Worst pilots on the planet. 200+ hours for soloing, some 400!
Article title appears to be transliteration from Russian...
Or YodaSpeak
Iran and Russia made a deal last year for Iran to “build* SU-30 and -35s. Delivery of existing ones was rumored but never seen. Russia is in a hot war and needs them.
Iran never received these fighters. They were built for Egypt, but Egypt backed out of the sale and bought Rafale’s. It would be no surprise if these jets that have been in storage since 2021, are not flyable, and they might well have been cannibalized to to keep Russian Sukhois flying.
Are these the planes whose wings fall off mid-flight?
Probably being used in Ukraine.
Iran has no radar or air defense so the war is basically over. Israel can hit whatever it wants whenever. Every missile launch is the launcher’s last.
There seems to be a misunderstanding about what the Iranian AF is for.
Internal ‘security’, border and sea lane intimidation, and propaganda imagery.
Not fighting - that might lead to unnecessary aircraft loss.
Being totally serious here.
Air forces are integrated systems these days.
The fighters themselves are impressive. But without AWACS support and ground radar they are on their own. The F35s are networked with each other, creating a great picture of the situation.
Iran doesn’t have the pieces.
Who wrote that headline?
I thought I saw a blurb Friday afternoon that Israel had shot down eight Iranian planes
Even if they got a few they probably can’t fly em. You don’t just jump out of a Tomcat or a Phantom into the Millennial Falcon. 😆
Iranian jets are for murdering Iranian villagers, not for facing a competent enemy.
I have the feeling that the regular Iranian air force (or any other unit) wants to die for the mullahs.
Ping
Who wrote that title (I know it wasn’t you)?
Wow, English must not be their native language...
Because their countries are 1500km apart?
Russia has delivered at most two Su-35s to Iran.
Israel has 45 F-35s and 240 F-15s and F-16.
The Iranian Air Force has demonstrated is only slightly more functional than South Africa's, which has less than a dozen working aircraft.
That was before Israel started Operation Rising Lion.
These are kind of really important details to not mention 🤔.
But then, since according to whois.domaintools.com, the "National Security Journal" is a year old and full of writers who write about national security while never having worked in it, perhaps this is not too surprising. 🙄