19.01.2006, 15:03
Fundierter Artikel über die iranische Luftwaffe des "Wahington Institute for Near East Policy":
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Zitat:Iran’s Air Forces: Struggling to Maintain Readiness
By Fariborz Haghshenass
December 22, 2005
Recent events, including the launch of Iran’s first space imaging satellite, the announcement that Russia is selling Iran twenty-nine Tor-M1 (SA-15 Gauntlet) mobile short-range surface-to-air missile systems for $700 million, and the crash of an air force C-130 transport plane into an apartment block in Tehran, have focused attention on Iran’s evolving air and aerospace power capabilities, as well as on Iran’s longstanding problems in maintaining its aging fleet of military and civilian aircraft.
A Force Divided
Iran’s air forces are divided between the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Air Force (IRGCAF).
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