In the early 1970s, the Imperial Iranian Air Force - as it was then known - sought to procure new fighters to combat potential threats, particularly that posed by the new MiG-25. The new MiG’s ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Barred from acquiring new fighters, Iran has resorted to upgrading and copying its older planes. The Iranian air force on paper is one of the ...

Israel's actions in the wake of Syria's collapse give it unprecedented power in the air — right up to Iran's border.

Tehran: The Iranian Air Force announced Wednesday that one of its aircraft was involved in an accident during a training sortie in the western part of the country. Iran's Mehr News Agency ...

in a potential boost for Iran's ailing air force amid increasing tensions with Israel and the United States. The semi-official Iranian Students News Agency quoted Ali Shadmani as saying Iran purchased ...

The Iranian Air Force has recently received the first batch of Sukhoi 35 fighter jets from Russia. Now there is also a discussion in the Arab media that Iran can buy JF-17 Thunder fighter jets ...

Iran reportedly used American F-14 Tomcats down more than 160 Iraqi planes during the Iran-Iraq war. Iran’s force of American-made F-14 Tomcat interceptors dominated the ...