Iran Unveils New Fighter

COL Ted Mc — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:42:19 -0500

From "Info-Aviation.com"

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Iran unveils Saeghe 2

Iran has unveiled its second hunter Saeghe generation (Thunderbolt) locally built (Source: Mehr News Agency ).

The Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Agency unveiled the Saeghe-2 on February 9 when it is delivered to the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF).

While the initial Saeghe was based on the single-seat fighter Northrop F-5E Tiger II, the Saeghe-2 is based rather on the two-seater F-5F.

Physically, the Saeghe-2 carries a double tail as Saeghe 1, although it is impossible to know what internal improvements were made.

The IRIAF has a total of 17 combat aircraft F-5E in its inventory subject to change in Saeghe-2 configuration.

An aviation industry in motion

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[EDITORIAL COMMENT:- If a piece of kit does what you want it to do reliably but isn't capable of doing something that you don't need to do - is it 'obsolete'?]

L'Iran dévoile le Saeghe 2

L'Iran a dévoilé son chasseur de deuxième génération Saeghe (Thunderbolt) construit localement (source : Mehr News Agency). Le ministère de la Défense et l'agence logistique des forces armées ont d...

Response by SGT Steven Eugene Kuhn MBA made Feb 11 at 2015 2:44 PM

SGT Steven Eugene Kuhn MBA — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:44:25 -0500

Nice toy, not a threat to the 132 bases surrounding Iran