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Iranian-built Simorgh aircraft conducts test flight

mahla — Wed, 31 May 2023 20:26:48 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) –The Iranian defense minister has said a transit aircraft built locally has successfully completed a flight test.

Brigadier General Mohammadreza Ashtiani made the announcement on Tuesday while speaking to a group of Defense Ministry officials that included Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri at an airbase in the central city of Isfahan.

He stated that the “Simorgh” aircraft is a redesigned and evolved version of planes of its generation, and that it is well adapted to the demands of Iran’s civil and military institutions.

Iran’s defense minister also noted that specialists from the Ministry of Defense and knowledge-based firms in the country designed and built the aircraft to adapt to the country’s weather conditions in compliance with international norms.

He went into detail about the features of Simorgh aircraft, including its lightness, high carriage capacity, proper radius of flight operations, compatibility with the climatic conditions of the country, ability to land and take off in short runways, as well as agility and speed in providing emergency services, including as air ambulance.

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Constructing aircraft, sign of authority of Iran

reporter 1222 — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 10:59:26 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Speaking in a funeral procession of the martyred pilot “Birjand Bey-Mohammadi”, held at Iran’s Army Air Force Command Headquarters on Monday, Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh said that the Islamic Republic of Iran owes its success to the pure blood of martyrs who sacrificed their soul and body in the battlefields during the eight years of Sacred Defense (Iraqi imposed war against Iran in 1980-1988) in line with defending the sublime value of the Islamic Revolution.

Elsewhere in his remarks, IRIAF chief commander pointed to the authority and power of the Air Force in the Islamic Iran and stated, “The Islamic Republic of Iran has been put under tough and severe sanctions for the past 40 years but during this period, whenever a mission is assigned to the Army Air Force of the country, it has managed to implement the assigned mission in the best form possible.”

Turning to the construction of manned and unmanned aircraft as well as smart ammunition, Brigadier General Nasirzadeh said, “Manufacturing advanced UAVs, while observing requirements of international standards, is a sign of the full authority of Iranian Air Force and in this way, Army Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran proceeds it with utmost power and authority.”

Last week, Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh visited a site manufacturing the advanced pilotless aircraft. He said Kaman-22 (Bow-22) is the first wide-body combat drone manufactured by local experts.

Equipped with various combat, optical, and electronic warfare systems, the new aircraft has a flight endurance of over 24 hours and a range of 3,000 kilometers, the commander said.

Kaman-22 is utilized in a range of operations, such as patrol, reconnaissance, data gathering, imaging, and aerial combat with a payload of smart weapons.

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Iran Remembers 290 Passengers, Crew Killed in Plane Shot by US

reporter 1222 — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 13:18:17 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran on Thursday commemorated the 32nd anniversary of the downing of its passenger plane by a US Navy guided-missile cruiser over the Persian Gulf, which killed 290 people.

A memorial ceremony was held today on the eve of the tragedy’s anniversary, with the participants, including the families of the victims and local officials, tossing flowers into the waters of Hormozgan Province near Hengam Island.

They also chanted slogans such as “Down with the US” and “Down with Israel”.

On July 3, 1988, the USS Vincennes fired missiles at an Iran Air Airbus A300B2 which was flying over the Strait of Hormuz from the port city of Bandar Abbas to Dubai, carrying 274 passengers and 16 crew members.

Following the attack, the plane disintegrated and crashed into the Persian Gulf waters, killing all 290 onboard, among them 66 children.

US officials claimed that the USS Vincennes had mistaken Iran Air Flight 655 for a warplane. This is while the warship was equipped with highly sophisticated radar systems and electronic battle gear at the time of the attack.

In 1990, the captain of the cruiser, William C. Rogers, was cleared of any wrongdoing and was even awarded America’s Legion of Merit medal by then US president George Bush for his “outstanding service” during operations in the Persian Gulf.

In a post on its Twitter account, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Washington neither “apologized” nor felt “embarrassed” over the crime.

“What is US human rights? Answer: Unparalleled commitment to killing people! Persian Gulf has long witnessed US crimes in the region. 32yrs ago, the US deliberately shot down an Iranian airplane. 290 were killed. The US has not yet apologized nor embarrassed,” it said.

‘Crime of the century’

Speaking during Thursday’s commemoration ceremony in the port city of Bandar Abbas, Abbas Gholamshahi, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), said “criminal America took the most inhumane action and committed the crime of the century in 1988 by downing a passenger plane.”

The US then “gave a medal of honor to the captain of the cruiser for his inhumane act,” he added.

“However, they no longer dare do so and we witnessed how their most advanced drone was shot down for violating Iran’s airspace after receiving a warning,” he added.

The commander was referring to the downing by the IRGC of an advanced US-made RQ-4 Global Hawk over the territorial waters off Hormozgan on June 20, 2019.

The unmanned US aircraft had been taken down by Iran’s indigenous Khordad 3 air defense system after it breached the country’s airspace on a spying mission despite the IRGC’s numerous warnings.

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