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  • Land speculators close to IRGC attacked Iran Air Force base in Mahmudabad, Mazandaran

    08/12/2019 8:33:56 AM PDT · by nuconvert · 18 replies
    "Land speculators close to IRGC attacked IranAirForce base in Mahmudabad, Mazandaran province & tried to take over its lands & its residential town in North of Iran. They had brought bulldozers to destroy fence & runway of the base. Three of them were killed." "The base commander ordered the soldiers to open fire at the intruders who had thrown stones at the IRIAF soldiers & had beaten them with sticks." "Iran Air Force uses the Mahmudabad base for training of its CH-47C Chinook helicopter pilots & also for the Search & Rescue training in CaspianSea.
  • Watch this video of Iranian F-14 Tomcats escorting a Russian Tu-95 bomber during air strike in Syria

    11/20/2015 7:10:21 PM PST · by sukhoi-30mki · 64 replies
    The Aviationist ^ | November 20, 2015 | David Cenciotti
    Something really interesting details have been exposed by the material released by Russia’s MoD lately. Indeed, as you can see in the video below, IRIAF (Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force) F-14 Tomcat interceptors escorted Russian Air Force Tu-95 Bear bombers flying in Iranian airspace during their 9h 30mins missions (from Engels airbase and back, along the Iraq-Iran-Caspian Sea 6,500 km-long corridor) against terrorist targets in Syria. With the U.S. Navy retiring the legendary F-14 in September 2006, nowadays the IRIAF is the only operator of the Tomcat, a type of aircraft that Tehran has kept airworthy throughout the years...
  • Iran Air Force Schedules Week-Long Maneuver

    06/14/2009 12:58:32 AM PDT · by Cindy · 6 replies · 450+ views
    Note: The following blog entry is a quote: Blog Details Iran Air Force Schedules Week-Long Maneuver Iran's Air Force is slated to hold a week-long drill to test its mastery of low-altitude flight operations and bombing tactics in the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman. The “Milad-e Nour-e Velayat” aerial drill, which will begin in the coming weeks, will involve Iranian fighter jets and interceptor aircraft performing combat operations over a distance of 3,000 kilometers in four stages. "Our domestically-produced Saegheh fighters and Russian-made Sukhoi-24 jets will stage tactical operations to test new ammunitions and hone their offensive capabilities," said...
  • Iran Under Fire Over Plane Crash

    12/07/2005 4:33:22 AM PST · by nuconvert · 31 replies · 1,080+ views
    BBC ^ | December 7, 2005
    Iran under fire over plane crash The authorities in Iran are facing bitter criticism over Tuesday's crash of an ageing military transport plane that killed about 110 people. Reports say the plane had experienced technical problems all morning, causing the take-off to be delayed for hours. Iranian media also say the pilot had asked twice to make an emergency landing at Mehrabad airport, but had been refused because it was busy. Military officials have strongly denied any suggestion of negligence. The C-130 came down in a densely-populated residential district of south-west Tehran and ploughed into a 10-storey apartment block, setting...
  • The last public appearance of the F-14 Tomcat

    10/01/2005 12:06:14 AM PDT · by mcgiver38 · 133 replies · 8,006+ views
    End of an Era, the F-14 tomcat makes its final public appearance. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (NNS) -- The venerable F-14 Tomcat took a final bow with a boom at its last air show Sept. 16-18 at Naval Air Station Oceana, Va. The classic Northrup Grumman fighter jet that rose to prominence in the 1986 hit film "Top Gun" and has worn U.S. Navy colors since its first test flight in 1970 attracted a legion of fans from around the world at its public goodbye. “It’s basically a bittersweet day for us,” said Lt. Cortney Kinna, an F-14 naval flight officer...