The Iranian Army never operated the British Challenger Tank
They were all set to buy large amounts of the Challenger 1. but this deal was scotched by the Iranian Revolution. The British tried to fill Iran's immediate need for a modern tank by offering them an upgraded Chieftain; these too were cancelled by the Revolution. However, the Jordanians saw that the British had 125 tanks they had no use for, asked for a few more upgrades, and still got them at a bargain price. They call them the Shir 2.
The Soviet Mi-17 transport helicopter never existed.
Not true; the Mi-17 is a progressive improvement of thr Mi-8. I will grant you that the Iranians might not have them in T2K; it depends on how close they were to the Soviets in the T2K timeline.
The US Air Force never operated the Hughes 530 helicopter
True, but the Nightstalkers did operate then and do to this day.
The US Navy never operated the Dutch Fokker F-27
The Navy does have a few of them, but probably not in the T2K timeline.
The Army operates a good number also. They are handy jump aircraft in SOCOM, and they have found the F-27 can be modified for "additional uses."
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