List of Iranian Air Force aircraft

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Iranian Air Force

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Here you may find of a partial list of aircraft in the possession of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force. Iran has a very large collection of fighter jets and has the third-largest helicopter fleet on earth^{[citation needed]}.

1 Aircraft inventory
2 Iranian combat aircraft under development
3 References
4 See also

[edit] Aircraft inventory

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Versions	In service^[1]	Notes
Aero Commander	United States	utility transport	690A	4
Antonov An-24	China	tactical transport	Y-7	14	built by Xian
Antonov An-74	Ukraine	tactical airlift transport	An-74TK-200	11
Beechcraft Bonanza	United States	trainer	F33C	20
Bell 206	Italy Iran	utility helicopter	AB 206A Panha Shabviz 2061	3 -	AB 206A built by Agusta unknown numbers of 2061 in service
Bell 212	Italy	Light-lift transport helicopter	AB 212	5	built by Agusta
Bell 214	United States	Medium-lift transport helicopter	Bell 214C	25
IL-76AEW	Russia	Airborne Early Warning	Adnan-1	2	In 1991 Gulf War two IL-76AEW fled from Iraq to Iran where the remain in service at Shiraz and Mehrabad Intl. [1]
Boeing 707	United States	transport/air-to-air refuelling tanker	707-3J9C	10	many modified for special missions
Boeing 747	United States	VIP transport/air-to-air refuelling tanker	747-100F	5
Boeing CH-47 Chinook	Italy	Heavy-lift transport helicopter	CH-47C	25	built by Agusta
Chengdu J-7	China	Fighter (F-7M)/trainer (FT-7)	F-7M FT-7	20 5	FT-7 built by GAIC, an additional aircraft crashed due to technical failure
Dassault Falcon 20	France	VIP transport		1
Dassault Falcon 50	France	VIP transport		3
Dassault Mirage F1	France	fighter	Mirage F1BQ Mirage F-1EQ	24
Embraer EMB 312 Tucano	Brazil	Basic trainer		15
Fokker F27 Friendship	Netherlands	tactical airlift/transport	F27-400M F27-600	11 3
Grumman F-14 Tomcat	United States	Interceptor/multi-role fighter	F-14A	50	79 originally delivered
Harbin Y-12	China	utility transport		8
Azarakhsh	Iran	fighter		6[2]
IAMI Saeqeh	Iran	fighter		?	at least 3 built [3]
IAMI Shafaq	Iran	fighter/advance trainer		1	Mockup shown, first flight supposed to take place in 2008
Ilyushin Il-76	Russia	transport		9
Kaman HH-43 Huskie	United States	rescue helicopter	HH-43F	8
Lockheed C-130 Hercules	United States	tactical airlift/transport reconnaissance	C-130E C-130H RC-130	5 4 1
Lockheed JetStar	United States	VIP transport	JetStar II	1
Lockheed P-3 Orion	United States	maritime patrol	P-3F	5
Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star	United States	trainer	T-33A	5
McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II	United States	fighter fighter reconnaissance	F-4D F-4E RF-4E	15 29 3
Mikoyan MiG-29	Russia	fighter trainer	MiG-29A MiG-29UB	60 15	many with local upgrades
Mil Mi-8	Russia	Medium-lift transport helicopter	Mi-8MTW Mi-17 Mi-171Sh	4 2 46
Northrop F-5	United States	fighter	F-5A F-5B F-5E F-5F RF-5E	50	many other versions in storage
Pilatus PC-6 Porter	Switzerland	utility transport		12
Pilatus PC-7	Switzerland	trainer		20
Saab Safari	Sweden	trainer	Mushshak	23	built by Pakistan
Shenyang J-6	China	fighter	F-6	18
Socata TB	France	utility	TB 20 TB 200	6 6
Sukhoi Su-24	Russia	strike/air-to-air refuelling tanker	SU-24MK	32
Mikoyan MiG-27	Russia	attack/strike		24
Sukhoi Su-25	Russia	strike/close air support trainer	Su-25K Su-25T Su-25UBK Su-25UBT	- 3 - 3	7 Su-25K/UBK impounded from Iraq 6 Su-25T/UBT purchased from Russia^[2]

A number of other types have been in recent or reported, Iranian service. Many may remain in reserve storage or are operated by the Army or Navy. Some recent types include: