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| - | The '''Imperial Iranian Air Force''' is the air arm of the [[Imperial Iranian Army]]. Its purpose is to conduct aerial combat operations including, but not limited to: Close air support; aerial reconnaissance; transportation; search and rescue; ground attack; and other operations, in support of the other branches of the armed forces. It operates a large variety of aircraft, both fixed-wing and rotary, of all types and sizes, to accomplish its missions. The air force also has an air defense element (with 20,000 personnel) consisting of anti-aircraft guns and air defense vehicles, whose role is to defend airfields, bases, and airports.
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| - | In total, the air force has around 145,000 personnel. Its main headquarters is in Tehran, although it also operates other bases in each of the provincial capitals.
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| - | ==Weapons==
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| - | ===Missiles===
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| - | ====Surface-to-air====
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| - | *FIM-92 Stinger
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| - | *M1097 Avenger
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| - | *MIM-23 HAWK
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| - | *MIM-72 Chaparral
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| - | ====Air-to-surface====
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| - | *AGM-65 Maverick
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| - | *AGM-114 Hellfire
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| - | *AGM-130
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| - | ====Air-to-air====
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| - | *AIM-9 Sidewinder
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| - | *AIM-92 Stinger
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| - | *AIM-120 AMRAAM
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| - | *AIM-152 AAAM
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| - | ===Bombs===
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| - | * AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon
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| - | * AGM-62 Walleye
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| - | * CBU-100 Cluster Bomb
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| - | * CBU-107 Passive Attack Weapon
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| - | * CBU-24
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| - | * CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition
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| - | * CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon
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| - | * GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb
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| - | * Mark 77 Incindiary Bomb
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| - | * Mark 82 General-Purpose Bomb
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| - | * Mark 83 General-Purpose Bomb
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| - | * Mark 84 General-Purpose Bomb
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| - | * Paveway IV Laser-Guided Bomb
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| - | ===Artillery===
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| - | *M1097 Avenger air defense missile system
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| - | *M163 VADS self-propelled anti-aircraft gun
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| - | *Oerlikon 35mm anti-aircraft gun
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| - | *Bofors 40mm L/70 anti-aircraft gun
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| - | *Bofors 40mm L/60 anti-aircraft gun
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| - | *Skysweeper 75mm anti-aircraft gun
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| - | ===Armored vehicles===
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| - | *CV9040 AAV
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| - | *Wiesel 2 BF/UF (LeFlaSys Command)
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| - | *Wiesel 2 AFF (LeFlaSys Radar)
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| - | *Wiesel 2 Ozelot (LeFlaSys Launcher)
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| - | *Wiesel 2 Ozelot (LeFlaSys Launcher Variant 1)
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| - | {{IIA}}
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| - | [[Category:Air forces]]
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| - | [[Category:Military of Iran|Air Force, Imperial Iranian]]
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