New Iranian fighter

[DirtyProp]

Hopefully this time it won't be moved to JB.

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...-jet-1.6406712

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/08/2...ghter-jet.html

Russian engine I presume?
What do you guys think?

[BossEyed]

It's a Northrop F-5F Tiger II

[SASless]

New to the Iranians....old kit to the Western Air Forces.

Should hostilities kick off....they become instant scrap metal.

[RUCAWO]

It's a Mig 28, nobody has been that close before .

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[ORAC]

They roll it out to the press as a “new” fighter about once every 3 years - must stop the tyres getting flat spots.

[57mm]

Those of us who have flown DACT against them will recall that they are by no means easy meat, especially WVR.....

[SASless]

One always plays to the Enemy's weakness.....not to their strength.....right?

Compare the capability of the F-22, F-35, and even the venerable F-15 and F-18 to this Iranian aircraft and consider what an engagement would look like.

The Iranians would never even get WVR if the Tactics are correct.

[MPN11]

I saw a clip on BBC showing an F-5 and was confused ... I was expecting their Airfix Stealth jet!

Q: I assume they run out of airframes before run out of Mx?

[Big Pistons Forever]

Well at least the guy in front has the decency to have his head bowed in shame when the picture was taken......

[Harley Quinn]

I know it's funny to tout the F5 as a 4th Gen aircraft, it clearly isn't, but I do respect the Iranians talent at keeping their fleet of mid=-70s ac going considering they've had no OEM support since the revolution. As for taking Northrop's venerable little fighter and conducting a major modification to the vertical tail to produce the Saeqeh there must be some talent in country, whether home-grown or imported. Even the F14s remain(ed) viable for a considerable period after the split from the west.

[TBM-Legend]

Of course the Iranian thingy could be a scam where they've taken an old F-5F and dolled it up a bit. Not sure the Iranians are up to making J-85's from scratch!

[Pontius Navigator]

Better thread on IN thanks to the inimical TEEEJ.

[Doobry Firkin]

According to the Aviationist - https://theaviationist.com/2018/08/2...ed-f-5f-tiger/

The F5 was the testbed for the upgraded cockpit and avionics - the actual aircraft wasn't ready to be unveiled.
Makes you wonder why they made the announcement without the actual aircraft there.

[TBM-Legend]

Makes you wonder why they made the announcement without the actual aircraft there.

...just maybe it doesn't really exist! Disinformation, ruses and other tricks are all used in "warfare"...

[ORAC]

The F5 was the testbed for the upgraded cockpit and avionics - the actual aircraft wasn't ready to be unveiled.

Which would be logical if they revealed shots of the cockpit avionics and none of the airframe - instead of the other way round.....

[KenV]

Originally Posted by DirtyProp

Hopefully this time it won't be moved to JB.
Russian engine I presume? What do you guys think?

No, not a Russian engine. The engine is an Iranian OWJ (Zenith), which is a reversed engineered copy of the J-85 which powers the F-5 series of fighters. Iran "unveiled" the OWJ engine back in early 2017. And this "domestic" aircraft is itself a modified F-5.

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/meet-...engine.474439/

[TEEEJ]

Originally Posted by TBM-Legend

...just maybe it doesn't really exist! Disinformation, ruses and other tricks are all used in "warfare"...

This is the aircraft that they were planning to unveil. The Kowsar.

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Essentially based on the Taiwanese AIDC AT-3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDC_AT-3

[peterperfect]

The Iranians lost a F5 today, unfortunately the pilot didn't survive.