Second stage of military exercises of Islamic Republic of Iran near Azerbaijan border started

Iranian Air Force fighter jets practiced electronic war operations during the second stage of their military maneuvers in Iran’s Northwestern provinces bordering with Azerbaijan.

"Fars” news agency reported that "Today in addition to continuing exercise of sophisticated operational tactics by several squadrons of different Air Force fighter jets, extensive electronic warfare was also successfully carried out in all frequency bands," said Air Force Lieutenant Commander Brigadier General Hossein Chitforoush.

Chitforoush said that Iran’s two well-known home-made fighter jets, namely Saeqeh and Azarakhsh, also carried out their missions and bombed specified targets under full radio silence.

The exercises are scheduled to continue on Sunday night with several squadrons of Iranian jet fighters bombarding fixed and mobile targets in the third phase of the air drills.

Different plane equipments, ammunitions and tactics are due to go under test in the four phases of the exercises codenamed "’Fadaeeyan-e Harim-e Vellayat III’ .

An array of fighter jets, fighter bombers, cargo and transportation planes, including F-4, F-5, Sukhoi SU-24 fighter-bombers, Mig-29 and the logistic C-130 planes, will be used in the exercises.


/APA/