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Thunderbolt from Iran

Writing by Tolip on Tuesday, 25 of September , 2007 at 3:20 pm

Last week the Iranian Air Force successfully tested the new Saeqeh fighter.On September 20 two fighter planes from the Azarakhsh (Thunder) fighter generation were successfully tested in Tehran.This new Iranian fighter, named Saeqeh (Thunderbolt) is the second type of Azarakhsh fighters.The Saeqeh is locally built and is based on adaptations of reversed-engineered, modified (twin-tail) American F-5 platforms developed by IRI, the Air Force and Iran’s Defense Ministry.

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Military jets for sale on civilian market

Writing by Tolip on Tuesday, 25 of September , 2007 at 1:57 pm

A few days ago I wrote an article about the russian aircraft you can find on the civilian market.Since then I have received numerous questions so I have decided to do some research and make a list of all ex-military jets that are currently on sale on the civilian market.The list includes only ex-military jet-powered combat and trainer aircraft since these are the most interesting offers out there.

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