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The '''history of the Iranian Air Force''', currently known as the [[Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force]], can be divided into two phases—before the [[Islamic Revolution]], and after it.

== Imperial era <!-- "Imperial Iranian Air Force" links here. -->==
[[File:Major Officers of IIAF-1933.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Eight major officers of the IIAF, in the 1930s.]]
[[File:F-86 Sabre-golden crown-Imperial Iranian Air Force.jpg|thumb|left|An F-86 Sabre from the Golden Crown aerobatic display team, of the Imperial Iranian Air Force.]]
[[File:Boeing-Vertol CH-47C 4-201 Imp Iran AF Issy 06.06.71 edited-2.jpg|thumb|left|CH-47C Chinook of the Imperial Iranian Air Force at Issy heliport, Paris, in 1971.]]
{{infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = Imperial Iranian Air Force
| image                         =  [[File:IIAF Seal.svg|220px]]
| caption                       = The logo of the Imperial Iranian Air Force
| start_date                    = February 25, 1925
| disbanded                     = 11 February 1979
| country                       = {{flag|Pahlavi Iran}}
| allegiance                    = [[Shah of Iran]]
| size                          = 100,000 (1979)
| equipment                     = 
450 modern [[combat aircraft]] (1978)
| equipment_label               = [[#Inventory 1920–1979|Aircraft]]
| type                          = [[Air force]]
| role                          = [[Aerial warfare]]
| identification_symbol       = [[File:Roundel of Iran.svg|80px]]
| identification_symbol_label = [[Roundel]]
| identification_symbol_2       = [[File:State flag of Iran 1964-1980.svg|90px]]
| identification_symbol_2_label = [[Fin flash]]
}}
The Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF) was a branch of the [[Imperial Iranian Armed Forces]] and was established by [[Reza Shah]], the [[Shah]] of Iran, in 1920.{{cn|date=October 2021}} It became operational with its first fully trained pilots on February 25, 1925.{{Cn|date=October 2021}} Iran's first attempt to procure aircraft from the United States in the 1920s failed due to Washington's refusal to supply equipment because of a [[World War I]] {{which?|date=October 2021}} treaty.<ref name=IIAFonline>{{cite web | url = https://www.iiaf.net/history/iiaf.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191205191002/https://www.iiaf.net/history/iiaf.html | archive-date = 2019-12-05 | title = IIAF History | work = Imperial Iranian Air Force | editor-first = Farhad | editor-last = Nassirkhani }}</ref> Until [[World War II]], the IIAF's aircraft inventory consisted entirely of European aircraft, mainly British and German. However, following a coordinated [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran|invasion of Iran]] during World War II in response to Reza Shah's declaration of neutrality, the IIAF's bases were occupied by the Allies and all existing IIAF aircraft were either destroyed or dismantled by the Soviet and British military. A few Iranian planes did manage to get airborne during the invasion and engaged the [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF) in [[dogfight]]s, in which the RAF emerged victorious.{{cn|date=October 2021}}

A roughly 1946 order of battle for the Air Force can be found in ''Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II.'' Two regiments were both reported to be based near Tehran. After World War II, the IIAF began to slowly rebuild its inventory, with aircraft mainly supplied by the United States and Great Britain. A national, aerobatic display team was formed in 1958. Called "[[Golden Crown]]", and a part of the IIAF, this lasted until 1978.<ref>Alibabaie, Gholamreza (2004). History of Iranian Air Force. Tehran: Ashian. pp. 98–99. ISBN 964-7518-19-6.</ref> Lieutenant General [[Nader Jahanbani]] is credited with establishing the Golden Crown and is generally considered the "Father of IIAF".  

In the 1960s, the IIAF acquired 90 [[Canadair Sabre]] fighters from the [[Royal Canadian Air Force|RCAF]], but they were flipped over to the [[Pakistan Air Force]].

In the 1960s and 1970s, the air force was used as part of a joint, aerial espionage programme of Iran and the United States, against the former-Soviet Union. This was in two parts, known as [[Project Dark Gene]] and Project Ibex.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.spyflight.co.uk/darkgene.htm |title= Project Dark Gene |date= 15 February 2009 |access-date= 3 February 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105124/http://www.spyflight.co.uk/darkgene.htm |archive-date= 24 September 2015 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

The IIAF deployed aircraft to Oman in the 1970s, when Iran provided military assistance to that country, during the [[Dhofar Rebellion|Dhofar rebellion]]. During this conflict, one Iranian F-4 Phantom II was shot down by rebels.

In 1976, the Imperial Iranian Air Force responded to a [[1976 Tehran UFO incident|UFO incident]] over the Iranian capital, Tehran.

Later in the 1970s, the IIAF became the only military force other than the [[United States Navy]] to be equipped with the [[F-14 Tomcat]]. Consequently, it also became the only other operator of the [[AIM-54 Phoenix]] air-to-air missile.

During this era, the United States instituted the "Spellout", "Peace Ruby" and "Peace Net" programmes to upgrade the air-defence system of Iran. As well as air defence radars, the network was linked using microwave and troposcatter communications networks.

[[File:The First F-4D Phantom II Squadron of iran-1971.jpg|thumb|right|The first F-4D Phantom II squadron of Iran, 1971.]]

After the 1979 [[Iranian Revolution|Iranian revolution]], some of the IIAF's F-14s were not in working order due to a lack of necessary spare parts, because of an American arms embargo and damage sustained by the aircraft during the [[Iraqi invasion of Iran|1980 Iraqi invasion]]. Some were brought back into service, due to localised production of reverse-engineered, Iranian-made, spare parts, as well as "cannibalism", the process of taking working parts from damaged aircraft and using them to repair others. The IIAF had also placed an order for over 150 [[F-16 Fighting Falcon]] [[fighter aircraft]] in 1976, but deliveries were never made due to the revolution. These aircraft would go on to serve in the [[Israeli Air Force]].

==Post-Islamic Revolution==
The overthrow of the Shah in the Islamic Revolution of February 1979, was followed by changes to the organization of the Iranian military. The air force was renamed the [[Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force]] (IRIAF), and largely inherited the equipment and structure of the former IIAF. Due to strained relations with the west, Iran had to procure new equipment from [[Brazil]], the Soviet Union/[[Russia]] and the [[People's Republic of China]].

However, it lost most of its leading officers in the course of post-revolutionary chaos, as well as due to the prosecution of those considered as loyal to the Shah, pro-U.S. or elsewhere by the new government in Tehran.  Its other personnel were also decimated by the purges, with many pilots removed or leaving the air force.  This left the air force ill-prepared for the [[Iran–Iraq War]].

=== Iran–Iraq War ===
[[File:Irani F-14 Tomcats carrying AIM-54 Phoenixs.jpg|thumb|Two [[Grumman_F-14_Tomcat|F-14 Tomcat]]s equipped with multiple missiles, circa 1986]]

A series of purges and forced retirements, as a consequence of the [[1979 Iranian Revolution]], resulted in the manpower of the service being halved between February 1979 and July 1980, leaving the IRIAF ill-prepared for the Iran–Iraq War (also called the "1st Persian Gulf War"). The sudden Iraqi air strikes against six Iranian airfields and four other military installations, launched on the afternoon of 22 September 1980, came as a complete surprise and caused a shock in the renamed "IRIAF", which was in the midst of reorganizing following the Iranian revolution which had ended 1 year earlier. Nevertheless, the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force retaliated, flying strikes involving up to 146 fighter-bombers against Iraqi airfields, oil industry installations, and communications sites. In addition to [[Attack on H3|striking Iraqi airfields]], the IRIAF succeeded in damaging Iraqi oil-producing and exporting facilities; resulting in Baghdad's decision to stop all oil exports for several years.

Following a one-week-long counter-air campaign, and due to a critical situation on the ground in Khuzestan Province, the IRIAF was thrown into the land-battle, mainly in the areas of Khorramshahr, Ahvaz, and Dezful. Here, the IRIAF's performance surprised most informed observers, with air strikes against armour and supply columns. Due to heavy losses in troops and armour, Iranian air superiority and an interruption of supply systems, the Iraqis had to stop their offensive, and then became involved in extremely bitter land-battles against Iranian ground forces.
[[File:Pilots of F14-IRIAF.jpg|thumb|The first squadron of Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force F-14 Tomcat pilots, at Shiraz Air Base.]]
However, the IRIAF paid a heavy price for this success, losing dozens of its best pilots and aircraft in the period between September and December 1980.  Although the readiness rates of the IRIAF significantly increased in the following months, its overall role and influence declined, as the clerical government searched to put the emphasis in fighting on the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]] (IRGC) militias, but also attempted to develop a separate air arm for this service.

After the successful liberation of most Iranian areas captured by the Iraqis, in late spring 1982, the situation of the IRIAF changed completely. From an air arm that was offensive by nature, it was largely relegated to air defense and, relatively seldom, tasks of flying bombing attacks against targets of industrial and military significance inside Iraq. Simultaneously, the IRIAF had to learn to maintain and keep operational its large fleet of U.S.-built aircraft and helicopters without outside help, due to American sanctions. Reaching back on equipment purchased from the U.S.A. in the 1970s, the Iranians began establishing their own aerospace industry; their efforts in this remained largely unrecognized until recently.

However, the IRIAF was able to obtain limited amounts of spare parts and weapons for its American-made aircraft, when Iran was able to buy American spare parts and weapons for its armed forces, during the [[Iran–Contra affair]]. Deliveries came via Israel and later, from the USA.

From 1984 and 1985, the IRIAF found itself confronted by an ever-better organized and equipped opponent, as the Iraqi Air force—reinforced by deliveries of advanced fighter-bombers from France and the Soviet Union—launched numerous offensives against Iranian population centres, industrial infrastructures, powerplants, and oil-export hubs. These became better known as "The Tanker War" and "The War of the Cities". To defend against an increasing number of Iraqi air strikes, the IRIAF leaned heavily on its large fleet of F-14 Tomcat air superiority fighters. Tomcats were mainly deployed in defense of the strategically important Kharg Island (main hub for Iranian oil exports), and Tehran. Over 300 air-to-air engagements against IQAF fighters, fighter-bombers, and bombers, were fought in these areas alone between 1980 and 1988.

Confronted with the fact that it could not obtain replacements for equipment lost in what became a war of attrition against Iraq, for the rest of the conflict, the IRIAF remained defence-orientated, conserving its surviving assets as a "force in being". From mid 1987, the IRIAF found itself confronted also with U.S. Navy fighters over the Persian Gulf. A number of confrontations that occurred between July 1987 and August 1988, stretched available IRIAF assets to the limit, exhausting its capability to defend Iranian air space against Iraqi air strikes.

===Post Iran–Iraq War===
[[File:Iran Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29UB Sharifi.jpg|thumb|Iranian Air Force MiG-29UB]]
[[File:IRIAF Northrop F-5E Tiger II Talebzadeh.jpg|thumb|IRIAF Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter]]
Immediately after the end of the Iran–Iraq War, the IRIAF was partially re-built by limited purchases of [[MiG-29]] fighters and [[Su-24]] bombers from the Soviet Union, as well as [[F-7 Skybolt|F-7]]M and FT-7 fighters from China. While a welcome reinforcement, these types never replaced the older, U.S.-built F-4 Phantoms or F-14 Tomcats (now the only air arm in the world to continue using the fighter), or even [[Northrop F-5]] Tiger IIs. Instead, the IRIAF continued efforts to maintain these types in service, and began a number of projects with the intention to refurbish and upgrade them.

A Russian attempt to sell a large number of [[MiG-27]]s, [[MiG-31]]s, and Tupolev [[Tu-22M]]s to Iran, launched in 1993, was spoiled by a lack of interest and money on the part of Iran.

===Iraqi aircraft from the Persian Gulf War===
Following an alleged agreement (no proof exists for it) between the regimes in Baghdad and Tehran, in February 1991 a significant number of [[Iraqi Air Force]] (IrAF) aircraft were evacuated to Iranian airfields, to avoid destruction in the 1991 Persian [[Gulf War]]. The agreement was for Iran to return them after the war, but the Iranians impounded these aircraft instead, claiming them as [[war reparations]] for the Iran–Iraq War.

The IRIAF has pressed into service all of the 36 [[Sukhoi_Su-24|Su-24MKs]], 7 [[Sukhoi_Su-25|SU-25s]] and 24 [[Dassault_Mirage_F1|Mirage F.1BQs and F.1EQs]] flown from Iraq, while all the other types—including 40 [[Sukhoi_Su-17|Su-20/22s]] and at least ten [[MiG-23]]s of various versions—were stored.

===Present===
[[File:HESA Azarakhsh displayed in Vahdati Airbase.jpg|thumb|right|[[HESA Azarakhsh]].]]
The exact current composition of the IRIAF is hard to determine, but [[List_of_aircraft_of_the_Iranian_Air_Force|estimates do exist]]. Due to the continuous spare parts shortages faced by the air force, a decision was made in the late 1980s to develop a local aerospace industry to support the air force.

In 2002, Iran with the co-operation of [[Ukraine]], successfully started the manufacture of the Iran-140; a licence-built version of the [[Antonov An-140]] transport aircraft. Simultaneously, Iran began construction of two 100% domestically produced fighters, upgraded using technology from the F-14 Tomcat and the [[F-5 Freedom Fighter|F-5 Tiger II]]. The fighters have been named the [[Azarakhsh]] and the [[Shafaq]].

Since then the country has also become self-sufficient in the manufacture of helicopters. The country claims that it is capable of producing the old U.S. [[AH-1 Cobra]] gunship. Additionally, Iran also produces [[Bell Helicopter]] [[Bell 212]] and [[Bell 206]] [[helicopters]] in serial production. These are known respectively as the [[Shabaviz 2-75]] and the [[Shabaviz 206]].

== Notable pilots ==
Unlike many other nations with modern air forces, Iran was engaged in an intense and protracted war. The 8 year long conflict with [[Iraq]] gave the IRIAF the opportunity to develop some battle-tested and hardened fighter pilots. Though information about the IRIAF is, at best, hard to access, two men stand out as the best Iranian [[fighter ace]]s.

[[Jalil Zandi]] is Iran's most successful [[fighter pilot]]. Flying the F-14 Tomcat he claimed 11 aerial victories, with 8 of those being confirmed by western sources.<ref>[http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_214.shtml Fire in the Hills: Iranian and Iraqi Battles of Autumn 1982, by Tom Cooper & Farzad Bishop, Sept. 9, 2003] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822073723/http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_214.shtml |date=2014-08-22 }}: ''Dead link''</ref> These include 4 MiG-23s, 2 [[Su-22]]s, 2 [[MiG 21]] and 3 [[Mirage F1]]s.<ref name="Fire">[http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_211.shtml Arabian Peninsula & Persian Gulf Database: Iranian Air-to-Air Victories, 1982–Today, Sept. 16, 2003] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323174626/http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_211.shtml |date=2010-03-23 }}: ''Dead link''</ref> These totals make him the most successful Iranian fighter pilot, the most successful F-14 Tomcat pilot, and the most recent (and last man) to claim ace status.

[[Yadollah Javadpour]] flew the F-5 and claimed five Iraqi aircraft shot down; two being reliably confirmed.<ref name="Samurai">[http://www.iiaf.net/iiafmisc/announcements/announcements.html Imperial Iranian Air Force: Samurai in the skies]</ref> This makes him an ace and the most successful F-5 fighter pilot, but his greatest claim to fame happened on August 6, 1983 when he shot down an Iraqi [[MiG-25]]. This was a significant achievement for an F-5 pilot, as the MiG-25 is a much bigger and faster aircraft with a substantial altitude advantage. His other confirmed kill was an [[Su-20]] on October 17, 1980.<ref>[http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_210.shtml Arabian Peninsula & Persian Gulf Database: Iranian Air-to-Air Victories, 1976–1981, Sept. 16, 2003] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323174414/http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_210.shtml |date=2010-03-23 }}:''Dead link''</ref>

==Inventory 1920–1979==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Inventory of the Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF)
|-
! Aircraft !! Number !! Origin !! Image
|-
| [[Avro Anson|Avro Anson Mk.I]] || || {{UK}} ||
|-
| [[Beechcraft Bonanza|Beechcraft F-33A Bonanza]] || 10 || {{US}} || [[File:F33A Bonanza of IIAF.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Beechcraft Bonanza|Beechcraft F-33C Bonanza]] || 39 || {{US}} ||
|-
| [[Bell 206 JetRanger]] || || {{US}} ||
|-
| [[Bell 212]] || || {{US}} ||
|-
| [[Bell AH-1 SuperCobra|Bell AH-1J International]] || || {{US}} ||
|-
| [[Boeing 707|Boeing 707-368C]] || || {{US}} || [[File:An Irani Boeing 707 ready to performing air to air refueling.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Boeing 707|Boeing 707-3J9C]] || || {{US}} ||
|-
| [[Boeing 747-100]] || || {{US}} ||
|-
| [[Boeing 747-100]]F || || {{US}} ||
|-
| [[Boeing 747-200]]F || || {{US}} ||
|-
| [[Boeing-Vertol CH-47C Chinook]] || || {{US}} || [[File:Boeing-Vertol CH-47C 4-201 Imp Iran AF Issy 06.06.71 edited-2.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Breguet 14]] || || {{flag|French Third Republic}} ||
|-
| [[Breguet 19|Breguet 19 A2]] || || {{flag|French Third Republic}} || [[File:Breguet 19 of Air Force of Iran.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Canadair CL-13 Sabre|Canadair CL-13B Sabre]] || || {{flag|Canada|1957}} ||
|-
| [[Cessna O-2 Skymaster|Cessna O-2A Skymaster]] || 12 || {{USA}} || [[File:Cessna O-2A of IIAF.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Curtiss 75|Curtiss H75A-9]] || || {{US}} ||
|-
| [[Dassault Falcon 50]] || || {{FRA}} ||
|-
| [[de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver]] || || {{flag|Canada|1921}} || [[File:Military Museum, Sa'dabad Palace9.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou]] || 1 || {{flag|Canada|1957}} || [[File:An old de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou at THR.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[de Havilland Tiger Moth]] || 109 || {{flag|Canada|1921}} || [[File:De Havilland Tiger Moths of Air Force of Iran.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Fokker F27-400]]M || 2|| {{NLD}} || [[File:Irani Fokker F27.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Fokker F27-600]] ||25 || {{NLD}} ||
|-
| [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon]] ||160 were ordered and 140 were ready to be shipped, but were not delivered due to the severance of Iran-US relations. || {{USA}} || [[File:F-16A Fighting Falcon of IIAF over Yazd.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Grumman F-14 Tomcat|Grumman F-14A Tomcat]] ||79 || {{US}} || [[File:Grumman F-14A 3-863 Iranian AF 1975 (mfr via RJF) (17109327976).jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Hawker Fury|Hawker Fury Mk.I]] || || {{UK}} ||
|-
| [[Hawker Fury Mk.II]] || || {{UK}} ||
|-
| [[Hawker Hart]] || || {{UK}} ||
|-
| [[Hawker Hind]] || 55 || {{UK}} || [[File:A Hawker Hind of Air Force of Iran.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Hawker Audax]] || 66 || {{UK}} || [[File:Hawker Audax of Air Force of Iran.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Hawker Hurricane Mk. I|Hawker Hurricane Mk.I]] || || {{UK}} || [[File:An Iranian Hawker Hurricane flying.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Hawker Hurricane Mk.II]] || || {{UK}} ||
|-
| [[Hawker Hurricane Mk.II|Hawker Hurricane Mk T.IIC]] || 2 || {{UK}} || [[File:A Two-seat Hawker Hurricane of Air Force of Iran.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Kaman HH-43 Huskie]] || 12 || {{US}} || [[File:HH-43 Huskie of IIAF.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|Lockheed C-130E Hercules]] || 28|| {{US}} || [[File:Imperial Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130E Hercules at London Gatwick Airport.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|Lockheed C-130H Hercules]] || 32|| {{US}} ||
|-
| [[RC-130 Hercules|Lockheed RC-130 Hercules]] || || {{US}} ||
|-
| [[Lockheed P-3 Orion|Lockheed P-3F Orion]] || 6|| {{US}} || [[File:An Irani Air Force P3 Orion.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Lockheed JetStar|Lockheed JetStar 8]] ||3 || {{US}} ||
|-
| [[Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star]] || || {{US}} || [[File:T 33 Shooting Star-IIAF.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II]] ||32 || {{US}} || [[File:IIAF F-4D Phantom II-brake chute.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II]] || 177 || {{US}} || [[File:Iranian F-4E Phantom II armed with AGM-65 Maverick.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[McDonnell Douglas RF-4 Phantom II|McDonnell Douglas RF-4E Phantom II]] || 16 || {{US}} ||
|-
| [[Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter|Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter]] || 104 || {{US}} || [[File:IIAF F-5A 3-417.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter|Northrop F-5B Freedom Fighter]] || 23 || {{US}} ||
|-
| [[Northrop F-5 Tiger II|Northrop F-5E Tiger II]] || || {{US}} ||
|-
| [[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet]] ||200-250 was on the shopping list but remained incomplete due to the severance of relations between Iran and the United States|| {{US}} ||  [[File:FA-18C desert refueling.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Northrop F-5 Tiger II|Northrop F-5F Tiger II]] || || {{US}} ||
|-
| [[North American F-86 Sabre|North American F-86F Sabre]] || || {{US}} || [[File:F-86 Sabre-golden crown-Imperial Iranian Air Force.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[De Havilland DH.4|Polikarpov DH.4]] || || ||
|-
| [[Airco DH.9A|Polikarpov DH.9A]] || || || [[File:Airco DH.9A of Imperial Iranian Air Force.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Airco DH.9A|Polikarpov R-1]] || || || [[File:Polikarpov R-5 of Air Force of Iran.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer]] || || ||
|-
| [[Polikarpov R-5]] || || ||
|-
| [[Republic P-47 Thunderbolt|Republic P-47D Thunderbolt]] || 50 || {{flag|United States|1912}} || [[File:An IIAF P-47D ready to takeoff.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Republic F-84 Thunderstreak|Republic F-84F Thunderstreak]] || || {{flag|United States|1912}} ||
|-
| [[Republic F-84 Thunderstreak|Republic RF-84F Thunderstreak]] || || {{flag|United States|1912}} ||
|-
| [[Republic F-84 Thunderjet|Republic F-84G Thunderjet]] || || {{flag|United States|1912}} || [[File:F-84G of the Golden Crown.jpg|180px]]
|-
| [[Aero Commander 500 family|Rockwell 681]] || || {{US}} ||
|-
| [[Aero Commander 500 family|Rockwell 690A]] || || {{US}} ||
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:IIAF_Boeing_707_refuels_IIAF_Boeing_747.jpg|A Boeing 707 of the Imperial Iranian Air Force refuels a Boeing 747 of the IIAF.
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite journal |last1=Andersson|first1=Lennart|title=Histoire de l'aéronautique persane, 1921–1941: La première aviation du Chah d'Iran |journal=Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire |date=July 1998 |issue=76 |pages=2–12 |trans-title=History of the Persian Air Force, 1921–1941: The First Aircraft of the Shah of Iran |language=French |issn=1243-8650}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last1=Deurenberg|first1=Ruud|title=Round-Out: Iranian 'Open-Top' Hurricanes |journal=Air Enthusiast |date=March–April 2001|issue=92|page=77 |issn=0143-5450}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Air force of Iran}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080114012529/http://www.iiaf.net/home.html Historical memorial site for the Imperial Iranian Air Force]

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