FNA - Commander of the Iranian Air Force Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh announced the country's plans to set up an Acrojet team consisting of the newly-developed home-made Kosar fighter jets.

"We plan to form the Air Force's Acrojet team by using Kosar planes," General Nasirzadeh told FNA on Monday.

He expressed the hope that the new Acrojet team would stage an airshow in the next International Iran Airshow due to be held in 2020, and said, "The team can perform airshows not only in Iran but also in other countries."

Iran in September unveiled Kosar which is equipped with avionics (aviation electronics) and fire-control systems.

Kosar was unveiled in a ceremony participated by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran who ordered the fighter jet to fly.

The new fighter jet uses the fourth generation of military digital network and is equipped with heads-up display (HUD) system to increase the precision-striking power of weapons, advanced and multi-purpose radar for fire-control to boost the precision to trace the targets and threats and high-precision navigation system.

Kosar can be manufactured in two types of single-cockpits and double-cockpits and the second type can be used for training pilots in addition to enjoying combat capabilities.

According to the Iranian officials, the fighter jet is a supersonic combat plane different from the training Kosar 88 plane unveiled in April 2017.

Meantime, Army Lieutenant Commander Brigadier General Mohammad Hossein Dadras announced early September that Kosar had gone on line for mass-production.

"The defense ministry, in cooperation with the Air Force, is mass-producing the fighter jet," General Dadras said.

He added that Kosar has undergone different ground and air operational tests by the Iranian Air Force experts for numerous hours.

"We have ordered this fighter jet for the Army," General Dadras said.