Iran Will Test New Fighter Soon

Iranian Army Commander Major General Ataollah Salehi said on Wednesday that the Iranian military will soon test-fly a home-made fighter jet, local Fars news agency reported.

The newly-built Iranian fighter jet would be tested during war games in this summer, Salehi told reporters on the sidelines of a ceremony in Tehran to commemorate Iran's military martyrs.

He said the date of the maneuvers has not been decided yet and he did not elaborate on further information about the home-made fighter jet.

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Vlad Plasmius said:

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I don't imagine they're talking about Saeqeh, unless it's a new model of it. Could this mean they're going to test-fly the Shafaq?

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Brigadier General Mostapha Mohammad Najjar said that Iran's aerospace industry is booming, adding the first locally manufactured fighter plane named Azarakhsh (Thunderbolt) will make its maiden flight soon.

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