Imperial Iranian Air Force

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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 consisting of anti-aircraft guns and air defense vehicles, whose role is to defend airfields, bases, and airports.

In total, the air force has around 100,000 personnel.

Contents 1 Aircraft 1.1 Fighters 1.2 Ground attack 1.3 Transports 1.3.1 Strategic airlifts 1.3.2 Tanker transports 1.3.3 Tactical transports 1.3.4 VIP transports 1.4 Helicopters 1.5 Trainers 1.5.1 Other 2 Weapons 2.1 Missiles 2.1.1 Surface-to-air 2.1.2 Air-to-surface 2.1.3 Air-to-air 2.2 Bombs 2.3 Artillery 2.4 Armored vehicles

Aircraft

Fighters

• 9 squadrons of F/A-18 Hornet multirole fighters
• 4 squadrons of F-14D Super Tomcat interceptors
• 4 squadrons of Mirage F-1A/E ground attack fighters
• 3 squadrons of F-22 Raptor stealth air superiority fighters
• 3 squadrons of Azarakhsh strike fighters
• 1 squadron of IAMI Saeqeh fighters
• 1 squadron of IAMI Shafaq fighters

Ground attack

• 3 squadrons of F-4D/E Phantom II fighter-bombers
• 4 squadrons of F-5E/F Tiger II fighter-bombers

Transports

Strategic airlifts

• 2 flights of C-17 Globemaster III strategic airlifts
• 1 flight of C-5 Galaxy strategic airlifts

Tanker transports

• 10 Boeing KC-777 tanker transports
• 5 Boeing 747-100F tanker transports

Tactical transports

• 9 squadrons of C-130 Hercules STOL transports
  • 5 squadrons of C-130E Hercules
  • 3 squadrons of C-130H Hercules
  • 1 squadron of C-130J Super Hercules
• 2 squadrons of Aero Commander utility transports
• 2 squadrons of Pilatus PC-6 Porter utility transports
• 1 squadron of Antonov An-74 tactical transports
• 1 squadrons of Fokker F-27 turboprop airliner
• 4 squadrons of *Cessna 310 light transports

VIP transports

• 1 Dassault Falcon 20 VIP transport
• 3 Dassault Falcon 50 VIP transports
• 1 Lockheed JetStar VIP transport

Helicopters

• 3 squadrons of Panha 2091 attack helicopters (developed from the AH-1J Cobra)
• 1 squadron of Panha Shabaviz 2-75 light-lift utility helicopters (developed from the Bell 205)
• 1 squadron of Panha Shabviz 2061 light helicopters (developed from the Bell 206)
• 10 squadrons of Bell 212 Twin Huey light-lift transport helicopters
• 5 squadrons of Bell 214 medium-lift helicopters
• 4 squadrons of CH-47C Chinook heavy-lift helicopters
• 4 squadrons of Hughes 300C light utility and training helicopter
• 7 squadrons of UH-1 Iroquois multipurpose utility helicopter
• 2 squadrons of HH-43 Huskie rescue/firefighter helicopters

Trainers

• 40 Beechcraft Bonanza utility trainers
• 30 Embraer EMB 312 Tucano basic trainers
• 10 T-33 Shooting Star trainers
• 40 Pilatus PC-7 light trainers
• 46 Saab Safari primary trainers

Other

• 8 squadrons of Cessna 185 light utility aircraft
• 3 squadrons of O-2 Skymaster observation aircraft
• 1 squadron of Socata TB utility aircraft
• 1 squadron of P-3F Orion maritime patrol aircraft
• 4 E-2C Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning aircraft

Weapons

Missiles

Surface-to-air

• FIM-92 Stinger
• M1097 Avenger
• MIM-23 HAWK
• MIM-72 Chaparral

Air-to-surface

• AGM-65 Maverick
• AGM-114 Hellfire
• AGM-130

Air-to-air

• AIM-9 Sidewinder
• AIM-92 Stinger
• AIM-120 AMRAAM
• AIM-152 AAAM

Bombs

• AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon
• AGM-62 Walleye
• CBU-100 Cluster Bomb
• CBU-107 Passive Attack Weapon
• CBU-24
• CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition
• CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon
• GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb
• Mark 82 General-Purpose Bomb
• Mark 83 General-Purpose Bomb
• Mark 84 General-Purpose Bomb
• Paveway IV Laser-Guided Bomb

Artillery

• M167 Vulcan anti-aircraft gun gun
• Oerlikon 35mm anti-aircraft gun
• Bofors 40mm L/70 anti-aircraft gun
• Bofors 40mm L/60 anti-aircraft gun
• Skysweeper 75mm anti-aircraft gun

Armored vehicles

• M6 Linebacker
• Wiesel 2 BF/UF (LeFlaSys Command)
• Wiesel 2 AFF (LeFlaSys Radar)
• Wiesel 2 Ozelot (LeFlaSys Launcher)
• Wiesel 2 Ozelot (LeFlaSys Launcher Variant 1)