Your right that fighter of there's looks kinda scary.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ran/shafaq.htm

Shafaq (Before the Dawn)

The design for a new Iranian light attack aircraft the Shafaq / Shafagh (Farsi for “before the dawn”) appears to be a replay of a light fighter design developed more than 10 years ago at the Mikoyan design bureau in Moscow. This two-seat Advanced training and Attack aircraft appears to be based on the Russian-Iranian "Project Integral" and are fitted with Russian ejection seats. Reportedly there are plans are to produce three versions -- one two-seat trainer/light strike version and two one-seat fighter-bomber versions.
The Shafaq is a look-a-like of the YF-17. Shafaq is an advanced Light Attack/Trainer aircraft designed by the Aviation University Complex (AUC), part of the Malek Ashtar University of Technology. At the start of the program Iran received help from Russia and the aircraft was back then known as ''Integral'', Russia later backed away from this project due to several reasons and Iran carried on the project by itself and the aircraft became known as ''Shafaq''. The Shafaq is a sub-sonic aircraft, made of radar-absorbing material. It has a large leading edge root extension (LERX) and a root aft of the wing which gives it an unusual circular sub-section. A 1/7 scale model of the Shafaq has already completed testing in the AUC's wind tunnel and pictures have already been revealed which show that a Full-scale model has already been built. The Shafaq will be built in several variants which include a Two-Seater Trainer, Two-Seater Light Attack and a One-Seater Light Attack variant. Roll-out of the first prototype is scheduled for 2008. In August 2004 it was reported that the Shafaq prototype jet was ready for flight.

I dont think the stealth is goning to matter much considering it has no internal weapon bays, and several obviously unstealyh edges and curves.

Pictures of the shafaq airplane

It is equipped with RD-33 Engines







Links to some new pix from iran's air force

http://www.imagelion.com/thumbs/1474...18-005-004.jpg

http://www.imagelion.com/viewall/147...18-005-005.jpg

http://www.imagelion.com/viewall/147...18-005-003.jpg

I don't think I can join them cause Iran don't like USA.

hmm pardon?

Originally Posted by Fox

I don't think I can join them cause Iran don't like USA.

What do you mean?

but let me tell you something...

Iranian government doesnt like the US government but the Iranian people (majority of them) love the USA

I don't see how "radar absorbing materials" are going to work on that thing. Not only does it have external weapons like Rabs pointed out but it also has a bubble canopy (no ceraded edges), various little bits poking out (look at the nose), and what looks like a direct engine exhaust port making it light up any IR detectors like crazy.

It looks more like a propoganda design than a functional one.

how many of their f-14s are still operational?