Iranian Navy 18,000 personnel.

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN NAVAL AVIATION (IRINA) • نیروی دریایی جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Naval Aviation 2,600 personnel.

Forces by Role & Equipment by Type
(9 cbt ac, 21 armed hel)

• AIRCRAFT 9 combat capable. Total 20 Aircrafts.

Multi-role & Interceptor 1 sqn with 2 Multi-role ac:
2 HESA Saegheh

Maritime Patrol 1 sqn with 8 MP ac (with Air Force):
3 Lockheed P-3F Orion;
4 Dornier Do-228-100

Electronic Warfare • Electronic Intelligence sqn with 2 EW • Elint ac:
2 Dassault Mystère/Falcon 20E

Transport & Navy Patrol 2 sqns with 9 Tpt ac:
3 Fokker F-27-400M Friendship;
1 Fokker F27-600 Friendship;
1 Dassault-Breguet Mystère/Falcon 20E (VIP Tpt);
2 Rockwell A.C.690 Turbo Commander;
2 Rockwell A.C.500 Shrike Commander


• HELICOPTER 21 combat capable. Total 36 Helicopters.

Anti-Submarine Warfare 2 sqn with 10 ASW hel:
12 Sikorsky ASH-3D Sea King;
6 Agusta Bell AB-212ASW

Mine Countermeasures sqn with 3 MCM hel:
3 Sikorsky RH-53D Sea Stallion;

Anti-Submarine Warfare & Search and Rescue 1 sqn with 12 ASW/SAR Hel (Second role: Transport):
1 Sikorsky RH-53D Sea Stallion; 
1 Sikorsky AS-61A-4 Sea King,
6 Agusta Bell AB-212ASW (Bell 212)
4 Mil Mi-171Sh Hip-H (medium-lift transport)

Liaison & Utility 1 sqn with 11 Liaison/Utl hel:
5 Agusta Bell AB-205A (Bell 205A Iroquois);
6 Agusta Bell AB-206 (Bell 206 JetRanger);


• MISSILES
  ASM (Anti-ship missile): 245 FL-6 (Developed or copied by China from Italian Sea Killer (Marte-2) anti-ship missile supplied by Iran to China; Iranian designation Fajr-e Darya; incl for SH-3D helicopters)
  Anti-ship missile (For Ships): 14 RGM-84 Harpoon (For Combattante-2 FAC), 140 TL-10A/TL-10B/FL-8, 360 C-802/CSS-N-8 (Incl for Hudong (Thondor), new-produced and modernized Combattante-2 (Kaman) FAC and coast defence systems; possibly incl air-launched version; Iranian designation Tondar or Noor), 30 C-801/CSS-N-4 (Iranian designation Kosar and/or Sagheb; incl submarine-launched version), 125 C-801/CSS-N-4 (Incl C-801A version for modernized Saam (Alvand) frigates and Hudong (Thondor) and for modernized Combattante (Kaman) FAC and air-launched C-801K version; Iranian designation Karus; possibly assembled/produced in Iran), 50 C-704 (Developed for Iran; Iranian designation Nasr-1), 40 C-701/FL-8 (For China Cat FAC; C-701T and possibly C-701R version; possibly assembled/produced in Iran as Noor, Kosar or Fajr-e Darya), 100 Sea Killer/Marte-2 (For Saam frigates),
   ASW torpedo (For Ships):: 35 Mk-44
   SAM (For Ships): 120 RIM-66B Standard-1MR (Incl for 1 modernized Battle (Artmemiz) destroyer)

• RADAR • Fire control radar
  2 Sea Hunter (For Artemiz)destroyer)
  8 Sea Hunter (For 4 Saam frigates from UK)
  12 WM-28 (For 12 Combattante-2 (Kaman) FAC from France)


• FACILITIES
  Naval Aviation Main Headquarters: HQ Located at Bandar-e Abbas

  Islamic Republic of Iran Naval Aviation Airfields and Airbases Organisation (Current Order of Battle):
  Navy - Airbases: Bushehr AAF, Bandar Abbas/Havadarya
 
  Tactical Air Base 6 - Bushehr AAF
  Helicopter Transport & SAR/ASW Squadron: 2 RH-53D, 6 AB212ASW
  Tactical Air Base 7 - Shiraz
  Transport & Navy Patrol Aircraft Squadron:  2 F-27-400M, 3 Falcon 20E, 2 Shrike Commander
  Tactical Air Base 9 - Bandar Abbas/Havadarya (OIKP)
  Interceptor Squadron: 2 Saegheh 
  Transport & Navy Patrol Squadron: 1 F27-400M, 1 F27-600, 2 Turbo Commander
  ASW Squadron: 12 SH-3D
  Helicopter Transport & SAR Squadron: 1 RH-53D, 1 AS-61A-4, 4 AB212ASW
  Liaison Squadron:  AB-205/206
  The primary role of the RH-53D is Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) and can also be used for shipboard delivery and troop transportation.
  Tehran-Mehrabad (THR/OIII) International Airport
  2 Fokker F-27-400M Troopship

Current Service Aircraft: