IRIAF Su-24 attack aircraft returns to service

IRIAF Su-24 ATTACK AIRCRAFT RETURNS TO SERVICE

By Dario Leone
Jan 18 2018
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The Su-24 spent many years grounded at Shiraz air base

Iran has managed to restore a Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) fighter-bomber back to service after many years of grounding at Shiraz air base.

Mehr News Agency said Iran invested over 35,000 manpower hours in the aircraft and succeeded on Jan. 14.

The aircraft has now joined Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) fleet.

In 1991 Iran integrated its Fencer fleet with 24 Iraqi Fencers that were evacuated to the country during the Gulf War. Iran possibly purchased other Su-24s from Russia or other former Soviet States. In September 2011, the IRIAF’s Deputy Commander, General Mohammad Alavi said to IRINN TV that the service had tested domestically produced, anti-radar smart missiles on Su-24 aircraft.

As of January 2013, 30 Su-24MKs were in service with the IRIAF.

The Su-24 is a supersonic, all-weather attack aircraft developed in the Soviet Union. The aircraft has a variable-sweep wing, twin-engines and a side-by-side seating arrangement for its two crew members. It was the first of the USSR’s aircraft to feature an integrated digital navigation/attack system. It remains in service with the Russian Air and Space Force (RuASF), Ukrainian Air Force, and various air forces to which it was exported.

Photo credit: Shahram Sharifi (Own work) via Wikipedia


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Dario Leone

Dario Leone

Dario Leone is an aviation, defense and military writer. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviation Geek Club” one of the world’s most read military aviation blogs. His writing has appeared in The National Interest and other news media. He has reported from Europe and flown Super Puma and Cougar helicopters with the Swiss Air Force.

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