IRIAF combat aircraft, units escorting RuAF strategic aviation against ISIL

Illustration by Babak Taghvaee (click to enlarge) detailing IRIAF escort of RuAF strategic aviation transiting Iran to attack ISIL, Al-Qaeda (AQ) and AQ-aligned armed groups in Syria. From Mr. Taghvaee's observations, the following Iranian combat aircraft types, units and base locations include:

IRIAF Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29B (9-12B) air superiority fighters (x2)
11th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Shahid Lashkari Tactical Air Base (TAB-1) – Tehran

IRIAF McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II fighter-bombers (x4)
31st Tactical Fighter Squadron
Shahid Nojeh Tactical Air Base (TAB-3) – Hamedan

IRIAF Grumman F-14A Tomcat air superiority fighters (x4)
81st/82nd Tactical Fighter Squadron
Shahid Babei Tactical Air Base (TAB-8) – Isfahan

File photo by Rahim Sharafi: IRIAF McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II of 31st TFS from Shahid Nojeh Tactical Air Base (TAB-3) – Hamedan.

File photo by Babak Taghvaee: IRIAF Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29B (9-12B), serial 3-6133 of 11th TFS from Shahid Lashkari Tactical Air Base (TAB-1) – Tehran.

File photo by MohammadReza Izadi: IRIAF F-14A Tomcats of 81st/82nd TFS from Shahid Babei Tactical Air Base (TAB-8) – Isfahan.

Photo emerging 21NOV15 of errant RuAF Kh-101 ALCM that landed in Shush County, Khuzestan

Mehrabad AFB Overhaul Facilities (pictorial)

IRIAF F-4 Phantom II

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IRIAF MiG-29 Fulcrum

IRIAF F-5 Tiger II/Freedom Fighter (Simorgh)

Photos: Mahdi Marizad at FARS News Agency

Iran Military Day Parade 2010 (1)

Amended 4/19/10

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Surprise! Iranian S-300 variant launcher

atop a Babr series tank carrier.

Front view of Babr carrier and S-300 variant missile tubes

Top view: Iranian S-300 variant missile tubes

Video still, rear section of Iranian S-300 variant launcher

Sofreh Mahi (stingray) stealth drone

Stealth aircraft concept model

Motorized ATV 4x4 RPG7 Teams

Motorized RPG7 Teams appear to be the best equipped ever

Iranian MRBM chronology: First, the Shahab-3 (Meteor)

Second, the Ghadr-1 (Intensity)

Third, the Sejjil-2 (Lethal Stone)

Self-propelled Ra'd strike missile

IRIAF F-4E Phantom II flyover, Tehran

IRIAF MiG-29 flyover, Tehran

Photos and video stills: Fars News Agency, IRIB, IRINN

IRIAF post war buildup

In 1991 during the US led Operation Desert Storm against Iraq no Iraqi aircraft was safe, not even the reinforced concrete hangars that protected them from Iranian air strikes in the Imposed War thanks to the new bunker buster missiles carried by coalition aircraft.

Several Iraqi aircraft however flew to Iran to avoid destruction, it is not known whether Saddam himself gave the order and it is curious that they went to Iran of all places considering the fact that Iran was a Iraq's mortal enemy under Saddam Hussein, the aircraft included:


Former Iraqi Air Force Mirage F-1's
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Mirage F1s, MiG-25 Foxbats, MiG-21 Fishbeds, MiG-27s, MiG-29 Fulcrums, Su-20s, Su-22M Fitters, Su-24MK Fencer-Ds, Su-25 Frogfoots, MiG-23s and a smaller number of Il-76s transport planes.

Iran seized these claiming them as reparations for the Imposed War and several examples are still seen flying today, while at the post war time the IRIAF was partially rebuilt to bigger numbers from the Iraqi Aircraft, MiG-29 fighters and Su-24 bombers from the Soviet Union and F-7M and FT-7 fighters from China.