The Islamic Republic of Iran launched a project to design and build its most advanced national fighter jet, Iran's air force deputy commander, Mohammad Reza Karshaki, said.
"A new version of the aircraft is more technically equipped compared to the previous fighter, Saiga," Karshaki added.
He said that the details concerning this sphere of the Iranian military production will be announced in the nearest future.
The military aircraft "Saiga"
[That's Farsi for "F-5"]
was produced in 2007. The Defense Ministry announced about its modernization in 2008.
Besides "Saiga" fighter, the Islamic Republic of Iran produces military aircrafts of Azarakhsh type.
Iran announced about launching of the new unmanned aircrafts with a range of 1,000 km in 2009.
That last fighter jet of their seemed pretty advanced given how well it maneuvered on the runway. I can only imagine how well it would do if they were to take the engine inlet covers off. |