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Iranian Air Force Order of Battle for Twilight: 2000
Order of Battle as of 1 January 1995

Includes Army Aviation and Naval Aviation

TFB 1: Meherabad/Tehran IAP

11th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW)
11th TFS: F-4E (Note 1)
12th TFS: MiG-29A/UB (some ex-Iraqi) (Note 2)
13th CIS: F-4E, F-5E/F, F-14A (Combat Instructor School)
14th TFS: Su-24MK (ex-Iraqi)
83rd TFS: F-14A
Recon Flight: 2 RF-4E

1st TTW (Tactical Transport Wing)
11th TS: C-130H
12th TS: C-130H

1st STW (Strategic Transport Wing)
13th TS: KC-707
14th TS: Boeing 747F

Base Flight: Bell 214C

TFB 2: Tabriz

22nd TFW
21st TFS: F-5E/F
22nd TFS: F-5E/F
23rd TFS: MiG-29A/UB

Base Flight: Bell 214

TFB 3: Nojeh/Hamadan AB

31st TFW
31st TFS: F-4E
32nd TFS: F-4E
33rd TFS: F-4E
Recon Flight: 2 RF-4E
Base Flight: Bell 214C

TFB 4: Vahdati/Dezful AB

41st TFW
41st TFS: F-5E/F
42nd TFS: F-5E/F
43rd TFTS: F-5F (Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, known as the Tigers)
Recon Flight: 2 RF-5A
Base Flight: Bell 214C

TFB 5: Omidyeh AB

51st TFW (Note 3)
51st TFS: F-16A/B
52nd TFS: F-16A/B
53rd TFS: F-16A/B

TFB 6: Bushehr AB

61st TFW
61st TFS: F-4E
62nd TFS: F-4E
Recon Flight: 2 RF-4E
Base Flight: Bell 214C

TFB 7: Shiraz AB

71st TFW
71st TFS: F-5E
72nd TFS: Su-24MK
71st TTS (Tactical Training Squadron): T-33

71st TTW
71st TS: C-130H
72nd TS: C-130H
73rd TS: Il-76MD (ex-Iraqi)
74th Helicopter Squadron: CH-47C

71st ASW Squadron: P-3F

TFB 8: Khatami-Esfahan AB

81st TFW (Note 4)
81st TFS: F-14D
82nd TFS: F-14D
Base Flight: Bell 214C

TFB 9: Bandar Abbas AB

91st TFW
91st TFS (The Sharks): F-4E
92nd TFS: F-4E
Base Flight: Bell 214C

TFB 10: Chah Bahar AB

101st TFW
101st TFS: F-4D
306th TFS: F-4D Peace Enforcer

TAB 11: Tehran/Gahle-Morgi

Flying Training School

4 Training Squadrons with Beech Bonanza, EMB-312 Tucano, and PC-7 Turbo Trainer

TAB 12: Tehran/Doshen Toppeh

121st TS: Fokker F-27 Friendship

TFB 13: Zahedan

131st TFW
131st TFS: Su-25K (ex-Iraqi) (Note 5)

TFB 14: Mashad

141st TFW
141st TFS: Mirage F-1E (ex-Iraqi)
142nd TFS: Mirage F-1E (ex-Iraqi)


Iranian Army Aviation:

Kermanshah/Bakhtaran

6 Squadrons with Bell 214C and AB-205 (Italian license variant of UH-1D)
3 Squadrons with AH-1J

Esfahan

1 Squadron with AB-205, 1 Liasion Squadron with AB-206 (Italian variant of OH-58A),
3 Heavy Transport Squadrons with CH-47C, 4 Support Squadrons with Bell 214C, 3 Attack Squadrons with AH-1J

Kerman

1 Squadron with AB-205, 1 Liasion Squadron with AB-206, 2 Transport Squadrons with UH-60A, 2 Attack Squadrons with AH-1T, 1 Special Operations Squadron with Mi-8/17, Mi-24, and AB-206 (Note 6)


Iranian Naval Aviation:

TFB 6: Bushehr AB (Bushehr NAS to Iranian Navy)

2nd ASW Squadron: RH-53D, AB-212AS (ASW version of AB-212 Huey variant)

TFB 7: Shiraz

1st Transport Squadron: Dassault Falcon 20, Rockwell Shrike Commander, Fokker F-27-400M/600M

TFB 9: Bandar Abbas (NAS Bandar Abbas satellite field)

1st ASW Squadron: ASH-3D Sea King
1st Helo Squadron: AB-205, AB-206

Notes:

11th TFS is a MiG-29 squadron IRL
12th TFS is an F-4E squadron IRL
51st TFW is equipped with Chengdu F-7M Airguards; a PRC variant of the MiG-21F-13. In T2K the F-7s were sold to the U.S. in 1994 by the Iran Nowin Government and F-16s supplied in return
81st TFW is F-14A equipped IRL. In T2K, the F-14s were rebuilt in the U.S. by Grumman to D standard, with the intention of having all of Iran’s F-14s so upgraded, however the outbreak of the Iranian Civil War and of the Sino-Soviet War prevented the completion of the program.
This unit was a Pasdaran (Iranian Revolutionary Guards Command) squadron IRL, but the Iran Nowin Government transferred all IRGC air assets to the Iranian AF.
The Iranian Army ordered AH-64As in 1994, before the Civil War broke out, and as an interim measure, all of Iran’s AH-1s were to be upgraded to the T standard, with both TOW and Hellfire capability. Only the Kerman Group’s helos were so upgraded before the Civil War broke out. The AH-64 order was diverted to the U.S. Army after the outbreak of U.S./Soviet hostilities. The Mi-8/17s and Mi-24s were ex-Iraqi helos flown to Iran in 1991.
The Iranian AF evaluated the ex-Iraqi aircraft that landed in Iran during DESERT STORM, and only kept the MiG-29s, Su-24s, Su-25s, and Il-76s. All other aircraft after evaluation, including MiG-23s and Su-20/22s, were used as decoys at various air bases, or as targets on bombing ranges. Iraqi Civil-registered aircraft were also impounded and put into service with Iranian airlines. Several captured Kuwaiti airliners flown to Iran were returned to Kuwait at the conclusion of DESERT STORM.
The Khomeni Regime ordered 36 MiG-29s and 12 Su-24s in 1989, and these were delivered in 1990 IRL. In T2K the Iran Nowin decided to keep the aircraft in service pending replacement by either F-16s or F/A-18s in the case of the MiG-29s, and F-15Es in the case of the Su-24s. No order was placed before the Civil War broke out, as Danilov wanted to maintain Iran as a neutral in the Gulf region, and ordered MiG and Sukhoi to continue parts support and maintenance programs for the Iranians up until the Soviet invasion. The aircraft had Western IFF installed and were painted with special markings to preclude friendly fire incidents after December 1996.

Sources:

Aerospace Encyclopedia of World Air Forces, edited by David Willis
ACIG.org web site: http://www.acig.org
Iran-Iraq War in the Air: 1980-1988, by Tom Cooper and Farzad Bishop
Iranian F-4 Phantom Units in Combat, by Cooper and Bishop
Iranian F-14 Units in Combat, by Cooper and Bishop


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