25 Apr 2024
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Air Force is testing its fighter jets high-altitudes operational capability as well as the power of its home-made bombs to destroy targets with a zero margin of error during the Fadaeeyan-e Harim-e Velayat-6 wargames underway in Central Iran, the spokesman of the drills announced on Monday.

"The high-altitude operations of the fighter jets and (testing) the bombs' precision striking power is a main focus of the drills," Brigadier General Massoud Rouzkhosh told reporters in the Central province of Isfahan today.

"Sukhoi 24, F4, F5, Mig29, F14, Sa'eqeh, Boeing 707 and 747 fuel tankers, and different types of drones and C130 cargo and transportation planes are present in the wargames," he added.

General Rouzkhosh said that the Iranian Air Force will also bomb simulated enemy's targets on day and night using smart heavy and semi-heavy bombs and different laser-guided, television-guided, thermal and radar-guided missiles as well as various home-made rockets and bombs.

The Iranian Air Force kicked off 3 days of military drills in the province of Isfahan in Central Iran on Monday.

A variety of Air Force fighter jets, fighter bombers, transport planes, reconnaissance aircraft, drones and refueling planes took part in the military exercises today.

The drills started at the order of Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Air Force Brigadier General Alireza Barkhor.

In recent years, Iran has made great achievements in the defense sector and gained self-sufficiency in manufacturing essential military hardware and defense systems.

Yet, Iranian officials have always stressed that the country's military and arms programs serve defensive purposes and should not be perceived as a threat to any other country.

The Iranian Air Force displayed several squadrons of its operational fleet in an air show on the national Army Day in April.

Different types of fighter jets and fighter bombers took part in the air show staged over the mausoleum of the Founder of the Islamic Republic, the late Imam Khomeini, South of the capital Tehran.

The home-made 'Saeqeh' (Thunderbolt) fighter jets as well as F4, F5, F7, F14 and Mig 29 fighter jets in several squadrons flew over the sky of Southern Tehran.

Aerial refueling operation was also conducted by a Boeing 707 refueling tanker aircraft to an F4 and two F14 fighter jets during the air show.

Also, different helicopters, including Chinook, Cobra 206 and Cobra 214 flew over the military parade zone.

By Fars News Agency
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