Iran media imagery of the Sacred Defense Week exhibition held by Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) at Mehrabad International Airport, commemorating the onset of the Iran-Iraq War that took place 35 years ago.
Collection of IRIAF aircraft assembled for exhibition during Sacred Defense Week 2015
Newly unveiled Mohajem 92 ("Attacker 92") unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Claimed specifications include 6-hour flight endurance, 200 kph speed at the sea level, a weight of 80 kilograms and operating radius of 100 km. [source: Tasnim News Agency]
Displayed aircraft, in order:
- IRIAF Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer tandem-seat training aircraft
- IRIAF Bell 214C Isfahan medium-lift helicopter
- IRIAF Boeing (Elicotteri Meridionali) CH-47C Chinook (219) heavy-lift helicopter
- IRIAF Fokker F-27-400M Troopship transport aircraft
- IRIAF Lockheed C-130H Hercules (L-382) transport aircraft
Far left: IRIAF Dassault Mirage F1EQ, serial 3-6202
Detail of IRIAF Dassault Mirage F1EQ, serial 3-6202
Photo: Mehrad Watson
Foreground: IRIAF Grumman F-14A Tomcat, serial 3-6030 / 160328 (H-30) from Isfahan/Shahid Babaei TFB-8
Detail of IRIAF Grumman F-14A Tomcat, serial 3-6030 / 160328 (H-30)
Photo: Mehrad Watson
Foreground: IRIAF McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II fighter bomber of 91st TFS from Bandar Abbas/Shahid Abdulkarimimi TFB-9.
Detail of IRIAF McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II fighter bomber of 91st TFS from Bandar Abbas/Shahid Abdulkarimimi TFB-9. [photo: Erfan Arabzadeh]
Pair of Owj JT2-2 Tazarve (“Pheasant”) prototype jet training aircraft
IRIAF Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 “Fulcrum” of 11th TFS from Tehran/Shahid Lashkari TFB-1
IRIAF Chengdu FT-7N Airguard, serial 3-7723 of 85th TFS from Isfahan/Shahid Babaei TFB-8
Detail of IRIAF Chengdu FT-7N Airguard, serial 3-7723 of 85th TFS from Isfahan/Shahid Babaei TFB-8
Photo: Erfan Arabzadeh
Foreground, left: IRIAF Northrop F-5F Tiger II, serial 3-7167 / 50694 (cn Z1014) of 21st TFS from Tabriz/Shahid Fakoori TFB-2.
Background, right: IRIAF Northrop (HESA) F-5F Saeghe II ("Thunderbolt II"), serial 3-7182 of 23rd TFS from Tabriz/Shahid Fakoori TFB-2.
Detail of IRIAF Northrop F-5F Tiger II, serial 3-7167 / 50694 (cn Z1014)
Photo: Mehrad Watson
IRIAF Boeing 747-131(SF) from Transport Wing at Tehran/Mehrabad
IRIAF Boeing (Elicotteri Meridionali) CH-47C Chinook (219), serial 5-9307
IRIAF Lockheed C-130H Hercules (L-382), possible serial 5-8501 (cn 382-4115) of 11th TAS from Transport Wing at Tehran/Mehrabad.
Saha Air Boeing 707-3J9C, reg. EP-SHV (cn 21125/912)
Note: vintage aircraft currently used for cabin crew training at Saha Air training center
IRIAF Lockheed L-1329 JetStar 8, serial 5-9001
Photo: Mehrad Watson
IRIAF display of air-launched weapons (1)
IRIAF display of air-launched weapons (2)
General Electric J79 axial-flow turbojet engine from F-4 Phantom II aircraft
IRIAF display of air crew flight gear
Left to right:
- Unidentified IRIAF major, TFB-1 base security
- Unidentified cleric
- IRIAF colonel, F-5 Tiger II pilot "Agressor Squadron" flight instructor
- IRIAF Deputy Commander Brigadier General Alireza Barkhour
- IRIAF Brigadier General 2C Mohammed Tasviyehchi, commander of TFB-1
- Unidentified IRIAF Brigadier General 2C
Photos: F. Samadi at Islamic Republic News Agency, Mehrad Watson and Erfan Arabzadeh
BTR-60 armored personnel carrier fitted with what appears to be Sedad type 23mm gun (ZU-23-2 with electro-optical sight and stabilizer). If so, this type originally unveiled at previous Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization ceremony in August 2012.
