Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force

The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) (Persian: نیروی هوایی ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران‎) is the aviation branch of the Iranian armed forces. The present Air Force came into being in the early 1980s when the former Imperial Iranian Air Force was renamed.

The Air Force has attempted with some success to maintain in service the large number of American-built aircraft which Iran acquired during the Shah's regime. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the Air Force had turned to purchases of Soviet and Chinese aircraft, as well as pressing ex-Iraqi aircraft into service, and indigenously built aircraft, in order to maintain a capable force. Since the end of the end of the arms embargo, Iran has an extensive modernization and consolidation of their air force.

List of aircraft

 * Fighters:
 * IAI F-4V Phantom Terminator x 75 (Fighter-Bomber)
 * Grumman F-14D Tomcat x 84 (Multirole Fighter)
 * Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Fighting Falcon Block 40/42 x 132 (Multirole Fighter)
 * HESA Saeqeh x 32 (Light Fighter)
 * Mikoyan MiG-29 "Fulcrum" x 30 (Aggressor Unit Aircraft)
 * Ground Attack Aircraft:
 * HESA Azarakhsh x 30 (Light Attack Aircraft)
 * Sukhoi Su-24 x 30 (Strike/air-to-air refuelling tanker)
 * Sukhoi Su-25 x 18 (Close Air Support Aircraft)
 * ELINT Aircraft
 * Lockheed P-3F Orion x 5 (Maritime Patrol)
 * HESA IrAn-140 x 12 (Maritime Patrol, AWACS)
 * Transport Aircraft:
 * Boeing CC-137 Husky x 12 (Strategic Transport, Aerial Tanker)
 * Boeing 747 x 6 (VIP Transport, Freighter)
 * Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 x 8 (Utility Transport)
 * Dassault Falcon 50 x 6 (VIP Transport)
 * Gulfstream G650 x 8 (VIP Transport)
 * HESA IrAn-140 x 16 (Tactical Transport)
 * Ilyushin Il-76 "Candid" x 8 (Strategic Airlifter)
 * Lockheed C-130E/H Hercules x 45 (Tactical Transport)
 * Pilatus PC-6 Porter x 16 (Utility Transport)