Iran’s military revealed the existence of an underground fighter jet airbase on Tuesday, a few days before celebrating another anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The Air Force’s Águia-44 base “has the capacity to receive all types of fighters and bombers, as well as ‘drones’ [aeronaves não tripuladas]said the official agency Go towho, like other “media”, distributed photos and video images.
In May 2022, Iran had already revealed images of a ‘drone’ base in the mountains of Zagros, in the west of the country, for the first time.
There was no mention of this new installation, “several hundred meters deep in the heart of the mountains to withstand the bombs of United States strategic bombers,” according to state television.
This footage was released on the eve of “Air Force Day”, as part of celebrations marking the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in February 1979, the anniversary being celebrated on Saturday, and showed the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces General Mohammad Bagheri and army commander Abdolrahim Mousavi to visit the base.
“Águia-44 is one of several Air Force underground tactical air bases built in recent years in different regions of the country,” the agency said. Go to.
The Iranian Air Force is mainly equipped with Soviet-era Russian Mig and Sukoi fighter jets, some Chinese aircraft, and American F4 and F5 predating the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Azarakhsh, a version of the F-5.
Iran also started developing drone programs in the 1980s during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988).
Since early February, a Defense Ministry military installation in Ispahan (center) has been hit by quadcopter drones, causing no casualties and only “minor damage”, the ministry said.
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations accused Israel of “responsibility” for this attack, which followed a string of sabotages and assassinations blamed on the Jewish state.
The two countries have been embroiled in a latent war for several years, with Israel accusing Iran of wanting to possess nuclear weapons, intentions Tehran denies.
Source: DN
