OUR N E W   W E B   S I T E   "WORLD AIR FORCE NEWS"
 
  
 
 

WORLD AIR WAR HISTORY


 
  HOME > MIDDLE EASTERN AIR FORCE NEWS >

Iran completes test flight of domestic fighter jets, news agency says

Iran completes test flight of domestic fighter jets, news agency says

Iranian air force pilots on Thursday successfully completed a test flight of two domestically manufactured fighter jets, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

"The test flights of a new generation of Azarakhsh jet fighters, called the Saegheh, were completed by brave pilots from Iran's air force," Iran's Defense Minister Gen. Mostafa Mohammad Najjar was quoted as saying by IRNA. "The two will officially join the air force on Saturday."

Najjar said the research, design and production of the jets were done by Iranian experts. The plane was first tested in 2006 and is derived from re-engineered components of U.S. combat aircraft.

IRNA said the Saegheh jets were a new generation of the Azarakhsh class of fighter planes. Both Azarakhsh and Saegheh mean lightening in Farsi.

State television showed video of the two blue jets, each with one pilot, taking off and landing. It said the planes' test flights each lasted 15 minutes.

In August, Iran said it begun industrial-scale production of the fighter jet as part of Tehran's efforts to become militarily self-sufficient.

Iran exhibited the fighter plane last year during large-scale military exercises. The country claims the Saegheh is similar to the American F-18 fighter plane but more powerful.

After decades of relying on foreign weapons, Iran has said it is increasingly self-sufficient, claiming annual military exports of more than US$100 million (71.56 million).

Since 1992, Iran has produced its own tanks, armored personnel carriers and missiles, the government said. It announced in early 2005 that it had begun producing torpedoes.


Source : TEHRAN, Iran (AP) --- (Posted : Prime Newswire Sept. 9, 2007)
Image: Iranian Azarakhsh jet fighters


(15.10.2007)


 
  CONTINENTAL NEWS:

American Air Force News
African Air Force News
Asian Air Force News
European Air Force News
Middle Eastern AF News
Ocean Air Force News


• U.S. arms sales to UAE draw fire from 29 rights groups

(30.11.2020)
Twenty-nine arms control and human rights organizations have signed a letter opposing the sale of $23 billion worth of missiles, fighter jets and drones to the United Arab Emira...>>

• Pentagon Reveals USN F/A-18F Super Hornet Fighters Patrolling Middle East With Stealth-Spotting Infrared Sensors

(8.10.2020)
Photos recently posted by the US Navy show its F/A-18F Super Hornets deployed to the Middle East are now carrying new infrared sensor pods capable of spotting stealth aircraft....>>

• Israeli Netanyahu's controversial new ‘Air Force One’

(9.08.2020)
Long delayed and over budget, Israel's PM was about to receive a VIP-configured Boeing 767 to fly him around the world. Fearing criticism amid an economic crisis caused by the co...>>

• First flight of ‘most advanced variant of Kuwaiti Eurofighter’ takes place

(26.12.2019)
The first Instrumented Series Production Aircraft (ISPA 6) configured for the Kuwaiti Air Force has successfully completed its first flight....>>

• First flight for Iran’s Kowsar-88 Yasin

(25.12.2019)
Iran has flown a prototype of the Iran Aviation Industries Organization’s (IAIO’s) Kowsar-88 advanced jet trainer, now renamed the Yasin. ...>>

• Iranian Air Force conduct test flight of Yasin trainer jet

(1.11.2019)
The Iranian Air Force has conducted a test-flight of the Yasin jet trainer, a locally-produced aircraft....>>

• B-52 bombers to be part of U.S. forces sent to Middle East over Iran concerns

(7.05.2019)
The U.S. military said on Tuesday that B-52 bombers will be part of additional forces being sent to the Middle East to counter what the Trump administration says are “clear indicat...>>

 



       info@xairforces.net Webmaster: REFLX DESIGN - © 2011 xairforces / Aviation Society,