This is a list of aircraft types operated by the Iranian Air Force, not including those operated by the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. This list also includes those operated by the air arm of the

Iranian Army The Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces ( fa, نیروی زمینی ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران, ''Niroo-ye Zamini-ye Artesh-e Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Iran''), acronymed NEZAJA ( fa, نزاجا, NEZEJA) are the ground forc ...

prior to the foundation of the Air Force as a separate service in August 1955. In 2007, Iraq asked Iran to return some of the scores of Iraqi fighter plans that flew there ahead of the

Persian Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a Coalition of the Gulf War, 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Ba'athist Iraq, ...

in 1991. And as of 2014, Iran was receptive to the demands and was working on refurbishing an unspecified number of jets. In late 2014, Iran gave some of the impounded former Iraqi military aircraft back to Iraq.

Combat types

Air superiority fighters

Multirole fighters

Ground attack

Future additions

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HESA Shafaq The HESA Shafaq or Shafagh ( fa, هواپیمای شفق, "Twilight" or "Aurora") is an Iranian subsonic stealth aircraft project being developed by the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA). Development According to reports, ...

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Reconnaissance, patrol, and EW

Maritime Patrol

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, , US, , maritime patrol , , P-3F , , 3 , , 1974–present , , 3 in service

Transport/AWACS/Maritime patrol

Ilyushin Il-76 The Ilyushin Il-76 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-76; NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau. It was first planned as a com ...

, Soviet Union , AWACS , IL-76MD Adnan , 1 , 1991-Present , Former

Iraqi Air Force The Iraqi Air Force (IQAF or IrAF) ( ar, القوات الجوية العراقية, Al Quwwat al Jawwiyah al Iraqiyyah}) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Iraqi Armed Forces. It is responsible for the defense of Iraqi airspace as well ...

aircraft two fled to iran during 1991 Persian Gulf War. One

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in an accident during 2009.

Transport and utility

Antonov An-74 The Antonov An-74 (NATO reporting name: Coaler) is a Soviet/Ukrainian transport aircraft developed by Antonov. It is a variant of the An-72. The An-72 and An-74 get their nickname, , from the large engine intake ducts, which resemble the over ...

, , Ukraine , , utility transport , , , , 12 , , , , All assigned to IRGCAF, not IRIAF. , - ,

, , Russia , , tactical airlift/transport , , , , 15 , , , , According to magazine "Airforce", only 4–5 of them are fully operational , - ,

Dassault Falcon 20 The Dassault Falcon 20 is a French business jet developed and manufactured by Dassault Aviation. The first business jet developed by the firm, it became the first of a family of business jets to be produced under the same name; of these, both t ...

, , France , , VIP transport , , , , 3 , , , , , - ,

Dassault Falcon 50 The Dassault Falcon 50 is a French super-midsize, long-range business jet, featuring a trijet layout with an S-duct air intake for the central engine. It has the same fuselage cross-section and similar capacity as the earlier twin-engined Falcon ...

, , France, , VIP transport , , , , 1 , , , , , - ,

Fokker F27 Friendship The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner developed and manufactured by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. It is the most numerous post-war aircraft manufactured in the Netherlands; the F27 was also one of the most successful Eur ...

, , Netherlands , , tactical airlift/transport and target towing , , F27-400M

F27-600 , , 12 , , 1972–present , , , - ,

Pilatus PC-6 Porter The Pilatus PC-6 Porter is a single-engined STOL utility aircraft designed by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. First flown in 1959, the PC-6 was produced at Pilatus Flugzeugwerke in Stans, Switzerland. It has been built in both piston engine- a ...

, , Switzerland , , utility transport , , , , 15 , , , , , - ,

Boeing 707 The Boeing 707 is an American, long-range, narrow-body airliner, the first jetliner developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype first flown in 1954, the initial first flew on December 2 ...

, , US , , VIP transport

transport

air-to-air refuelling tanker , , 707-368C

707-3J9C , , 1

2 , , 1974– , , 1 tanker, 2 transports Global security reports that one 707 is a tanker and two are transports. , - ,

Boeing 747 The Boeing 747 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2022. After introducing the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet times its size, ...

, , US , , VIP transport/freighter , , 747-100

747-100F

747-200F , , 6 , , , , 2 tanker, 4 transports.One is used for electronic warfare. , - ,

Lockheed C-130 Hercules The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally desig ...

, , US , , tactical airlift/transport , , C-130E

C-130H , , 27, , , , Nine visible on Google Maps at Mehrabad Air Base, with various underwing stores and some do not appear to have all four engines installed. , - , Lockheed JetStar, , US , , VIP transport , , JetStar 8 , , 2 , , , , 1 operational in 2008

Trainers

HESA Dorna The HESA Dorna ( fa, Dornā, " Crane") is a jet-powered Iranian training aircraft. The aircraft was first publicised in 1999 when Iranian air force General Habibollah Baghal claimed that a locally designed Dorna trainer aircraft had entered pr ...

, , Iran , , Trainer , , , , 1 , , 2016 , , Prototype , - , IAMI Parastoo, , Iran , , trainer , , , , 12 , , , , 12 as of 2005. , - , HESA Yasin, , Iran , , Advance Trainer , , , , 2+ , , , , HESA Yasin (formerly known as Kowsar 88) is a light aircraft and advance training aircraft designed and manufactured by Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Company at the request of the Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Yassin uses two 7,000-pound turbojet engines and is on par with the Russian MiG-AET jet. , - , HESA Simorgh / Northrop F-5 B, , Iran , , Advanced Trainer , , , , 9 , , , , F-5As converted domestically to F-5B standard. , - , Chengdu FT-7, , China, , Advanced Trainer , , FT.7 , , 14 , , , , Dual-seat J-7 conversion trainer. Some reports indicates that 5 are in service. Scramble notes 14 active.{{cite web, url=http://www.scramble.nl/index.php?option=com_mildb&view=search, title=Military Database - Scramble, website=www.scramble.nl , - , TB-21 Tobago / TB-200 Trinidad, , France , , trainer , , , , 12 , , , , 12 traniers in service. , - ,

PAC MFI-17 Mushshak The PAC MFI-17 Mushshak (Urdu: مشاق) (English: ''Proficient'') is a license-built fixed-gear basic trainer aircraft manufactered by PAC. An improved version of the Saab Safari (MFI-15), the MFI-17 is manufactured in Kamra, Pakistan by Pak ...

, , Pakistan , , trainer , , , , 25 , , , , 25 trainers in service. , - ,

Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer The Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer is a low-wing tandem-seat training aircraft designed and manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. The aircraft is capable of all basic training functions including aerobatics, instrument, tactical and ni ...

, , Switzerland , , trainer , , , , 45 , , , , , - ,

Beechcraft Bonanza The Beechcraft Bonanza is an American general aviation aircraft introduced in 1947 by Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. The six-seater, single-engined aircraft is still being produced by Beechcraft and has been in continuous pro ...

, , US, , trainer , , F.33 , , 28 , , , ,

Helicopters

Iranian helicopters are originally in its

Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation (IRIAA) (in fa, هواپیمایی نیروی زمینی جمهوری اسلامی ایران), more commonly known as Havānīrūz (, ), is the army aviation of the Iranian Army ground forces. It is the la ...

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Agusta-Bell 212 The Bell 212 (also known as the ''Twin Two-Twelve'') is a two-blade, medium helicopter that first flew in 1968. Originally manufactured by Bell Helicopter in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, production was moved to Mirabel, Quebec, Canada ...

, Italy , Utility , AB-212 , 2 , , Licence-built in Italy , - ,

Boeing CH-47 Chinook The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem rotor helicopter developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol. The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name, C ...

, US , Heavy-lift transport , CH-47C , 2 , ,

Other types

These types were also purchased by the Iranian government * One

Aero A.30 The Aero A.30 was a biplane light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in the late 1920s. It originated as an attempt by Aero to improve the performance of the Aero A.11, but soon evolved into quite a different aircraft, ...

from Czechoslovakia in 1923 * One De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou in 1979 A number of other types have been in recent, or reported to be in, Iranian service. Many remain in reserve storage or are operated by the Army or Navy. Some recent types include: * Shabaviz 2-75 (Iranian origin, operated by the Army) *

HESA Shahed 278 The HESA Shahed 278 ( fa, شاهد ۲۷۸) is an Iranian-made light utility helicopter. Iran's ''Shahed Aviation Industries Research Center'' plans to produce several variants of ''Shahed'', according to sources. The first platform was the ''Sh ...

Shahed 285 HESA Shahed 285 ( fa, شاهد ۲۸۵) is a light attack/reconnaissance helicopter developed in Iran. It was unveiled on . It is being produced in two versions: a light attack/recon version and a maritime patrol/anti-ship version. Design and ...

(40+ operated by Iranian forces) *

IAIO Toufan The IAIO Toufan or Toophan ( fa, توفان) is series of combat helicopters by the Iran Aviation Industries Organization. Based on the US-built AH-1J SeaCobra, the Toufan has two variants, the Toufan I unveiled in May 2010 and the improved To ...

(40+ operated by IRIAA) *

Mikoyan MiG-23 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-23; NATO reporting name: Flogger) is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. It is a third-generatio ...

(formerly IQAF) *

Mi-17 The Mil Mi-17 (NATO reporting name: Hip) is a Soviet-designed Russian military helicopter family introduced in 1975 (Mi-8M), continuing in production at two factories, in Kazan and Ulan-Ude. It is known as the Mi-8M series in Russian service. ...

(47 operated by the Iranian air force) *

Shenyang J-6 The Shenyang J-6 ( Chinese: 歼-6; designated F-6 for export versions; NATO reporting name: Farmer) is the Chinese-built version of the Soviet MiG-19 'Farmer' fighter aircraft, the world's first mass-produced supersonic aircraft. Design and ...

Boeing 727 The Boeing 727 is an American narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. After the heavy 707 quad-jet was introduced in 1958, Boeing addressed the demand for shorter flight lengths from smaller air ...

(Cargo/transport) * Hughes 300C Iran has a number of UAVs and UCAVs, currently under operation of the

Iranian Army Aviation Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation (IRIAA) (in fa, هواپیمایی نیروی زمینی جمهوری اسلامی ایران), more commonly known as Havānīrūz (, ), is the army aviation of the Iranian Army ground forces. It is the la ...

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