List of aircraft of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
This is a list of aircraft of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
List
| Aircraft | Type | In Service[1] | Notes | Image | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fighter Jet | ||||||
| Sukhoi Su-25 | Attack aircraft | 6[2] | On 25 January 1991, seven Iraqi Air Force Su-25s fled from Iraq and landed in Iran during Gulf War |  | ||
| Sukhoi Su-22 | Fighter-bomber | 10[3] | In July 2018 Iranian military technical experts successfully overhauled and modernized Su-22s, giving them the ability to carry smart bombs, fire precision-guided munitions, transfer data from UAVs, and in the near future the system necessary to utilize air-launched cruise missiles with a range of 1500 km will be installed on them. | .jpg) | ||
| Embraer EMB 312 Tucano | Trainer Light attack |
25[4] |  | |||
| Transport | ||||||
| Ilyushin Il-76TD | Strategic airlift | 3[1] | Adapted for aerial firefighting, as well as transport roles |  | ||
| Antonov An-74TK-200 | Tactical airlift | 9 |  | |||
| Dassault Falcon 20F | Utility transport | 1 |  | |||
| Harbin Y-12-II | Transport | 9[4] |  | |||
| Helicopters | ||||||
| Toufan II | Attack helicopter | 1+ | ||||
| HESA Shahed 285 | Attack Helicopter | 1+ | ||||
| Mil Mi-17 | Transport helicopter | 38[1] |  | |||
| HESA Shahed 278 | Light utility helicopter | 3[5] | .jpg) | |||
| Unmanned aerial vehicle | ||||||
| Ababil | Reconnaissance, combat, anti-radar operations |  | ||||
| Mohajer I/II/III/VI | Strategic reconnaissance | .png) | ||||
| Karrar | Unmanned combat aerial vehicle |  | ||||
| Shahed 129 | Unmanned combat aerial vehicle | .jpg) | ||||
| Yasir (copy of ScanEagle) | Unmanned aerial vehicle | .jpg) | ||||
| Saegheh | Unmanned aerial vehicle | .jpg) | ||||
References
- World Air Forces 2013 – Flightglobal.com, pg 18, December 11, 2012
- Iran Sends 3 Attack Planes to Iraqi Government nytimes.com
- https://www.defenseworld.net/news/23047/Iran_Upgrades_10_Su_22_Fighter_Jets_Domestically#.XYwxAWBKjIU/
- Pike, John. "Iranian Air Force Equipment". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- https://www.airrecognition.com/index.php/archive-world-worldwide-news-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-military-defence-industry/global-defense-security-news/2019-news-aerospace-industry-air-force/september/5481-iranian-irgc-force-equipped-with-home-made-helicopters.html/
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