TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Experts serving at the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) successfully overhauled three military aircraft, including an F-14 Tomcat fighter jet, which had been grounded for over a decade.

It took technicians at Shahid Babaei Air Base in Iran�s central city of Isfahan more than 80,000 man-hours to overhaul the three aircraft, including an F-14 Tomcat fighter jet, an F-7 and a PC-7 trainer aircraft.

The planes made successful test flights after the overhaul and returned to service.

Before the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the overhaul of military planes in Iran was carried out by foreign military experts. But today the Islamic Republic is able to overhaul military aircraft thanks to reliance on the capabilities of the country's committed engineers and technicians.

Iran has become one of only a handful of countries capable of performing the servicing and overhaul of its fleet of airplanes, both military and civilian.

By Tasnim News Agency