MNA � Head of Iran Aviation Industries Organization Brigadier General Abdolkarim Banitorfi has said that recently unveiled domestically-made Kowsar fighter jet will join the Iranian air forces in the near future.

Brigadier General Abdolkarim Banitorfi said that the recently-unveiled Kowsar fighter jet will soon join the Iran Army Air Force.

Banitorfi said that the production line has been launched for the indigenous, advanced jet trainer Kowsar, which was successfully test-flown on August 21 in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani.

He described the manufacturing of Kowsar light attack and training jet as a turning point in the history of Iran's aviation.

Stating that the fighter jet is already approved by the Iran�s General Staff of the Armed Forces, he added that it was manufactured according to the needs of the Iranian armed forces.