standoff range.

But they did manage to do it last June.

 

[hyperman]

But they did manage to do it last June.

Do what? Drop graving bombs over uncontested airspace?