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  Iran   Islamic Republic of Paramilitary Aviation
Islamic Republic of Iran (Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān)

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Paramilitary 40,000-60,000 personnel. Law-Enforcement Forces 40,000 – 60,000 (border and security troops); 450,000 on mobilisation (incl conscripts)

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN PARAMILITARY AVIATION


Forces by Role & Equipment by Type

AIRCRAFT No combat capable. Total 2+ Aircrafts.

Transport sqn with
some Tpt ac:
2 Iran-140;
? Cessna 185 Skywagon
? Cessna 310


HELICOPTER No armed capable. Total 24 Helicopters.

Utility sqn with 24 Utl hel:
Agusta Bell AB-205A-1 Iroquois; (Bell 205)
Agusta Bell AB-206 JetRanger (Bell 206);


FACILITIES

  Paramilitary Aviation Main Headquarters: HQ Located at Tehran

Paramilitary Forces by Role (Current order of battle) & Organisations by Service Notes:
Part of armed forces in wartime
Patrol and Coastal Combatants 130 (Misc Boats/Craft 40 harbour craft PCI 90)
Basij Resistance Force up to 1,000,000 personnel on mobilisation: Paramilitary militia, with claimed membership of 12.6 million, including women and children; perhaps 1 million combat capable; in the process of closer integration with Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces. Militia 2,500 bn (claimed); some (full time)
BASU ('Popular Mobilization Army') (Reserves) ~300,000  peacetime volunteers, mostly youths; strength up to 1,000,000 during periods of offensive ops. Small arms only; org into ~900 battalions, but not currently embodied for military operations
LAW-ENFORCEMENT FORCES (Ministry of Interior) ~40,000  including border-guard elements; about 90 patrol inshore, 40 harbor craft

 
F-4E (IRIAF)
IRIAF F-14A Tomcat
IRIAF MiG-29 Fulcrum
IRIAF Su-24MK Fencer-D
IRIAF MDD F-4E Phantom II
IRIAF Mirage F-1EQ / BQ
Iran AF
Scheme
IRIAF F-14A TOMCAT


   Iran AF News:

First flight for Iran’s Kowsar-88 Yasin

• First flight for Iran’s Kowsar-88 Yasin  (25.12.2019)

Iranian Air Force conduct test flight of Yasin trainer jet

• Iranian Air Force conduct test flight of Yasin trainer jet  (1.11.2019)

Iran's Guards commander says U.S. military presence in Gulf is 'an opportunity': ISNA

• Iran's Guards commander says U.S. military presence in Gulf is 'an opportunity': ISNA  (12.05.2019)


• Iran admits to being hit by potent cyber attack  (3.11.2018)

• IRGC Navy Warns of Dire Consequences of US Warships' Amateur Behavior in Persian Gulf  (10.03.2017)

• Iranian Navy Sends Fleet of Warships to Russia  (9.03.2017)

• Iran Shows Offs Home-Made Hovercraft
 (6.02.2015)

• Iran’s Navy: Asian Ambitions?
 (6.04.2014)

• Iran needless of foreign aid for repairing copters: Cmdr.
 (25.06.2013)

• Iran needless of foreign aid for repairing copters: Cmdr.
 (25.06.2013)

• Iran Navy to Get Advanced Cruise Missiles
 (12.05.2013)

• Iranian F-5F Crashes in West Iran, 2 Pilots Killed
 (22.04.2013)

• U.S. jet warns Iranian fighter approaching Predator drone
 (31.03.2013)


 

 



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