Iranian Air Force IRIAF manufacturing two new pilot training jets Kowsar 88 and Azarakhsh 2110121

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Iranian Air Force IRIAF manufacturing two new pilot training jets Kowsar 88 and Azarakhsh.
 
A deputy commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force announced on Saturday, October 20, 2012, that the IRIAF is manufacturing 2 new pilot training jets. Iranian Air Force Deputy Commander for Training General Manouchehr Yazdani told FNA that irrespective of the western sanctions against Iran, the country is facing no problem for procuring training jets.
     

A deputy commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force announced on Saturday that the IRIAF is manufacturing 2 new pilot training jets. Iranian Air Force Deputy Commander for Training General Manouchehr Yazdani told FNA that irrespective of the western sanctions against Iran, the country is facing no problem for procuring training jets.
Iranian Air Force Azarakhsh fighter aircraft
     
He further pointed out that the IRIAF is working to make new pilot training jets domestically.

"Kowsar 88 and Azarakhsh training jets are among the projects that are underway in this regard. The conceptual studies have been done and the blueprints have been prepared completely and we are witnessing very good progress in this field," he stated.

"Similar to 'Saeqeh' (Thunderbolt), these jets will come into operation soon," Yazdani stated.

In recent years, Iran has made great achievements in the defense sector and gained self-sufficiency in essential military hardware and defense systems.

In September 2011, the Iranian Air Force's first squadron of home-made Saeqeh fighter jets started operations during the large offensive air drills codenamed "Fadaeeyan-e Harim-e Vellayat III" in Northwestern Iran.

The country has repeatedly made it clear that its military might is merely based on the state's defense doctrine of deterrence and that it poses no threat to other countries.