Imperial Iranian Air Force
From Daily Escape
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.
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
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 77 Incindiary Bomb
- Mark 82 General-Purpose Bomb
- Mark 83 General-Purpose Bomb
- Mark 84 General-Purpose Bomb
- Paveway IV Laser-Guided Bomb
Artillery
- M1097 Avenger air defense missile system
- M163 VADS self-propelled anti-aircraft 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
- CV9040 AAV
- Wiesel 2 BF/UF (LeFlaSys Command)
- Wiesel 2 AFF (LeFlaSys Radar)
- Wiesel 2 Ozelot (LeFlaSys Launcher)
- Wiesel 2 Ozelot (LeFlaSys Launcher Variant 1)
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 Ground Force |  Air Force |  Navy
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