Real and shocking image.

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its small but u all can see IIAF written on it.

Artist impression of how the Iranian F-16s would have looked, if they would have been delivered. You can clearly see the shape of the early YF-16 design [GD impression]

The first foreign customer, beyond the four European NATO originators, of the F-16 program was Iran. As a part of the Shah's plan to modernize the Imperial Iranian Air Force, Iran signed a letter of intent on October 27th, 1976 for 160 F-16 aircraft, with the possibility of a follow-on order for 140 more. However, the Iranian revolution of 1979 which resulted in the overthrow of the Shah and the rise of the Islamic fundamentalist regime which currently rules the country, caused the order to be cancelled.
Unfortunately, one immediate effect of the cancellation of the Iranian order was that the individual unit cost of the F-16 was sharply driven upward. However, many of the F-16s intended for Iran were eventually sold to Israel.

Parts and maintenance equipment has arrived in Iran as early as 1978 and ground personnel have been given training (Ground support equipment was later sold to Pakistan).

 

[subanday]

its small but u all can see IIAF written on it.

Artist impression of how the Iranian F-16s would have looked, if they would have been delivered. You can clearly see the shape of the early YF-16 design [GD impression]

The first foreign customer, beyond the four European NATO originators, of the F-16 program was Iran. As a part of the Shah's plan to modernize the Imperial Iranian Air Force, Iran signed a letter of intent on October 27th, 1976 for 160 F-16 aircraft, with the possibility of a follow-on order for 140 more. However, the Iranian revolution of 1979 which resulted in the overthrow of the Shah and the rise of the Islamic fundamentalist regime which currently rules the country, caused the order to be cancelled.
Unfortunately, one immediate effect of the cancellation of the Iranian order was that the individual unit cost of the F-16 was sharply driven upward. However, many of the F-16s intended for Iran were eventually sold to Israel.

Parts and maintenance equipment has arrived in Iran as early as 1978 and ground personnel have been given training (Ground support equipment was later sold to Pakistan).

Good capture dangerzone

 

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USAF YF-16 #01568 is parked on the tarmac. Note the first flag as being the Iranian one and also note the double front landing gear doors, which were replaced by a single-sided exemple on the production version.

FSD no. 1, #50745, seen air-to-air on a test flight in June of 1977. Note the Iranian flag is still present in this picture as a launch customer

YF-16 no. 2, #01568, in rollout scheme Note that the first flag on the aircraft is the Iranian one. [USAF photo]

IDFAF F-16A block 5 #124 in formation with two USNavy F-14s over the Israeli Negev desert. This F-16 was one of the examples originally ordered by the Shah of Iran, but cancelled and ultimately delivered to Israel

FSD no. 1, #50745, in rollout scheme. Note the Iranian flag has already been removed. [USAF photo]

 

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GOD....i never knew that Iran ever stepped into F16 world.
but in reality,it was the one out of first six countries.

 

[Khalid Ibn Walid]

if they were delivered ,that would have given the Iranian air force a substantial boost.

 

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[Hammy007]

^^ is that iranian flag in the f-16, and why is that, did these countries funded its development program??

 

[TOPGUN]

Whatever the case if they were suppose to get the f-16's or not big deal they don't have them they got f-14's insted which btw are aged out only some are combat ready.

 

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Whatever the case if they were suppose to get the f-16's or not big deal they don't have them they got f-14's insted which btw are aged out only some are combat ready.

no bhai jann,they already had f14s before they funded for yf-16 project.

 

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^^ is that iranian flag in the f-16, and why is that, did these countries funded its development program??

yup Iran funded for early f-16s development.if u go through all pictures posted earlier with text under them.every thing would be cleared.

 

[A.Rahman]

yup Iran funded for early f-16s development.if u go through all pictures posted earlier with text under them.every thing would be cleared.

I see a plane with soviet flag in the background

 

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I see a plane with soviet flag in the background

yup,thats il-76