List of aircraft of the Iranian Air Force

This is a  list of aircraft types operated by the Iranian Air Force, not including those operated by the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. This list also includes aircraft operated by Imperial Iranian Army Aviation prior to the foundation of the Air Force as a separate service in August 1955.

In 2007, Iraq asked Iran to return some of the scores of Iraqi fighter planes that flew there ahead of the Persian Gulf War in 1991. And as of 2014, Iran was receptive to the demands and was working on refurbishing an unspecified number of jets. In late 2014, Iran returned some of the impounded Iraqi military aircraft to Iraq.

Other types
These types were also purchased by the Iranian government


 * One Aero A.30 from Czechoslovakia in 1923
 * One De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou in 1979

A number of other types have been in recent, or reported to be in, Iranian service. Many remain in reserve storage or are operated by the Army or Navy. Some recent types include:


 * Shabaviz 2-75 (Iranian origin, operated by the Army)
 * HESA Shahed 278
 * Shahed 285 (40+ operated by Iranian forces)
 * IAIO Toufan (40+ operated by IRIAA)
 * Mikoyan MiG-23 (formerly IQAF)
 * Mi-17(47 operated by the Iranian air force)
 * Shenyang J-6
 * Boeing 727 (Cargo/transport)
 * Hughes 300C

Iran has a number of UAVs and UCAVs, currently under operation of the Iranian Army Aviation.