IRIAF Fighter Jet Crashes Two Pilots Martyred

[Windjammer]

Iranian Air Force fighter jet crashes in Tabriz, in north-western Iran.
Reportedly both the pilots and one civilian martyred.

 

[Zee-shaun]

According to several news outlets an F-5 was involved in the crash killing 3 people.

US-built military jet crashes in Iran, killing 3: Report

A US-built F5 jet in use by the Iranian military crashed into the wall of a school in the northwestern city of Tabriz on Monday, killing the two pilots and

english.alarabiya.net

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

Are any of the American aircraft with Iran still air worthy?

 

[Hack-Hook]

Are any of the American aircraft with Iran still air worthy?

Well F14s and F4s and F5s and C130s
And P3s and Boeing 707s and 747s are pretty much still flying

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

Well F14s and F4s and F5s and C130s
And P3s and Boeing 707s and 747s are pretty much still flying

Flying as much as they're supposed to?

 

[TheImmortal]

Flying as much as they're supposed to?

No, that would lead to further stress on the airframe and fatigue cracks to appear.

As for planes falling out of the air, I have to say Iran has a VERY good record compared to Russia/Europe/US when taken into account our planes are 30+ years old and theirs are mostly new.

Fighter jet crashes happen in every country, US lost a F-35 this month.


But to answer your question, no Iran doesn’t fully use the planes in order to save the airframes for wartime and extend their life.

 

[Dai Toruko]

İnna Lillahi ve İnna İleyhi Raciun

 

[Maula Jatt]

RIP

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

No, that would lead to further stress on the airframe and fatigue cracks to appear.

As for planes falling out of the air, I have to say Iran has a VERY good record compared to Russia/Europe/US when taken into account our planes are 30+ years old and theirs are mostly new.

Fighter jet crashes happen in every country, US lost a F-35 this month.


But to answer your question, no Iran doesn’t fully use the planes in order to save the airframes for wartime and extend their life.

Is Iran able to produce any of the parts for the US planes in-house?

 

[Michel Niesten]

Is Iran able to produce any of the parts for the US planes in-house?

Yes, they are keeping old US built aircraft flying by reverse engineering. Just take parts out and copy them. And they also convert some old F-5 aircraft into the “new” HESA Saeqeh, which looks like an F-5 with an F/A-18 tail.

 

[waz]

Allah have mercy on them.
My prayers with their families and the Iranian people.

 

[PakFactor]

My condolences to the families of all three who passed away.

 

[TheImmortal]

Is Iran able to produce any of the parts for the US planes in-house?

Yes of course that’s how they are still flying, all parts are built inside the Iran, with a VERY small amount acquired on black market. US destroyed and shredded spare parts for F-14 and other Us aircraft not in service anymore so it wouldn’t reach Iran thru black market.

They can maintain and build spare parts F-14 engines and F-4 engines. They cannot rebuild those engines tho. They can rejuvenate the airframes to a certain extent. Iran can probably keep Tomcats flying for another 15 years or so till 2035-2040

F-4 and F-5 (non Kowsar standard) will have to be retired in the coming decade most likely or cannablize some to keep others air worthy. So sooner or later Iran will have to address its airforce.

Even US is still flying 30-40 year old F-18’s And they have a military budget of 700B.

So old fighter jets are in use even in Western armies with England probably have the worst age out of US, France, England.

 

[925boy]

Flying as much as they're supposed to?

why hasnt your country's military tested that? troll.

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

why hasnt your country's military tested that? troll.

Tested what? An air battle with mighty Iranian Air Force?

Like this?

2017

Iranian drone shot down by PAF, confirms FO

Official sources had confirmed earlier that a JF-17 shot down the drone which was allegedly on a 'spying mission'.

www.dawn.com

Pakistan's JF-17 Jet Has Its First Victory by Destroying an Iranian Drone

What does this mean?

nationalinterest.org

2019

Drone seized in Pakistan suspected to be Iranian

KARACHI: A Pakistani official confirmed on Friday that a foreign drone was seized from the country’s Chaghi district bordering Iran and Afghanistan, fuelling speculation among analysts that it likely belongs to Tehran. “A drone was found … in the Tuzgi Wadh area of the Chaghi district,” said the...

www.arabnews.com