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Light fighter
HESA Azarakhsh is a light fighter. It was built by Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA). Reported operators include Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force.
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Light fighter
Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA)
In service (production completed)
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
6
1997
Northrop F-5
HESA Saeqeh HESA Kowsar
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HESA Azarakhsh equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Air Force exact named Azarakhsh (reported) component holdings; active, operational-reserve and training equipment excluding equipment in store, except explicit status exclusions stated below. November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national total or combat-readiness measure. Source armament/capacity counts are excluded. Exact own aircraft identifier/declared variant and source employment only; no production total, parent airframe, sibling or another force quantity is borrowed. The PDF literally reports up to6 Azarakhsh, an upper bound with no stated minimum. Reported status is retained; six is not an exact count or six certain operational aircraft, and no zero minimum is invented. The semicolon-separated Azarakhsh entry is separate from52F5E/F in the fetched FTR121 list. Own number-built6 is not used as a current inventory or date.