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187882
Sat, 06/11/2011 - 14:24
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Commander Stresses Iran's Ability to Overhaul F-14 Fighter Jets
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian commander stated that local experts and technicians are capable of maintaining F-14 fighter jets as well as other aircraft of the Iranian Air Force.
"Today, technicians at the Islamic Republic of Iran's Air Force do reverse engineering, and all parts required by this kind of fighter jet are made or upgraded inside the country and installed on the aircraft," Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) for Coordination Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh said.
"Although there exist restrictions and sanctions on Iran regarding the procurement of equipment in all sectors, these sanctions are double as severe when it comes to F-14 fighter jets because the aircraft was only used in the US and Iran," he explained.
The senior Iranian commander told the Islamic republic news agency that F-14 fighters have been retired from service in the United States.
Nasirzadeh underscored that the United States destroyed all its F-14 jets in order to keep any third country from gaining access to its parts.
"Maybe Americans thought that Iran was after these parts, but they didn't know that we don't need these parts at all," he noted.
Upgraded and improved, he said, F-14 fighter jets in Iran are used for training and conduct tactical drills on a regular basis.
In May, Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Army Rear Admiral Farhad Amiri announced that the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force has equipped all its F-14 fighter jets with highly advanced radars.
"The radar system of these fighters are highly complicated because it consists of a set of separated parts which should be linked to each other when they are mounted on the fighter jet, and this is a very complex scientific and technological process," Amiri told FNA at the time.
"Our radars used to be mainly American and British in the past and these were the Americans and the British who determined the place for mounting our radar systems and they were, thus, fully informed of their blind spots," he said.
"But today that we produce all our radar systems domestically, we ourselves specify the place where these systems should be mounted and installed," the senior Army official said, and added, "And we cover the blind spots with other systems."
"Today, technicians at the Islamic Republic of Iran's Air Force do reverse engineering, and all parts required by this kind of fighter jet are made or upgraded inside the country and installed on the aircraft," Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) for Coordination Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh said.
"Although there exist restrictions and sanctions on Iran regarding the procurement of equipment in all sectors, these sanctions are double as severe when it comes to F-14 fighter jets because the aircraft was only used in the US and Iran," he explained.
The senior Iranian commander told the Islamic republic news agency that F-14 fighters have been retired from service in the United States.
Nasirzadeh underscored that the United States destroyed all its F-14 jets in order to keep any third country from gaining access to its parts.
"Maybe Americans thought that Iran was after these parts, but they didn't know that we don't need these parts at all," he noted.
Upgraded and improved, he said, F-14 fighter jets in Iran are used for training and conduct tactical drills on a regular basis.
In May, Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Army Rear Admiral Farhad Amiri announced that the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force has equipped all its F-14 fighter jets with highly advanced radars.
"The radar system of these fighters are highly complicated because it consists of a set of separated parts which should be linked to each other when they are mounted on the fighter jet, and this is a very complex scientific and technological process," Amiri told FNA at the time.
"Our radars used to be mainly American and British in the past and these were the Americans and the British who determined the place for mounting our radar systems and they were, thus, fully informed of their blind spots," he said.
"But today that we produce all our radar systems domestically, we ourselves specify the place where these systems should be mounted and installed," the senior Army official said, and added, "And we cover the blind spots with other systems."
