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The runways of Tabriz Airbase were also cratered:

Aftermath of strikes on the large Hamadan airbase in Western Iran with cratering of the runway, taxiways and pinpoint strikes on various HAS:

Iranian AAA and SAM activity in the Eastern city of Mashhad which airport was struck today:

There is a thread in the FFZ for rants:

Israel struck a dual civilian military airport in Eastern Iran, near the Turkmenistan border:

A post best reserved for the FFZ 🙄 ------------- In other news: footage of an Israeli strike on a Matla-ul-fajr VHF radar, supposedly able to detect low RCS aircraft and still a relatively new system: The relatively small weapons load-out seen on IAF F-15Is prior to departing for a strike on Iran: JDAMs, impacting a target in Kermanshah in Western Iran:

Interesting footage allegedly showing the smoke trails of Iranian SAM missiles, these systems appear to be totally spoofed.

Flight into fantasy. There have been feverish stories about Iran imminently getting the latest you-name-it tactical jet from X or Y for 20 years and it never materializes. Furthermore, you do not immediately get to press a complex and unknown new jet into service, it takes years. Then, the J-20 has never been exported, as it is the currently the prime longer range jet for the PLAAF allowing greater penetration of the eastern skies. Perhaps J-10s are an option if China can assuage the fears of the Gulf States with which it also entertains relations.

Not only the Rafale, but any opposing jet. With a small AESA radar, PL-10 missiles and PL-15 missiles that may be able to be guided by other JF-17s or even different sources, it is a potent small fighter with a nastier bite than the handful of Su-30SMs flown by the Armenians and the entirely obsolete IrAF.

Meteor integration on the F-35B postponed until the early 2030s, meaning that the RAF/RN F-35Bs will remain reliant on the AIM-120D. https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/meteor-integration-on-f-35b-delayed-from-2027-to-early-2030s/

Russian Ka-52 having trouble downing a Ukrainian UAV:

It also makes them similarly unstable as compared to the F-14 as documented by the spiralling motion of damaged Flankers (flat spin) and subsequent pancaking when hitting the earth. Su-34 (past engine failure, perhaps due to SAM): Of interest, the twin engined Tu-22M3 has also demonstrated a tendency to go into a flat spin after losing a single one of those:

Some other Flankers that were shot down earlier during this conflict similarly pancaked into the ground. A missile does not need to literally explode an aircraft to make it lose controlled flight, critical damage to some essential systems is enough.

Do you know what is included in the deal?

Were there any Turks in Asia Minor or on the Northern Coasts of the Black Sea during the Viking age?