Posted on 01/27/2025 6:20:12 AM PST by Roadrunner383
Iran has purchased Russian-made Sukhoi-35 fighter jets, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander said on Monday, amid Western concerns about Tehran and Moscow's growing military cooperation. This is the first time an Iranian official has confirmed the purchase of Su-35 jets.
Earlier this month, Iran and Russia signed a comprehensive strategic partnership which did not mention arms transfers but said the two will develop their "military-technical cooperation."
Iran's air force has only a few dozen strike aircraft, including Russian jets as well as ageing U.S. models acquired before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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I hope they sent Biden a thank you note.
Do they smell like BO and Urine ?
Their ground radar air defences have been destroyed. They have no AWACS.
They might as well be drone targets.
They are still flying some F-4 Phantoms and a few Tomcats. Should be fun.
Now see if they have people with the right training to give their student pilots the stick time to be proficient. Nice, shiny fighters are one thing. Trained pilots are quite another.
CC
Cabbage and vodka.
CC
Exactly!
Fodder for real pilots!!
Target practice for IDF Pilots.
Bkmk
Buying them is one thing, flying them is quite another.
Same with Red China's aircraft carriers. Not flying them but running flight ops from them 24-7 and in all weather. The US invented the beastie and has been running 24-hour all-wx flight ops since 1945. You can't compete with that if you're only practicing in daylight on water as smooth as a millpond.
Not to mention we've still got the only carriers in the world capable of making four launches simultaneously, or two launches concomitantly with two recoveries.
Destroyed by whom? When?
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