FNA - Deputy Commander of the Iranian Army's Ground Force for Coordination General Ali Jahanshahi lauded the country's Airborne specialists for manufacturing different types of helicopter parts.

"Good measures have been adopted to form centers for production of (spare) parts. Ya Ali Industries Center has been formed in the Airborne Unit of the Army which produces over 1,500 types of parts for the Airborne helicopters," Jahanshahi said on Saturday.

He underlined the importance of optimization, overhaul and renovation of helicopters in enhancing the Iranian Armed Forces' deterrence power, and said increasing the combat power of the Airborne Unit is necessary.

The Iranian experts have manufactured different hi-tech parts for helicopters, while the country has also built helicopters.

In relevant remarks in May, Iranian Army Airborne Commander General Yousef Qorbani underlined the country's high defense and combat power, saying that the Airborne unit had modernized its helicopters.

"Our capabilities are very high in the combat field and we have attained the goals and strategies that we had specified. We have modernized our helicopters with the state-of-the-art equipment and met our needs to the modern equipment," General Qorbani said.

He, meantime, stressed that the Iranian Armed Forces were not after initiating war against other countries but were completely prepared to defend their homeland with maximum combat power.

Also, in April, General Qorbani announced that the country's helicopters had been equipped with night-vision systems.

"Our dear experts in the air industry have had a highly successful performance and have equipped our helicopters with night-vision systems," General Qorbani said.

"We have also become fully indigenized in the field of long-range missile systems. Turning ground-based missiles to air-based missiles and enjoying the best fire-and-forget missiles are among other achievements of the Army Airborne Unit," he added.

General Qorbani underlined that Iran was among the pioneering states in developing helicopters with the capability of fighting electronic warfare, targeting guided missiles, interception of targets from distance and using cruise missiles.