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 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 1.6 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 (in reserve)
• 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 (Note: All C-130E/Hs are being phased out and replaced with the C-130J Super Hercules)
  • 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 (in reserve)
• 2 squadrons of Cessna 208 utility transports
• 2 squadrons of Pilatus PC-6 Porter utility transports (in reserve)
• 1 squadron of Alenia C-27J Spartan tactical transports
• 1 squadron of Antonov An-74 tactical transports
• 1 squadrons of Fokker F-27 turboprop airliners (in reserve)
• 4 squadrons of Cessna 310 light transports (in reserve)

VIP transports

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

Helicopters

• 3 squadrons of AH-64D Longbow Apache attack helicopters
• 2 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)
• 3 squadrons of Bell ARH-70 armed reconnaissance helicopters
• 10 squadrons of Bell 212 Twin Huey light-lift transport helicopters
• 5 squadrons of Bell 214 medium-lift helicopters
• 4 squadrons of CH-47D Chinook heavy-lift helicopters
• 4 squadrons of Hughes 300C light utility and training helicopters (in reserve)
• 7 squadrons of UH-1 Iroquois multipurpose utility helicopters (in reserve)
• 2 squadrons of HH-43 Huskie rescue/firefighter helicopters

Trainers

• 160 Beechcraft Bonanza utility trainers (in reserve)
• 120 Embraer EMB 312 Tucano basic trainers
• 40 T-33 Shooting Star trainers (in reserve)
• 160 Pilatus PC-7 light trainers
• 184 Saab Safari primary trainers

Other

• 8 squadrons of Cessna 185 light utility aircraft (in reserve)
• 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

• 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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