Deputy Commander of the Iranian Air Force, Brigadier General Hamid Vahedi, that a decision had been made to develop a domestic heavyweight fighter aircraft, which if successful would mark the second indigenous Iranian fighter to enter serial production. The aircraft would follow on from the success of the Kowsar lightweight …
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on Jul. 11, 1994 a VF-51 Screaming Eagles F-14A Tomcat BuNo 162602 Suffered a ramp strike upon landing aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) A ramp strike is when an aircraft coming to land aboard an aircraft carrier impacts the rear of the carrier, also called the ramp, below the …
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